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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: "johnson ibe" <johnsonibe02@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: johnsonibe200@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 08:15:27 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED,
FROM: BARRISTER JOHNSON IBE,
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
ATTENTION,
I come to you with a sincere heart believing in Almighty Allah that you will
consider my plight and come to help and also benefit from me.
I am Mr JOHNSON IBE, Attorney and Personal Assistant to former Nigeria Head
of State, Late General Sanni Abacha who died on the 8th July 1998 while in
power.
Before I proceed please accept my apology for the embarrassment this mail
might cause you for coming from a total stranger who you do not know.
Actually I got your contact from the Internet; please do not feel bad about
it because I am compelled to reach you due to urgent need to safeguard the
money in question. Once again, forgive me and come to my aid.
Please read the following carefully:
Sometime in early 1997, I deposited the sum of US$20.5M in cash
myself(Twenty million, five hundred thousand US dollars), in a security
company. This money was meant for my volunteered personal support in the
campaign of the self-succession bid of my claint whom I am also his personal
assistant, General Sanni Abacha, but unfortunately he suddenly died before
actualization of his aspiration. This amount of $20.5M in CASH was deposited
with a security company which I will disclose to you in subsequent mail, in
a giant trunk box as family valuable In agreement with him. Before his
death, he assured me of providing for me, a foreign partner of his (since he
is known and has a lot of foreign partners) when I am ready to claim my
consignment. This has negated me to not beign able to claim my consignment
myself even though I am the depositor and owner.
I write to solicit your assistance for the money (consignment) to be
transferred to your custody due to the fact that when I deposited this
money, I signed that my foreign counterpart (as he advised me) would come to
claim it and I did this for a more security reason and for the fact that I
want it to be safe even from the hands of anybody of great hierachy whom may
want to cheat on me by collecting it without my notice.
Now based on the business trust I have on you, I would want you to come
forward and receive this consignment containing the money in cash on our
behalf fro! m the security company for subsequent disbursement between you
and us. Understand that we are soliciting your assistance because the
present Nigerian Government is seizing/freezing any Bank Account or
valuables belonging to the late Head of state's family and relatives. In
fact we do not have enough money now to sustain the family so, I will
appreciate if you can consider our plight and assist us. For your
assistance, we have agreed to compensate you with 35% of the total amount
($20.5) while the remaining 65% is for us. We hope to invest part of our
share in your country on viable area of investment as you may advise us.
If you are interested you will need to visit the security Company for
clearance of the consignment. I assure you that the transaction is 100% risk
free.
Please I implore you to keep this transaction absolutely secret against
negative exposure. I would want you to contact me immediately so that we can
proceed with the business. You should please on reply enclose your private
telephone, fax number so that we can have more confidential correspondence.
Best regards,
MRS. JOHNSON IBE.
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