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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: maabacha775@handbag.com
Reply-To: maabacha775@myway.com
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 04:39:33 -0700
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP

CONFIDENTIAL/URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

Dear Friend ,

I am delighted to write this letter to you hoping that you will
understand my predicament and answer back without hesitation. I am Hajia
Mrs Maryam Abacha the wife of the late Nigerian head of State General Sani
Abacha. I got your contact on the internet as I was making contact for
a honest foreigner who will help save my life and my children, hence our
country has been frustrating us since the death of my husband.
I am in possession of $25 000.000 (TWENTY FIVE MILLION U.S DOLLARS ONLY)
which I want to invest in your country. For your clarification and understanding,
this money in a box which my husband deposited in the finance and security
company in dis-guise as a family treasure since 11th of febuary 1998, is
not an ill gotten wealth rather, it was generated from my organisation FAMILY
SUPPORT PROGRAM (F.S.P). I will enlighten you more of this organisation
if you indicate a helping interest to secure this money on my behalf. On
your acceptance to render this assistance to me,I will instruct the finance
company to effect a change of ownership of this fund in your name as the
bona-fide owner to enable you claim the fund from the security and finance
company,also I will disclose to you the country and the name of the finance
and security company where this money is being deposited.

What I demand from you now is to arrange for a visit to the finance company
where this money is being deposited and claim it as the bona-fide owner.It
is very ideal you forward to me your private telephone and fax numbers to
enable me send all relevant documents pertaining the deposit of this fund
for your clarification and more understanding. Bear in mind that this transaction
demands absolute confidentiality because properties and bank accounts both
local and international bearing the Abacha's family name, are being ordered
to be confiscated by the newly elected civilian President of Nigeria (President
Olusegun Obasanjo) hence I will not want to be exposed.

Let me refer you to the front pages of our dailies:
<http://www.odili.net/news/source/2003/nov/25/324.html>
<http://www.odiousdebts.org/odiousdebts/index.cfm?DSP=content&ContentID=4643>
<http://www.jubileeplus.org/worldnews/africa/court_uk_ahead_abacha_loot.htm>

The present government in Nigeria had frozen and seized all my bank accounts
both here in Nigeria and abroad.
Thus l shall expect you to contact me urgently to enable us discuss in
detail about this transaction For your knowledge, 25% of this fund $25,000,000.00
(TWENTY FIVE MILLION U.S DOLLARS) will be given to you if you assist me
to secure this fund and another 5% has been set aside for all the expenses
you might incur during the process of securing this fund.Example: TELEPHONE
BILLS, HOTEL BILLS, FLIGHT BILLS and other miscelenous expenses.
When you must have taken the agreed percentage, you will use part of the
balance to buy a living house for my family there in your country, where
we shall live in the future and the remaining part will be kept for investment
package also in your country which will be under your supervision.
Contact me through our family lawyer (Barrister Bayo Wilson ) who will
procure all the relevant documents that will empower you as the bonafide
beneficiary on his email address (bayowilson775@yahoo.com) to avoid us losing
this money, since it is the only remaining fund for the survival of my
family.

please my good friend your can get back to me ilamail
(maabacha775@myway.com )
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.
Yours sincerely,
MARYAM ABACHA



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