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From: "ALHAJI MOHAMMED" <alhajimohammed@msn.com>
Reply-To: alhajimohammed20@netscape.net
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 18:58:26 -0700
Subject: URGENT
ALHAJI MOHAMMED ABACHA
2/8 GIDADO DRIVE,GRA,
KANO - NIGERIA.
Email: alhajimohammed20@netscape.net
PLEASE EXCUSE MY INSTRUCTION
INTO YOUR PRIVATE LIFE AS I WRITE YOU THIS
LETTER IN GOOD FAITH AND TO
THE
GLORY OF ALMIGHTY ALLAH WHO THUS BROUGHT ME
OUT CLEAN AFTER ALL THE
ALLEGATIONS LEVELED AGAINST ME AFTER THE DEATH
OF MY FATHER GENERAL
SANI
ABACHA (FORMER NIGERIAN MILITARY HEAD OF
STATES).MY RELEASE FROM PRISON
WAS
NECESSITATED BY THE EFFORTS OF THE SENATE
PRESIDENT CHIEF ANYIM PIUS
ANYIM
AND THE SPEAKER OF THE LOWER HOUSE ALHAJI
GHALI NA'ABBA.
SINCE MY FATHER'S DEATH AND MY DETENTION FOR
CLOSE TO THREE YEARS, MY
FAMILY
HAS BEEN LOOSING A LOT OF MONEY DUE TO
VINDICATIVE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
WHO
ARE BENT ON DEALING WITH OUR FAMILY. AFTER MY
RELEASE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT
OF NIGERIA HAS MADE ME TO SIGN SOME DOCUMENTS
THAT WILL ENABLE THEM
EXTRACT
THE SUM OF ONE BILLION,
FIVE HUNDRED MILLION US DOLLARS FROM MY
FATHER’S BANK ACCOUNTS IN
LONDON,SWITZERLAND,LUXEMBIURG,LIECHTENSTEIN
AND JESEY ETC.
PLEASE VISIT THIS WEBSITE SO THAT YOU WILL
BELIEVE WHAT I AM TELLING
YOU:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/84
5456.stm
MY FAMILY AND I ARE LOOKING FOR A TRUSTWORTHY
FOREIGN PARTNER WHO CAN
ASSIST
US BY TAKING POSESSION OF THE TOTAL SUM OF
US$25,000,000.00 ( TWENTY
FIVE
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ), WHICH THE
GOVERNMENT DID NOT KNOW
ABOUT.
BECAUSE IN THEIR THINKING THEY WANT TO LEAVE
ONLY ONE HUNDRED MILLION
USD TO
MY FAMILY THIS MONEY
IS PRESENTLY IN THE POSSESSION OF A SECURITY
COMPANY ABROAD. THIS MONEY
WAS
OF COURSE, ACQUIRED BY MY LATE FATHER AND IS
NOW KEPT SECRETLY BY THE
FAMILY. THE SWISS GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY
FROZEN ALL OTHER ACCOUNTS OF
MY
FAMILY IN SWITZERLAND, AND SOME OTHER
COUNTRIES ALSO TRIED DOING LIKE
WISE.
THIS BID BY SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO DEAL
WITH THIS FAMILY, HAS
MADE IT
NECESSARY THAT I SEEK YOUR ASSISITANCE IN
RECEIVING THIS MONEY AND IN
INVESTING IT ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY.
THIS MUST BE A JOINT VENTURE TRANSACTION AND
WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER.
SINCE THIS MONEY IS STILL
CASH,EXTRA SECURITY MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN
TO
PROTECT IT FROM THEFT OR SEIZURE. I HAVE
PERSONALLY
WORKED OUT ALL MODALITIES FOR THE PEACEFUL
CONCLUSION OF THIS
TRANSACTION
WITH THE SECUITY COMPANY.
HOWEVER, BASED ON THE GROUNDS THAT YOU ARE
WILLING TO WORK WITH ME AND
ALSO
ALL CONTENTIOUS ISSUES DISCUSSED BEFORE THE
COMMENCEMENT OF THIS
TRANSACTION. YOU MAY ALSO DISCUSS YOUR
PERCENTAGE BEFORE WE START TO
WORK.AS
SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU, I WILL GIVE YOU ALL
NECESSARY DETAILS AS TO
HOW WE
INTEND TO CARRY OUT THE WHOLE TRANSACTION.
PLEASE, DO NOT ENTERTAIN ANY
FEARS, AS ALL NECESSARY MODALITIES ARE IN
PLACE, AND I ASSURE
YOU OF ALL SUCCESS AND SAFETY IN THIS
TRANSACTION.PLEASE, THIS TRANSACTION REQUIRES
ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY
AND
YOU WOULD BE EXPECTED TO TREAT IT AS SUCH. IF
YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
ASSISTING ME PLEASE SEND ME YOUR CONCENT AND
TELEPHONE NUMBER.
PLEASE, YOU MAY ALSO IGNORE THIS LETTER AND
RESPECT MY TRUST IN YOU BY
NOT
EXPOSING THIS TRANSACTION, SHOULD YOU NOT BE
INTERESTED.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
THANK YOU
MOHAMMED ABACHA
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