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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_abacha1@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 06:06:39 -0400
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
My Dearest
ASSALAMA ILEKUM.... I am highly compelled upon strict recommendation, to
write you this very urgent and confidential letter.I do hope my letter will
not embarrass you since I had no previous correspondence with you. I am sending
this proposal with due sense of respect, responsibility and with few awareness
that you will give it a sympathetic attention. I regret the inconvenience
it may cause you due to the fact that we have not met before. I am Mr. Mohammed
Abacha, the son of Sanni Abacha ,the Late head of state of Federal Republic
of Nigeria .I am contacting you in view of the fact that we will be of great
assistance to each other and likewise develop a cordial relationship in the
near furture. My father along with his top officials of their administration
has been accused of looting several Billion United States Dollars from the
Nigeria Government. The current attitude of the present government
ent towards my family has indeed made life quite unbearable for us. Fortunately,
my father has twenty-seven million and five hundred United States Dollars(US$27.5
million) cash, which he intended to use for investment purposes overseas.
This money was deposited for safe keeping in the security vault of a freighting
agency by my father and was preparing to air lifted abroad for investment
purposes before his arrest leaving a clause that it could only be claimed
by an expertriate partner. It is only my father and myself that know where
the money is kept. Due to the current situation in the country concerning
government vendettas towards my family, we seek your assistance to transfer
this money out of Nigeria for the purpose of investment as intended by my
father.Note that my family is currently being probed by this present government
for alleged involvement in misappropriation of public funds during my father's
regime. Towards this effect, an embargo restricting
my family members from traveling or carrying out financial transactions without
their express permission is in force. Right now, my mother is under arrest
and is being detained in connection to the above and other activities of
his late husband.However, I have an arrangement on how to freight this money
to you after receiving some assurances from you of the safety our own share
and that you will only take the commission that we will offer you.This money
personally belongs to my father and we intends that it would still be used
for investment. The freighting company to be used has now been introduced
to me and as soon as we receive your readiness to assist us recieve this
fund we shall formalize the deposit documents in your name and reach an agreement
with them to air lift the consignment to you .Bearing in mind that your assistance
is needed to transfer this fund, we propose a commission of 25%(twenty-five
Percent) of the total sum to you for the expected services and assistance.
While 5% is mapped out for miscellaneous expenses. On your positive consent,
I shall expect you to contact me urgently to enable us discuss about this.Your
urgent response is highly needed. I must use this opportunity to implore
you to exercise utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinarily confidential,
while I await your prompt response.
Best regards
mohammed M Abacha(Mr)
___________________________________________________________
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