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From: "RETIRED COL USMAN DAGOGO" <uswinpoe2005@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 23:31:53 -0700
Subject: YOUR URGENT ATTENTION. PLEASE READ AND REPLY ME. WAITING.
From Mr. Usman Dagogo
Dear
I am retired Col. Usman Dagogo, it is true that we have never meet each other before and I believe that this name sounds strange to you, do not see this letter as a junk or one of the Internet scam mails because everything I am going to tell you here has prove and evidence and we believe that only time will vindicate the just.
I don't know how you are familiar with Abacha case with the present government of Nigeria,
I am writing to you on behalf of my late boss wife Mrs. Maraim Abacha, wife to the late Nigerian Head of state, General Sani Abacha who died on the 8th of June 1998 while still on active service for our Country.
I am contacting you with hope that you will be of great assistance to the entire family of Abacha, the reason why we are seeking for your help is that the family of Mariam is presently facing a big problem with the recent government of Nigeria over misappropriation of fund by her late husband and accuse of murder.
For more information on this matter, please right click the following sites and read very carefully.
http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2000/27/swiss.html
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/909972.stm>
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/africa/1576527.stm>
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1606565.stm>
www.jubilee2000uk.org/worldnews/africa/court_uk_ahead_abacha_loot.htm <http://www.jubilee2000uk.org/worldnews/africa/court_uk_ahead_abacha_loot.htm>
www.news24.com/News24/AnanziArticle/0,,1518-25_1574954,00.html <http://www.news24.com/News24/AnanziArticle/0,,1518-25_1574954,00.html>
www.nzz.ch/2005/02/09/eng/article5524038.html <http://www.nzz.ch/2005/02/09/eng/article5524038.html>
I believe that the above information is enough evidence for you to get a clear picture of what problem the family is presently facing.
Why I am writing you is to reach a mutual gentlemanly understanding and also consider whatever we are about to do as confidential matter as you can see what is going,
Right now, we have outstanding amount deposited in a secret security company in Europe, name with held for security reasons. The amount involve deposited is $31Million.
The money came as a result of a payback contract deal between my
husband and a Russian firm in our country's multi-billion dollar
Ajaokuta steel plant. The Russian partners returned his husbands share
being the above sum after his death. Presently, the new civilian
Government has intensified their probe into his husbands financial
resources which has led to the freezing of all our accounts, local
and foreign, the revoking of all our business licences and the arrest
of my First son accusing him him of murder,thanks be to Allah that he has been released now.
Right now, now body knows about this money only the wife of my late boss, right now, what we want is to front you as a beneficiary of the fund, and if you agree to assist us, we will prepare all relevant document to back up your claim as the beneficiary of the fund, right now, due to the problem mention in the sites above, there is no way the family can obtain a visa to any part of the world, So to play safe, we need a honest and reliable person who will assist us. Only you and us know about this fund.
We will like to invest the money in Germany and we want you to handle everything about it.
I assure you of 100% risk free of this transaction only if you will keep it within self.
If you are ready to cooperate with me, please call me on +234-803-083-0559 and also send the following information.
YOUR FULL NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER AND MOBILE NUMBER.
FAX NUMBER.
Upon the receipt, I will place a call across to you and also arrange for a round table talk with you and Mrs. Marim Abacha for discussions.
Waiting to hear from you.
Usman Dagogo
For the family.
Phone: +234-803-083-0559
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Why We Can't Release Looted Funds - Britain
When we see some money coming into our country in suitcase and you cannot explain the source, we will throw that money away. There is a legal mechanism by which we satisfy the court that the man with the suitcase cannot explain the money...
The recovery of the funds looted from Nigeria by corrupt public office holders and stashed away in some British banks may take a long time to come as the British Government has said that the due process of law must be followed.
Speaking with selected journalists in Abuja on Friday, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Richard Grozny , said the Federal Government had to present substantial evidence to the British courts in order to be able to retrieve the looted funds.
Grozny who also explained that the British Government had tightened the process for opening bank accounts in England by citizens of developing countries, including Nigeria, maintained that only British courts and Police could intercept looted funds.
The High Commissioner said,"The British law is quite clear that we (the Executive) cannot intercept money, it is only the court that can intercept money. The Police and the court can intercept money, which has been obtained through criminal activities.
"When we see some money coming into our country in suitcase and you cannot explain the source, we will throw that money away. There is a legal mechanism by which we satisfy the court that the man with the suitcase cannot explain the money.
