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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" <mariam056@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:21:10 +0000
Subject: PRIVATE MESSAGE
HAJIA MARYAM ABACHA
ABACHA COURT,
GIDADO ROAD.
KANO- NIGERIA.
Dear Sir,
PRIVATE MESSAGE
I am Hajia Maryam Abacha, wife of Late General Sani Abacha, ex-military Head
of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who died on the 8th of June 1998
of heart problems. I contacted you because of my need to deal with persons
whom my family and I have had no previous personal relationships.
Since the death of my husband, my family had been subjected to all sorts of
harassment and intimidation with lots of negative reports emanating from the
government and the press about my husband. The present Government has also
ensured that our bank accounts are frozen and all assets seized.
It is in view of this that I seek your co-operation and assistance in the
transfer of the sum of US$30,000,000.00 (thirty million United States
Dollars) only being the very last of my family fund in my possession and
control. An earlier attempt in the physical movement of the sum of
US$15,000,000.00 (fifteen Million United States Dollars) only was to no
avail as the money was confiscated and my International passport impounded
at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos in August 1998.
The Federal Government have seized all our properties and frozen all our
accounts both local and international, but my only hope now is the available
US$30,000,000.00 cash, which I carefully packaged in two metal Boxes and
deposited with a security company in EUROPE as form of precious stones out
of Africa through diplomatic means. I am asking for your assistance to
travel to EUROPE to claim the money which was deposited in a consignment as
a form of precious stones and keep it in your care. pending when I will
secure travel documents to come over to your country.
If you are willing to assist us in receiving this money on our behalf,
please contact me through my email address ( hajiamarcha@o2.pl ) so that i
can refer you to my lawyer to discuss the details and negotiate your
reward,which I can assure you, will be very substantial.
Please, ensure to keep this proposal very secret and confidential for
obvious reasons and send to us your private telephone and fax number for
easy and confidential communication.
We await your immediate response.
Sincerely,
HAJIA MARYAM ABACHA
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