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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: "Maryam Abacha" <maryam004abacha@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: maryam_abacha1@o2.pl
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:33:13 +0000
Subject: GET BACK TO ME:
Attn:Sir/Madam,
This letter may come to you as a surprise since it
is coming from someone you have not met before. However, I decided to
contact you based on urgent information i need from you about business
person as regard business information concerning your country and the safety
of funds in a steady economy. my inquiries is to finding out if you will be
of help to assist me in this regard to invest my family fund in your
country. Due to my inability to travel out of the country presently.
I am Hajia Maryam Abacha,the widow of the late former Military Head Of
State. I am writing to seek your help because i am in a very tight condition
in the hand of the Present Government since the death of my Husband.
This present Civilian government led by Rtd Gen.Olusegun Obasanjo,detained
my first son and me since they assume office.there is a fund that was
deposited by my late husband with a Bank here in Nigeria, (UNION BANK PLC).
under this new present regime headed by President Olusengu Obasanjo,who
fact victimize during my husband regime. The President have sized all my
Husband Properties here in Nigeria and also froze all his
personal account both in Nigeria and Abroad with the help of Swiss
Government. I was instructed recently by The managing directors of the Bank
to look for any Foreign Partner out side Nigeria who will come and make a
claim of this fund on my behalf before the state security service attached
with presidency will discover this fund.
The Chairman and Members of the Directors of the Bank promise to help, and
arrangement has being made for the fund to be release under the Bank's care
to anybody that I will present to them to act on my behalf for self keeping
and Investment proposes. In order to maintain this positive development, I
now seek your permission to stand as a Beneficiary so that the fund
US$75.5million will be released, Meanwhile, all Documents and proves to
enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out by the bank.
I am assuring you that this business is 100% risk free, Your shares stays
while the rest be for my family for investment purpose in your country which
will be under you care Please, if you are interested to assist me, you are
here by advice to furnish me your Personal Contacts Via your Residential
Address, Telephone and Fax numbers and your company name to enable me send
it to the bank for the process and releasing of the
fund to you as my foreign partner.
As soon as I receive your acknowledgement of this message, I am going
to instruct the bank to release more information to you, concerning this
transaction.
Thanks,
Mrs. Hajia Maryam Abacha,
Former First Lady, Federal Republic of Nigeria
Note: Please you can visit these websites and read
more about my late husband
and you will understand what I am telling you.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1935646.stm
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