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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: "Mrs.Hafisat Bamaiyi" <hafisatama552@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: hafibama@mighty.co.za
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:03:57 -0700
Subject: 15/07/2008 : PLEASE YOUR CONSENT IS NEEDED IN THIS MATTER/INVESTMENT PURPOSE
ATTENTION:
May the blessing of God almighty be upon you and your family and grant you
the wisdom to understand my situation and how much I really I need your
assistance. I know that this proposal will come to you as a surprise because
we have not met before either physical or through correspondence.
Based on the information and highly esteemed recommendations made about you
by a reputable friend formally residing and working in your country, who
guaranteed your reliability and trustworthiness in business dealing, though
he did not know my intention, my friend's assurance gave us the courage to
propose this lucrative business deal for our mutual benefit (investment
purpose) which I believe you will treat with urgency and confidentiality.
I am Mrs. Hafisat Bamaiyi the wife of General Ishaya Bamaiyi (rtd)
Nigerian's former chief of army staff and defense minister under the past
military government of late head of states General Sani Abacha and General
Abdusalam Abubakar respectively. Since my husband left office and was
arrested and he is still being detained in kirikiri prison Lagos, my family
has been under massive victimization and restriction of movement, our bank
account both local and foreign has been frozen by this present Nigerian
government, also some amount of money both in foreign and local currencies
about US$200,000,000 (two hundred million united state dollars) and £150
million also in cash were recovered from our apartment was seized.
The reason for this is that, the new president, General Olusegun Obasanjo
(rtd) so much believed that it was my husband and the late head of state
general Abacha who put him in prison for plotting coup against general
Abacha and my husband's government, president Olusegun Obasanjo is
determined to have his own pound of flesh now, so they arrested my husband
and frozen all our bank accounts known to them, hoping that my family will
starve to death. When my husband general Ishaya Bamaiyi (rtd) was in office,
with the help of some German business men, he was able to move some suitcase
(4) containing foreign currencies totaling $80 million united state dollars
cash, through diplomatic courier to a finance services company outside
Nigeria for safe keeping, and the finance services company's has recently
contacted us to come and claim our luggage (fund) in their custody. I
personally appeal to you with mercies of almighty God to assist us in taking
away this money from the finance company to a safe bank account for
investment purpose in your country which you will help us manage, since I
cannot do anything now that I am under house arrest and strict surveillance.
It may interest you to know that recently a similar transaction was carried
out with one Mr. Claudio Visco Director of Millano Construction (S.P.A)
Italy, after the agreement between us in which he was to take 25% of the
US$20million in one of the suitcase in the finance company, the documents
were signed by him and my lawyer, (attorney) one of the suitcase
(consignment) in the finance company was given to him as the original
beneficiary which he took to Italy, we were disappointed on the arrival of
my lawyer (attorney) in Italy, he discovered that Mr. Claudio visco was no
where to be found. That was how we lost US$20million from the US$80 million
and we are now left with $60million in the finance company, this you will
help my family to clear and keep in your custody/bank account, for
investment purpose which you will help us manage till my family is free from
this problem.
Since we had no knowledge of doing business, our plans is to invest this
money on real estate, stock business, etc. and other profitable business in
your country or any part of the world base on your advice, because so much
of my husband years had been spent on military service (civil servant) and
if he is release from detention (prison) my family will start private
business with this fund, my family and I agreed to let you have 30% of this
fund for whatever assistance you have decided to render. Please be informed
that we are going to present you as the beneficiary of this consignment
(fund) with the document of proves in our hands, which I will send to you
later. Please urgently contact my lawyer (attorney) Barrister Chike. V.
Chigbue on his e-mail address: (chikevchi@yahoo.it) indicating you interest
to help us, provide him with your full name, private telephone, fax numbers,
residential/postal address for him to confidentially discuss the modalities
of this transaction with you.
Barrister Chike. V. Chigbue was in charge of movement of fund during and
after the regime of my husband .Barrister Chike .V.Chigbue( My lawyer) will
advice you when you will be meeting with him at the finance company where
the money is been logged to claim the fund (suitcases) as the beneficiary of
the fund. However, please treat this business with top secrecy and be
prepared to do more lucrative business with us. Please all we need from you
is to assure us that you will never behave like Mr. Claudio Visco (Italian)
whom we so much trusted and relied on and at the end he ran away with our
money, on my side I am giving you 100% assurance that this money is not
drug/ terrorist money, and there is no risk involved in this transaction as
we have perfected all the modalities in this transaction.
Note: your line of business does not necessarily matter in this transaction,
all that matters is your honesty and ability to keep our share for us, when
you claim the fund from the finance company, for sharing/ investment purpose
which you will help us manage.
Please trust us as we have already trusted you, for you are the only one
that we know that will help me and my family out of this our financial
problem. In case you wish to ask me any question, you can only be able to
reach me confidentially on my e-mail address: Reply to: (
hafibama@mighty.co.za) because all the telephone lines in my resident had
been bugged and are been monitored.
Awaiting your urgent and favourable response is highly confidential.
My regards to your family,
Mrs. Hafisat Bamaiyi.
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