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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: Fatima Abacha <projectfba00231@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <fatimamab34@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:15:19 +0000
Subject: I am in deep need of your help
My Dearest,
May Allah bless and guide you and family for me!
I am highly compelled upon strict recommendation, to write you this very urgent and confidential letter. I do hope my letter will not embarrass you since I had no previous correspondence with you. It is because of my deepest faith in Alla and also in you as a true Islamic sibling made me stood firm to write you this email. I have been tormented, tortured, maltreated and humiliated along side with my kids for no just reason.
I want you to assist me acquiring and safe keeping my only remaining inheritance from a security company in London. I will send you detail of my investment plans in my next correspondence to you. I solely want to invest this money in your country with all legal backs. We are suffering under the leadership of the bad government and this is why I want to run away from my country to settle in your country for high security reasons.
I am sending this proposal with a broken heart and I believe that you are going to give me a sympathetic attention. I regret the inconvenience it might cause you based on the condition that we have not met before. But I so much believe that Allah is in total control.
Intro:
I am Hajia . Munirat Fatima Abacha, the wife of Mohammed Abacha, son of the late head of state of Federal Republic of Nigeria - General Sani Abacha.I am contacting you in view of the fact that we will be of great assistance to each other like wise developing a cordial relationship as true Islamic families.
My husband along with his late father and top officials of their past administration has been accused of looting several Billion United States Dollars from the Nigeria Government. The current attitude of the present government towards my family has indeed made life quite unbearable and sad to us trying to leave us on empty handed. Make reference to this BBC report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2282366.stm
for us. Fortunately, Mohammed my Husband has Eighteen million and Six hundred thousand and United States Dollars (US$18.6 million) cash, which he intended to use for investment purposes in an Islamic nation abroad for hotel and recreation reservation centre, while part will be diverted into charity and destitute homes to assist the life of the needy and helpless. This money is kept in a private security company in London now. This money was deposited for safe keeping in the security vault of a freighting agency here by my husband preparatory to being air lifted abroad for investment purposes before his arrest leaving a clause that it could only be claimed by an expatriate partner. It is only my husband and myself that know where the money is kept with full information on documents with our trusted family lawyer.
Due to the current situation in the country concerning government’s vendettas towards my family, we seek your assistance to transfer this money out of London for the purpose of investment as intended by my husband. Note that my family is currently being probed by this present government for alleged involvement in misappropriation of public funds during my father-in-law's regime. Towards this effect, an embargo restricting my family members from traveling or carrying out financial transactions without their express permission is in force.
Right now, my husband (Mohammed) is under arrest and is being detained in connection to the above and other activities of his late father. However, I have an arrangement on how to freight this money to you after receiving some assurances from you of the safety our own share and that you will only take the commission that we will offer you. This money personally belongs to my husband and he intends that it still be used for investment in Islamic nations only.
The freighting company to be used has now been introduced to me and as soon as we receive your readiness to assist us receives this fund we shall formalize the deposit documents in your name and reach an agreement with them to air lift the consignment for your pick up in your address. Bearing in mind that your assistance is needed to transfer this fund, we propose a commission of 15% (Fifteen Percent) of the total sum to you for the expected services and assistance. While extra 5% is mapped out for miscellaneous expenses.
On your positive consent, I shall expect you to contact me urgently to enable us discuss about this. Your urgent response is highly needed. I must use this opportunity to implore you to exercise utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinarily confidential, while I await your prompt response. I have to remind you that this information should be on a top confidential level. Best regards,
MRS.MUNIRAT FATIMA ABACHA
PROFILE: <http://profiles.yahoo.com/hajiafatimaabacha>
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