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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: "ede fra" <edefra@msn.com>
Reply-To: mrsmariam_mb5@yahoo.ca
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:31:23 +0000
Subject: Please Pity My Situation, Help Me and Family Out.
Please Pity My Situation, Help Me and Family Out.
Abacha Family home guard,
Plot b1 G.Sani Abacha Road,
Pink Estate,Sabogari,
Kano State Nig.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Mrs. Mariam Abacha, the widow of the late Gen.Sanni Abacha
former Nigerian Military Head of State who died mysteriously as a
result of Cardiac Arrest. Since after my husband’s death, my
family is under restriction of movement and that notwithstanding, we
are being molesting; policing and our Bank Account here are being
frozen by some of my husband business associates and the Nigerian
Civilian Government.
Furthermore, my elder son who has just been released from detention by the
Nigerian Government after much interrogation about my husband’s assets and
some vital document with him. Following the recent discovery of my husbands
Bank Account by the Nigerians Government with Swiss Bank in which the huge
sum of (US$700 Million) and (Dutch 450 Million) was logged and now looting
for your perusal you can verify it through this web site http:
www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2000/27/swiss.html
http:www.nigeriafirst.org/printer_378.shtml
http:www.jubilee2000uk.org/worldnews/africa/court_uk_ahead_abacha_loot.htm.
I therefore decided to contact you in confidence as i was fully
confused about your transparency that you are capable of helping me
without disappointing to get this fund out and kept in your custody
forsafety reason so that my family can have some thing to carry on our
living in the near future, than non, i decide to contact you as a matter of
urgency to move out this sum of US$10 Million Dollars,
which was secretly concealed in two Metal Boxes for security
reasons.
I personally therefore appeal to you seriously and religiously for your
urgent assistant to move this money into your country where I believe it
will be safe since I cannot leave the country due to the
restriction movement imposed on the members of my family by the
Nigerian Government.
However, all document of claim is highly in place as this money was
moved out of the country in the secret vault through a security
company to abroad defaced.As soon as you indicate your interest to
help me out for the claim as the original beneficiary in order not
to be suspicious by any one, my Family Lawyer shall send you vital
documents needed to effectively make claim from the security
company.
Conclusively, I have agreed to offer you 30% of the total sum for your
honesty and kind gesture,Please, reply urgently and for security reason
please treat with absolute confidentiality.
Thanking you in anticipation of your gesture
My kind regards,
Mrs. Mariam Abacha,
For the family.
NB: Please for more directive and security reason contact me through my
family ATTORNEY, Barristser Francis G.Ede (Esq), Email address:(
lawfirm1810@yahoo.co.uk ) and Chambers address; plot 16, clergy lane, by
western avenue ojodun, Lagos, Nigeria.).Feel free to contact him in order to
liaise with you towards effective completion of this transaction since my
family,s movements are restricted and our telephone conversations monitored.
Once again i must thank you very much for your williness to help
me out.
MAY YOU AND YOUR FAMILY REMAIN BLESSED.
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