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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: "Maryam Abacha" <hajiamary_2007@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: hajiamaryam2009@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 16:24:08 -0700
Subject: Investment Letter
Dear Sir,
My letter to (Invest our funds with you) was submitted to you some time in
January. Since I haven't heard from you, I wanted to be sure that it was
brought to your attention. I am resending a copy of our original message for
your review. I will be looking forward to your reply and hope that I will
have the opportunity to do business with you in the near future. Please read
below the copy of our original message to you in January.
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Dear Sir,
This letter might surprise you because we have met neither in person nor by
correspondence. But I believe it is one day that you get to know Somebody
either in physical or through correspondence. I searched out your contact
today in the internet and We decided to write this letter to you. My aims of
writing this letter is for you to assist our family in saving my funds in
your country
pending our arrival in your country to invest in business. I am Mrs. Maryam,
the
family of the late Gen.Sanni Abacha former Nigerian Military Head of State
who died as a result of Cardiac Arrest. Ever Since the death of my husband
my family has been under restriction of movement.
The civilian government of Mr. Obasanjo made things difficult for my family.
The discovery of my husband's Bank Account by the Nigerian Government with
Swiss Bank in which more our family funds was lodged did not help matters.
The then government of Mr.Obasanjo insisted that my late husband's funds in
the
swiss bank should be returned back to him. I refused to do it so we went to
court and the court ruled that the funds should be returned back to the
government. The court also ruled that $70 Million only should be left for me
and my family.
It was a terrible moment for my family because Mr.Obasanjo did not permit me
to do business or do investment both in Nigeria and outside Nigeria. Now,
another government has come in and Mr. Obasanjo is out. The amount of $70
Million which the court said that should be given to my family
was since deposited in a Bank in Europe.
I decided to contact you today in confidence, so that we can enter joint
venture
business and you will invest the funds. I therefore personally appeal to you
seriously and religiously for your assistance to move this (US$70 Million)
into your country where We
believe it will be safe. We desperately want to invest these last funds that
remains for our family. We do not want to repeat the mistake we made earlier
by depositing
the funds in our name and investing it in our name.
That is the reason we lost almost all our investments because our name was
found
on it.This time, all investment will be done with your name and the funds
will be transferred to your name. My family name will not be found in any of
the investments.
However, my family have agreed to reward you with 40% of the total sum while
60% is to be invested in stocks,shares and real estate business in your
country. We hereby guarantee you that this is not a government money, it is
not drug money and it is not from arms deal. Though you have to maintain
high degree of confidentiality on this matter because we want to be
successful in this business.
I would like you to know the reasons why I contacted you today.
1. To assist my family in transferring the funds from the bank in Europe
where the funds are lodged to your bank account in your country where we can
use it for investment.
2. To invest my funds in your company, and to have joint venture business
with you.
3. To invest some part of my funds in stocks, shares and other
investments like real estates.
4. As an experience business man, I have the believe that you can keep our
communication secret until we succeed in the transferring of the funds to
your country.
I hope this will be the beginning of a prosperous relationship between my
family. Nevertheless if you are for any reason not interest, kindly inform
me.
I need your immediate response.
Yours Faithfully
Mrs Maryam Abacha
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