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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: mohammed <abacha_20@box.az> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 00:54:07 +0100
Subject: Alhaji Mohammed Abacha.


Dear Sir/Madam
I am Alhaji Mohammed Abacha, the son of the late Nigerian Head of
State who died on the 8th of June 1998 while in active services.
Following the sudden death of my father, General Sani Abacha, the
present Civilian Government has thrown my family and I into a state of
utter confusion, frustration,and hopelessness. I have been subjected to
inhuman physical and physiological torture, incarceration by the
security Agents in my country.
I was only recently released from detention after been arraigned
before the Federal High Court of Nigeria for an offence committed by my
late father. The incumbent civilian administration of Chief
Olusegun Obasanjo has intensified his probe into my late father\'s
activities while in the office and he ha frozen all our local and
foreign accounts together with o ther assets of my family as a
retaliation for what my late father did to him when he was alive as the
Head of the Military regime in Nigeria. As a matter of fact, we have
been declared bankrupt and they are not relenting to make us poor for life.
abacha4life2000@box.az
As a man that is so traumatized, I have lost confidence with anybody
within my country as all those who benefited immensely during the
regime of my late father have openly abandoned all my family.
MY REASONS FOR CONTACTING YOU.
I got your contacts through my personal research and out of
desperation decided to reach you through this medium. You must have
heard over the media reports and the Internet on the recovery of
various huge sums of money deposited by my late father in different Banks
and security firms abroad. Some of these banks and security
firms willingly gave-up/divulge their banking secrets and disclos ed to
the present civilian administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo,
all my family\'s cash lodgement and monetary transactions with them.
Please my dear, I repose great confidence in you and I hope you will
not betray my confidence in you. I have secretly deposited the sum of $50
million US Dollars with a security firm abroad whose name is
withheld for now until we open communications. I shall be grateful if
you could receive this fund into your Bank account for safekeeping. This
arrangement is known to you and my junior brother (Abbas) only. So I
will deal directly with you. I am proposing a 25% share of the fund to you
for your kind assistance. I shall provide for you all the documents of the
fund deposit with the security firm, and raise a
power of attorney `to enable you claim and receive this fund into your
bank account.Also this transaction demands absolute confidentiality. On no
condition must you disclose it to anybody irrespect ive of your
relation with the person. Remember, Loose lips sinks ship I am looking
forward to your urgent and positive response via my email above.

Best regards
Alhaji Mohammed Abacha.
Please reply to this address email:abacha4life2000@box.az



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