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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: "mariam abacha" <mariamabacha1998@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 13:50:18 +0100
Subject: Mrs. Mariam Abacha.
Dear friend,
Compliments of the season. Grace, peace and love of Almighty Allah be with
you. I hope my letter does not cause you any embarrassment as I write to you
in good faith. Please I will want you to read this mail carefully and get
back to me.
I am Mariam Abacha, wife of the late Gen Sani Abacha, who was the former
military head of states in Nigeria that died in 1998. Since my father's
death the family has been losing a lot of money due to vindictive government
officials who are bent on dealing with the family. Most of the family's
accounts, home and abroad has been seized and confiscated. You can find out
more about this on http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/909972.stm
Based on this therefore, my family has asked me to seek for a foreign
partner who can work with me as to move out the total sum of
US$75,000,000.00(seventy-five million United States dollars). presently in
our possessions. This money was of course, acquired by my late husband and
is now kept secretly by the family. All modalities to move the money out of
the country through special diplomatic carrier in a create has been
perfected.
The Swiss government has already frozen all the accounts of our family in
Switzerland, and some other countries would soon follow to do the same. This
bid by some government officials to deal with our family has made it
necessary that I seek your assistance in receiving this money and investing
it on behalf of the family.
This must be a joint venture transaction and we must all work together since
this money is still cash. Extra security measures have been taking to
protect it from theft or seizure. I have personally worked out all
modalities for the peaceful and successful conclusion of this transaction.
The transaction definitely would be handle in phases and the first phase
will involve the moving of US$25,000.000.00 (twenty-five million United
States dollars).
My family is willing to give you a reasonable percentage of this money as
soon as the transaction is concluded. I will, however, based on the grounds
that you are willing to work with us and also contentious issues discussed
before the commencement of this transaction. You may also discuss your
percentage before we start work.
As soon as I hear from you, I will give you all necessary details as to how
to carry out the whole transaction. please do not entertain any fears, as
all necessary modalities for the smooth conclusion of this transaction have
been mapped out, and I assure you of all success and safety in this
transaction.
Please this transactions requires absolute confidentiality and you would be
expected to treat it as such until the funds are moved out of my country.
please you will also ignore this letter and respect our trust in you by not
exposing this transaction, even if you are not interested. I look forward to
hearing from you. Thank you very much.
Truly yours,
Mrs. Mariam Abacha.
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