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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: marianabacha famaily <marian_marianaba@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:59:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Urgent Respon Needed
Dear Friend,
I am Hajia Mariam Abacha, the wife of the late Nigerian Head of State who died on the 8th of June 1998 while in active services. Following the sudden death of my husband, General Sani Abacha, the present Civilian Government has thrown my family and I into a state of utter confusion,frustration, and hopelessness.
My son have been subjected to inhuman physical and physiological torture,incarceration by the security agents in my country. He was only recently released from detention after been arraigned before the Federal High Court of Nigeria for an offence committed by my late husband. The incumbent civilian administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has intensified his probe into my late husband's activities while in the office and he has frozen all our local and foreign accounts togetherwith other assets of my family as a retaliation for what my late husband did to him when he was alive as the Head of the Military regime in Nigeria.
As a matter of fact, we have been declared bankrupt and they are not relenting to make us poor for life. As a widow that is so traumatized, I have lost confidence with anybody within my country as all those who benefited immensely during the regime of my late husband have openly abandoned all my family.
You must have heard over the media reports and the Internet on the
recovery of various huge sums of money deposited by my late husband in different Banks and security firms abroad.
check the following,
http://www.nigeriafirst.org/printer_378.shtml
Some of these banks and security firms willingly gave-up/divulge their banking secrets and disclosed to the present civilian administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, all my family?s cash lodgement and monetary transactions with them.
Please my dear, I repose great confidence in you and I hope you will not betray my confidence in you. I have secretly deposited the sum of $14,500,000.00 with a security firm abroad whose name is withheld for now until we open communications. The money is contained in consignment with Security Deposit code. I shall be grateful if you could receive this fund into your Bank account for safe keeping.
This arrangement is known to you and my attorney only whom you will deal directly with. I am proposing a 20% share of the fund to you for your kind assistance.
My attorney shall provide for you the documents of the fund deposit
with the security firm, and raise a power of attorney to enable you claim and receive this fund into your bank account. Also this transaction demands absolute confidentiality. On no condition must you disclose it to anybody irrespective of your relation with the person.
Remember, Loose lips sinks ship I am looking forward to your urgent and positive response via my confidential email (marianabacha500@yahoo.com).so that i can forward my attorney details to you for further correspondence.
Best Regards
Hajia Mariam Abacha.
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