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A Scam Email with the Subject "Please reply with your telephone number." was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:55:19 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam. The sender was Hajia Mariam <hajia.mariam0001@yahoo.com.hk>, although it may have been spoofed.
Hello, Due to the sudden death of my husband General Abacha the former head of state of Nigeria in June 1998, I have been thrown into a state of hopelessness by the present administration.I have lost confidence with anybody within my country. I got your contacts through personal research,and had to reach you through thismedium. I will give you more details when you reply. Due to security network placed on my daily affairs I cant visit the embassy so that is why I have contacted you. My husband deposited $12.6million dollars with a security firm abroad whose name is witheld for now till we communicate. I will be happy if you can receive this funds and keep it safe I assure you 20%of this fund. I will need your elephone/mobile numbers so that we can commence communication. Sincerely Yours, Hajia Mariam.