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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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From: alhaji_000@yahoo.it
Reply-To: alhaji00@katamail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:43:39 +1000
Subject: Get Back to me asap(very urgent)
can you assist me (kindly get back to me.)
Kindly send your response here (alhaji00@katamail.com)
Dear friend,
I am Alhaji Mohammed Abacha, the son of the late Nigerian Head of State
who died on the 8th of June 1998 while in active services. Following
the sudden death of my father, General Sani Abacha, the present Civilian
Government has thrown my family and I into a state of utter confusion,
frustration,and hopelessness. I have been subjected to inhuman physical
and physiological torture, incarceration by the security Agents in my
country. I was only recently released from detention after been
arraigned before the Federal High Court of Nigeria for an offense committed by
my late father.
The incumbent civilian administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has
intensified his probe into my late father's activities while in the
office and he has frozen all our local and foreign accounts together with
other assets of my family as a retaliation for what my late father did to
him when he was alive as the Head of the Military regime in Nigeria. As
a matter of fact, we have been declared bankrupt and they are not
relenting to make us poor for life.
As a man that is so traumatized, I have lost confidence with anybody
within my country as all those who benefited immensely during the regime
of my late father have openly abandoned all my family.
MY REASONS FOR CONTACTING YOU.
I got your contacts through my personal research and out of desperation
decided to reach you through this medium.
You must have heard over the media reports and the Internet on the
recovery of various huge sums of money deposited by my late father in
different Banks and security firms abroad. Some of these banks and security
firms willingly gave-up/divulge their banking secrets and disclosed to
the present civilian administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, all my
family's cash lodgement and monetary transactions with them.
Please my dear, I repose great confidence in you and I hope you will
not betray my confidence in you. I have secretly deposited the sum of
$10.000.00(ten million Dollars)with a security firm whose name is withheld
for now until we open communications. The money is contained in a metal
box consignment with Security Deposit Number.
I shall be grateful if you could receive this fund into your Bank
account for safekeeping. This arrangement is known to you, my junior brother
(Abbas) and my lawyer only.
So I will deal directly with you. I am proposing a 20% share of the
fund to you for your kind assistance. I shall provide for you all the
documents of the fund deposit with the security firm, and raise a power of
attorney to enable you claim and receive this fund into your bank
account.
Also this transaction demands absolute confidentiality. On no condition
must you disclose it to anybody irrespective of your relation with the
person.
Remember, Loose lips sinks ship.
Kindly send your response here (alhaji00@katamail.com)
I am looking forward to your urgent.
Best regards
Alhaji Mohammed Abacha.
View this website for more info
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2492425.stm
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