"Where the money is already in the banks, there are mechanisms through the courts to find out whether that money was illegally obtained through fraud, corruption and drugs. People can apply to court and get a ruling.
"It (repatriation of looted funds) is not executive action, it is not something the British Government can do."
Asked if the Nigerian government had at anytime presented facts and figures on its looted funds to Britain, he asked rhetorically,, "Do they know?"
"Do they know? Does anyone know? We do not know ourselves. Government does not have access to bank accounts because bank accounts are private. If you can satisfy a court it is ill gotten gains, then it can be extracted. But, then, it is quite difficult; it should be difficult to do that because it requires a high degree of proof to do that.
"The onus of proof needs to be heavy and I think natural justice requires that.
"If the Nigerian authorities believe that past political figures had stashed away money in Britain, it should come with proof and use legal process to repatriate the gains.
“What we won't do is to say that the Executive should have a right on suspicion to go and take away money without legal process. I am not aware of any country in the world that would do that.”
Grozny however explained that Downing Street had “had detailed talks with Nigeria's High Commissioner to Britain, Dr. Christopher Kolade,'' on the looted funds, adding that, “It is left to him and officials of the Nigerian High Commission to pursue them."
Fifteen British banks, including HSBC, Barclays, the London branch of Citibank and Deutsche Morgan Grenfel had been indicted for having some of the £3 billion looted from Nigeria by the late Gen. Sani Abacha and his cronies in their vaults.
Three of Abacha's sons were said to have had accounts in Citibank in London, holding about £40 million while another £20 million was transferred through accounts at the bank's branches in New York.
Up to £600 million was frozen in several accounts in Switzerland, Germany but later released while Credit Suisse to the present administration of Obasanjo.,
The High Commissioner who also disclosed that Britain had made available £3 million to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,added that the new British banking measure which is aimed at checking laundering also affects even British citizens.
Under the new law,any citizen of any developing country wishing to open an account in Britain must tell who he/she is and provide his /her address .
Grozny said,"In the last two, three, four years, we have already been tightening our laws because we are aware or we became aware of some of these things (Money laundering).
"And now it is very difficult to even open a bank account in Britain unless you can show that you live there. You have to provide proof of identity and proof of address. And that is very tight.
"That is very tight for everyone, that is tight for British citizen, British residents and anybody else.
“And so it is very difficult now. We hope,we believe,we think, for people to set up that kind of thing{account}When our law was brought in the last few years, it is not retrospective, in other words we do not go back to what the people set up as bank accounts of 20 years ago because law in our case is virtually never retrospective.
"We have stopped new activities, like we believe, of setting up accounts. The way people open these bank accounts and put money into them 10 years ago, there is now a different process.
"We have stopped new activities, like we believe, of setting up accounts. The way people open these bank accounts and put money into them 10 years ago, there is now a different process,” he added.
Asked to be more specific, the High Commissioner insisted that the conditions for moving money to Britain had become stringent.
He said,"At that time, it was easy to move large sums of money in and out of London, But, now if you want to move half a million pounds into London and put it in a bank account in London to buy a house or anything, that bank would refuse your money unless you could exactly prove who you are and exactly where you live in Britain.
"And if you live abroad, they will want to know exactly where you live abroad and who you are. And there will be more invitations about it.
"So, the present rules are pretty strong.
"So, our system is quite tight, that a lot of our people in Britain think and find it frustrating but the banks keep explaining that we need to do this because so many people try to move in drug money, terrorist money, of course after 911, and ill gotten gains through the British banking system and we will stop them.''
On the alleged interception of the suspended Governor of Plateau State, Chief Joshua Dariye, in London with a huge sum of money, he said, "No, I do not have any information for you on that.
"We are ready to help the anti-corruption efforts here and we have been doing our best to assist in this regard. We gave a large amount of money, £3 million, to the Economic and Financial Crimes commission last year. And that is a serious sum of money.
"We are very ready to explain our experience in trying to deal with corruption, money laundering and ill gotten gains and we are very ready to explain how the legal process is working in Britain to get that money''.
Grozny who also disclosed that over one million Nigerians live in Britain said that about 150,000 Nigerians apply for British Visas annually.
He also announced that the British Embassy in Nigeria would soon introduce a new visa system.
"We try various different ways out in terms of the mechanics of visa operation. We are going to change it, we would improve it, we would be announcing it next week (This week). We hope it is a positive step. I do not want to claim that it is going to make a huge difference. But, if it does not work immediately, it does not mean we fail. We want to be modest about this,” the High Commissioner said
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