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Fraud email example:
From: "MATHEW LIEO" <lieomathew@msn.com>
Reply-To: mabacha02@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 04:11:42 -0700
Subject: # Plea for help #
ALHAJI MOHAMMED ABACHA
2/8 GIDADO DRIVE,GRA,
KANO - NIGERIA
Email: mabacha02@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
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=29473>
http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/headline/f110032005.html
YOU:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/845456.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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