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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" <mohammedabacha002@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: abacha01@excite.com
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 00:47:53 +0000
Subject: AWAIT YOUR IMMEDIATE REPLY
Greetings,
I therefore seek your concept to Assist me in the
mentioned venture below. I am the second son of
General Sanni Abacha, the late Military Head of
State of Nigeria.
When my father was alive I used to move funds,
in Cash, running into millions of United States
Dollars to Brazil, Lebanon and other parts of the
world, for Safe keeping on behalf of my father.
However, on the eve of my father's death in June
8, 1998, he gave me the sum of US$26,000,000.00
{TWENTY-SIX MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS}
in cash to move to Lebanon as usual, But immediately
my father died I had to move the funds to a location
in Europe through a private organization. This
organization is based in Europe and they offer
Vault for safe keeping services to many
influential and rich African leaders.
This organization is actually not listed as it
is a deplomatic courier service and they have Other
dealings, and as thus I am presently under oath
with the secret organization, not to disclose their
detail information and their operations to outsiders
excepting only for the purpose of collecting my
consignment.
The organization is also under oath not to open the
boxes in the vault for any reason at all and to
protect my interest by not disclosing any information
about me to any government or individual. This not
withstanding, this organization has been very good
and there has not been any complains from any
quarters about the organization.
The funds have been in the vault of this organization
in Europe since July 1 998. However, recently we
received information from the organization that the
Vault is now running on demurrage, and this has been
very disturbing to my family, that is why I have
decided to communicate to you on behalf of my family
immediately, for you to please help us by traveling
as quickly as possible to secure the funds from the
organization's vault.
Due to many restrictions placed on my family by the
present Nigerian Government, it has become very
impossible for either me or any immediate member
of my family to travel to Europe to secure the funds
from the organization, I do not as well trust my
fellow countrymen at this time who had earlier given
information to government concerning my late father's
hidden funds, and were therefore frozen and recovered.
I will explain my family situation to you later,if
you are interested in nowing.
What I now want you to do for my family and myself
are as follows:-
(1) You should travel to secure the funds in cash on
my behalf and deposit it in a bank account or your
bank account in your country, pending further
instructions from my family.
(2) My family will need you to please assist in
settling the demurrage on the vault as soon as you
arrive there.
(3) My family will be willing to give you 15% of
the total $26 million as your commission for your
assistance. This amount is however open for
negotiation if you feel that 15% will not be
enough for you.
(4) As soon as you confirm to me through my email
number of your readiness to assist and how quickly
you can travel;
I will send you a copy of my Power of Attorney which
I will also send to the organization authorizing them
to allow you direct access to the vault where the
boxes containing the funds are deposited, so that you
can secure the funds.
(5) It is very important that you understand that the
organization does not know those boxes in the vault
contains money. All they know is that the boxes in
the vault contain art works and jewelry.
(6) As soon as you have the funds in your custody,
I will give you details of where and which sector
you will invest my family's share of the funds into,
on our behalf, in your country.
(7) Please note that this project is very legal and
100% risk free, because the funds in question is
private family funds, which are legally deposited
at the organization, but you must keep it very secret
and confidential because of my personal and family
security. Please keep this information a secret for
your own and our safety as well.
Please contact me immediately, via my email, informing
me the possibility of your traveling within this month.
Waiting for your immediate response.
Best regards.
Mohammed Abacha
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