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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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From: "Maryam Abacha" <maryamabacha1999@msn.com>
Reply-To: maryamabacha2005@excite.com
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 14:24:28 +0000
Subject: Waiting for your immediate response.
Greetings,
I got your contact from the Internet to stand as my partner.
I therefore decided to contact you to Assist me in the mentioned
venture below. I am the Wiife of General Sanni Abacha, the late
Military Head of State of Nigeria.
When my Husband 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 Husband. However, on the eve of my
Husband'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 Husband died I had to move the funds
to alocation 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 asit 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 Husband's hidden funds, and
were therefore frozen and recovered.
I will explain my family situation to you later, if you are interested
in knowing.
What I now want you to do for my family and myself are asfollows:-
(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 knowthose 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.
Maryam Abacha
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