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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: Mohammed Abacha <mohaabacha111@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:47:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM; ALHAJI MOHAMMED ABACHA
Dear friend,
I am Alhaji Mohammed Abacha, the son of the late Nigerian Head of State
who died on the 8th of June1998 while in active services.Following the
sudden death of my father, General Sani
Abacha, the present Civilian Government has thrown my family and I into
a state of utter confusion,frustration,and hopelessness.
I have been subjected to inhuman physical and physiological
torture,incarceration by the security Agents in my country. Iwas only recently
released from detention after been arraigned before the Federal High Court
of Nigeria for an offence committed by my late father.
The incumbent civilian administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has
intensified his probe into my late father\'s activities while in the
office and he has frozen all our local and foreign accounts together with
other assets of my family as a retaliation for what my late father did
to him when he was alive as the Head of the Military regime in Nigeria.
As a matter of fact, we have been declared bankrupt and they are not
relenting to make us poor for life. As a man that is so traumatized, I
have lost confidence with anybody within my country as all those who
benefited immensely during the regime of my late father have openly
abandoned all my family.
MY REASONS FOR CONTACTING YOU.
I got your contacts through my personal research and out of desperation
decided to reach you through this medium. You must have heard over the
media reports and the Internet on the recovery of various huge sums of
money deposited by my late father in different Banks and security firms
abroad. Some of these banks and security firms willingly
gave-up/divulge their banking secrets and disclosed to the present civilian
administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, all my family's cash lodgement and
monetary transactions with them.
Please my dear, I repose great confidence in you and I hope you will
not betray my confidence in you.I have secretly deposited the sum of
$45,700,000.00 with a security firm whose name is withheld for now until we
open communications. The money is contained in a metal box consignment
with Security Deposit Number.
I shall be grateful if you could receive this fund into your Bank
account for safekeeping. This arrangement is known to you, my junior brother (Abbas and my lawyer only. So I will deal directly with you. I am proposing a 20% share of the
fund to you for your kind assistance. I shall provide for you all the
documents of the fund deposit with the security firm, and raise a power
of attorney to enable you claim and receive this fund into your bank
account.
Also this transaction demands absolute confidentiality. On no condition
must you disclose it
to anybody irrespective of your relation with the person. Remember,
Loose lips sinks ship
I am looking forward to your urgent.
Best regards
I am looking forward to your urgent and positive response via my email
above:mohaabacha223@yahoo.com
FROM; ALHAJI MOHAMMED ABACHA
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4271245.stm
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