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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: "sulia abacha" <suliaabacha@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 12:05:02 -0500
Subject: Looking for an investor . with good account owner for partnership business.

ATT ,SIR/MADAM


This might seem very deplorable for a person that you do not know, but as
the title implies, I am Madam Sulia Abacha, the wife of the late Head of
State of the Federal Military Government Nigeria, late General Sanni Abacha.

I am contacting you due to the present situation as regards the special
panel set up by the present democratic administration under the
Anti-Corruption Law passed mainly to recover what they termed "Abacha's
looted money".

This law is yet another smear campaign aimed mainly to frustrate, humiliate,
dismember and widen the scope of hatred mated to our family.

A personal vendetta by Obasanjo who was jailed by my husban for plotting a
coup d'eta against his administration.This highly calculated attempt by this
administration cum Swiss government through bilateral relationship has taken
away from us over US$3.4billion in Switzerland.

The rampaging situation in our accounts abroad has yielded to this barbaric
pressure another US$565m and just some months we were squished out of
another US$395m and all these facts can be ascertain independently..

Therefore, I am soliciting for genuine partners that I can invest the family
fortune that is scattered all over the world. According to my estimation in
West Africa alone, we still have about US$30m in cash that we intend to
siphon abroad through your assistance for the purpose of investment in area
of your interest.Should you find this interesting, contact me as a handsome
reward of 30% of the total sum awaits you subject to our negotiation and
agreement.

Regards,
Madam Sulia Abacha

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