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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: "mariam abacha" <abacha38@msn.com>
Reply-To: mariamneedfavour@compaqnet.fr
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:10:57 +0000
Subject: ATTNETION:DEAR
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FROM: MRS MARIAM ABACHA NO:28b ABACHA'S CRESCENT GIDADO BY CLOSE KANO - NIGERIA. Att:president/ceo Dearst One Please permit me to inform you that this proposal does not have anything to do with ill intention or is it a child play. Please if you receive it and after going hrough it, you found you?re self not interested in it, Please kindly destroy it. I am mrs.marriam Abacha, the wife to the late Head of State, of the federalRepublic of Nigeria from 1993 -1998 - General Sani Abacha. My late husband made a lot of money as the Head of state of Nigeria for 5 years. He has different accounts in many banks of the world, He has not left any stone unturnedin accruing riches for his family. The present democratic government of Nigeria led by President (Gen.)(Rtd)Olusegun Obasanjo has not find favour with my family since their inception. This may be as a result of his hatred for my late husband who kept him in jail for over two years for a coup attempt, before the death of my husband.He was released immediately my husband died and he was later made the present President. He has confiscated and frozen all my family account in Nigeria and some other American, Europe and Asian continents, latest from the bbc news is the recovery of $ 458 million united states dollars click on www.bbnews.com african edition Tuesday, 27 September 2005, 16:29 GMT 17:29 UK for your confirmation. Now, my purpose of all these introduction and proposal is just seeking for your candid assistance in saving this sum 0f $35.000,000.00 USD - MILLION.DOLLARS]which my late husband had hidden from the Nigerian govt.during his regime. andwhich is presently somewhere in a financial and security company outside the entire Nigeria and West African region. This is a huge sum of money, I cannot trust much on most saboteur friends of my family in Nigeria who could not be trusted. I got your contact through a search made on net for a trustworthy person . I deemed it necessary to contact you for this trustworthy transaction. All whom I needed is a sincere, honest, trustworthy and God-fearing individuals whom my mind will absolve to help me in this deal.If you have feelings about my situation, don't hesitate to stand for me. If my proposal is sudden to you, all I need now is for you to standas the Beneficiary of this money to claim it and save for me. There is no difficulty, I will send your name as the recipient as well as the beneficiary of the money.On your identification and confirmation from me, the fund will be handle to you. All i need is your confirmention of willingness and i will give you the full details. You will be compensated with 25% of the total fund for all your efforts and 5% will be for whatever expenses that will be incurred, while 70% is to be used in buying share in any company provided this fund is save for me for your account in your country. Please this is a very serious matter, it is a save my soul request from you and I will be delighted too much to receive a positive response from you in order to move into action. I will give you details on request from you. i well send you the contact of the secority company THANKS YOURS FAITHFULLY MRS M ABACHA./CEO
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