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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: lisy hank <li7754559@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrs_abacha1@west100.com
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:51:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: MRS MARIAM ABACHA
MY DEAREST,
PLEASE WE CAN WORK AS A FAMILY ON THIS.
I AM MARIAM MUNIRAT ABACHA, WIDOW OF THE LATE NIGERIAN HEAD OF STATE, GEN. SANI ABACHA. AFTER HE DEATH OF MY HUSBAND WHO DIED MYSTERIOUSLY AS A RESULT OF CARDIAC ARREST, I WAS INFORMED BY OUR LAWYER, BARRISTER COKE CHARLES MICHAEL ESQ THAT, MY HUSBAND WHO AT THAT TIME WAS THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA, CALLED HIM AND CONDUCTED HIM ROUND HIS APARTMENT AND SHOWED HIM FOUR METAL BOXES CONTAINING MONEY ALL IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND HE EQUALLY MADE HIM BELIEVE THAT THOSE BOXES ARE FOR ONWARD TRANSFER TO HIS OVERSEAS COUNTERPART FOR PERSONAL INVESTMENT.PLEASE REPLY ME THROUGH:
(mrs_abacha1@west100.com)
ALONG THE LINE, MY HUSBAND DIED AND SINCE THEN THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN AFTER US, MOLESTING, POLICING AND FREEZING OUR BANK ACCOUNTS AND EVEN MY ELDEST SON RIGHT NOW IS IN DETENTION. MY FAMILY ACCOUNT IN SWITZERLAND WORTH US$22,000,000.00 AND 120,000,000.00 DUTCH MARK HAS BEEN CONFISCATED BY THE GOVERNMENT. RECENTLY THE SWITZERLAND GOVERNMENT CONFISCATED OVER 3BILLION US DOLLARS FROM MY FAMILY ACCOUNT {http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3577032.stm OR http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2282366.stm }
THE GOVERNMENT IS INTERROGATING HIM (MY SON MOHAMMED) ABOUT OUR ASSET AND SOME VITAL DOCUMENTS. IT WAS IN THE COURSE OF THESE, AFTER THE BURIAL RITE AND CUSTOMS, THAT OUR LAWYER SAW YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FROM THE PUBLICATION OF THE NIGERIAN BUSINESS PROMOTION AGENCY. THIS IS WHY I AM USING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SOLICIT FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE TO HELP ME AS A VERY SINCERE RESPONSIBLE PERSON. I HAVE ALL THE TRUST IN YOU AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL NOT SIT ON THIS MONEY TO FIGHT US.
I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN CARRYING THE TWO METAL BOXES OUT OF THE COUNTRY, WITH THE AID OF SOME TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL EXPEICIALLY PROFESSOR CHARLES SOLOMON SOLUDO OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA TO A SECURITY COMPNAY TO GTCNET SECURITIES LONDON TO BE PRECISE. THE CBN GOVERNOR HAS SHOWN SYMPATHY TO MY FAMILY
I PRAY YOU WOULD HELP US IN GETTING THIS MONEY TRANSFERRED OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY. EACH OF THESE METAL BOXES CONTAINS US$9,300,000.00 (NINE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) AND TOGETHER THESE TWO BOXES CONTAIN US18, 600,000.00(EIGHTEEN MILLION SIX HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY). THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE HAVE MOVED TO LONDON WITH A LEGAL BACK UP FROM BRITISH INSURANCE AND BRITISH HIGH COURT THROUGH AN UNDERSTANDING WITH THE GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
THEREFORE, I NEED AN URGENT HELP FROM YOU AS SOME ONE WITH THE FEAR OF GOD TO HELP GET THIS MONEY IN LONDON TO YOUR COUNTRY. THIS MONEY, AFTER GETTING TO YOUR COUNTRY, WOULD BE SHARED ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGE AGREED BY BOTH OF US AS WILL BE DRAFTED BY THE BRITISH HIGH COURT. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MATTER IS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AS THE GOVERNMENT WHICH MY LATE HUSBAND WAS PART OF IS STILL UNDER SURVAILLANCE TO PROBE US.
YOU CAN CONTACT ME THROUGH MY FAMILY LAWYER WHO IS AN AMERICAN ALREADY IN LONDON NOW AS INDICATED ABOVE AND ALSO TO LIAISE WITH BARRISTER COKE CHARLES MICHAEL ESQ TOWARDS THE EFFECTIVE COMPLETION OF THIS RANSACTION AS HE HAS THE MANDATE OF THE FAMILY TO HANDLE THIS TRANSACTION. ALL OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIM WILL BE SENT TO YOU WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU.
THANKS AND BEST REGARD
MRS MARIAM MUNIRAT ABACHA
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