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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: olumuyiwa obasanjo <goodtidings18@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: stellasson@rocketmail.com
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:47:19 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Can i count on you please
Dear Friend,
I am Olumuyiwa Obansanjo the only surviving son of late mrs stella
Obansanjo ,the late wife to the former president of nigeria ,president
Olusegun Obansanjo , i know this mail will come to you as a surprise
but i am very sorry to infringe on your privacy , i will want you to
please take your precious time to at least read this mail to you
because i desperately need your assistance.
As you know since my late mother died in spain of an unknown death
which i strongly beleive that it was cursed by human and not natural ,
because i know she was killed by my dad because he discovered that she
has been keeping an huge sum of money somewhere abroad , as her only
son , my mother told me a lot of things happening between she and my
dad and she revealed to me that my dad was threathning to have her
killed and that before that happens she wanted me to know the
whereabout of the funds she has kept in a very safe place .
It was on one of her trips abroad which she had informed me about that
she was going to have a change of ownership of the funds at where she
kept the funds into my name that she met her untimely death , though i
cannot proof that it was my dad who killed her but i know deep inside
me that she was murdered by my father and now i am also being
threathened by my father and his associates to reveal the source of the
funds to him or he will have me killed the way he killed my
mother.Kindly go through this website below so you will understand what
i am talking about .
http://www.answers.com/topic/stella-obasanjo
My dear friend , i have decided to contact you because my life is
endangered and i need someone who can assist me take custody of the
funds abroad and also help me to get out of this country before my
father also murders me and take what is left for me as an inheritance
,because he has seized everything that belongs to me now both
physically and financially and all that i just want to do now is run
out of this country and start a new life in your country with my
inheritance, i am willing to split the funds with you so far you help
me out of this situation .
I will apreciate your response concerning my plea to you , please my
life is very short and the earlier the better because i know what my
father can do because of money and power .
Kindly do send your response to my private email address at
stellasson@rocketmail.com or stellasson@sify.com
Thank you and God bless you has you decide to help me .
Olumuyiwa Obansanjo
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