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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" <mariamabacha_1993@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 03:15:54 +0000
Subject: FROM HAJIA MARIAM ABACHA

FROM HAJIA MARIAM ABACHA
FORMER FIRST LADY,
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.
2/8GIDADOROADKANO NIGERIA,
WEST AFRICA.
EMAIL.Mariamabacha22@compaqnet.fr


Hello Dear,i am Hajia Mariam
Abacha,widow of the Late Gen. Sani
Abacha former Nigerian Military Head
of State who died on june 8 1998 as a
result of cardiac arrest.

I got your contact from a personal
directory I found in our study room,
after the death of my husband.

It therefore decided to contact you
in confidence so that I can be ableto move out
the sum of Forty Eight million, US dollars
($48,000,000.00)which was carefully sealed
in a big trunk box for security reasons.

I personally therefore appeal to you for
your urgent assistance to move this money
into your country, through diplomatic means,
where I believe it will be safe since
I can not leave the country due to the
restriction of movement imposed
on mean members of my family by the
Nigerian government.

If you know my husband Gen Abacha when
he was alive, you will discover that we
worth over onebillion dollars, but the
direction of the day has made us to start
asking people to come to our aid pending
when we will have our freedom or the
termination of this government.

However, arrangement has been put in
place to move this money out of the
Security company where it is presently
no win Europe to any foreign partner
who will accommodate this funds in his/her
account pending when our suite with the
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT will come to an end
the news will come over to have our
funds back.

Conclusively , I have decided to offer
you 20% of the total sum 5% will be
for whatever expenses that will be
incurred, while 75% is to be used
in buying shares in companies in
your country subsequent to our free
movement by the Nigerian government.

Please reply urgently and treat with
absolute confidentiality and
sincerity.

Thanks for your understanding in
this regard, as I look forward
to your kind response

Best regards,
HAJIA Mariam.Abacha
PLEASE REPLY ME HERE(Mariamabacha22@compaqnet.fr)

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