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An 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 Email. The sender shows as Hajia Mariam <hajia.mariam0001@yahoo.com.hk>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
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.