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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: Mrs Tina Obaseki <tinaobki21@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrstinaobaseki1@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 22:46:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: My Dear Beloved Sir/Madam,
My Dear Beloved Sir/Madam,
RE: CONSIDER MY CONDITION
I presume this letter will come to you as a surprise, but as things unfold, we will know each other better and how I got your contact. I will start by introducing myself to you, I am Mrs. Tina Obaseki, the wife of Chief Jackson Gains Obaseki, the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) I am very sure that you will be of a good assistance after carefully reading my letter. For many years of marriage now between my husband, and me I have not given birth, and this has really troubled my husband. This is as a result of so much respect attached to local Tradition Culture and Custom in their community. And now my husband is dead, In short to be sincere and honest with you, with the present situation of things now, I am being threatened daily by my husband family to get me out from the house. My husband parents and brothers are not left out in this matter. This situation has really affected me psychologically, most of the time I
am in the church to pray and rest myself, because there is no room for rest in my own home again.
As I am writing to you now, I am no longer assured of a matrimonial home, hence I seek for your urgent assistance and help me out, which I know will go a long way in getting me settled down finally. I want to use this opportunity, since my husband family are tiring to abandoned me because of hildlessness, to move this amount of (US$18M) million us dollars into your custody for safe keeping, pending my arrival in your country. Be informed that this said amount was given to my husband as gratification from some foreign oil companies he helped in securing Allocation for the Drilling of Crude Oil in Nigeria.
As a civil servant then, he does not want to be espoused, so he gave me this money to keep in my personal account, this was when the going was okay between us, so that he can exonerate himself from the eyes of Government security operatives and the civil service commission (CSC) which is the body that scrutinizes the activities of all civil servants in Nigeria as checks and balances for official misconduct. Please I need your urgent assistance because my husband family are tiring to take all I and my husband has labored for and throw me out of the house, please don't let this happen to me come and save me out of this trouble and I will be forever be grateful to you. To be sincere and honest with you, this money is never connected with drugs, money laundry, and firearms and looting, which I believe might put fears in you and consequently withdrawing your help for security reasons. Hence the source of this said money is clean and clear.
This money was exposited in my personal Domiciliary Account and I have discussed with the bank manager who is very close to me, my intention to transfer the money out of Nigeria and he promise to render to me all the assistance I needed to transfer the money out of Nigeria. All I need now is for you to send me your bank account and other informationÛÄ, to enable my bank apply for foreign exchange at the Federal Ministry of Finance with your name as the beneficiary of the fund.
This is how my bank has planned it, to avoid any suspicion from our apex bank. Be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free, As soon as I receive your response and your willingness to help as regards to his I will furnish you on the next line of action to take immediately. Note, as soon as the money is successfully transferred into your account, I will start coming to meet you in your country. I remise to compensate you very well at the successful end, this is the guarantee I am giving you from my heart of heart. Be informed according to my bank manager, this transaction will not last more than 7 working bank days and it will be concluded because every necessary/vital arrangements has been put in place, take note. Your negative or positive response will be highly appreciated by me,
Thanks and God bless your family.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Tina Obaseki
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