from: "aminu duru"
to: aminu_duru@email.com
subject: urgent assistance
date: tue, 30 jul 2002 00:14:55 -0500

attn: director. request for urgent assistance

i got to know of you in my search for a reputable person/company to assist in an urgent business deal requiring trust and confidentiality. i am dr. aminu duru a close confidant of mrs maryam abacha, the former first lady of the late gen. sani abacha, the former head of state and commander in chief of the armed forces of the federal republic of Nigeria.
i write to you to solicit for your assistance in the execution of a very urgent and confidential business. the new head of state of Nigeria, president olusegun obasanjo,
is hell bent on confisticating all properties andassets of relations of the late head of state under the quips of recovering government monies allegedly misappropriated by the ex-military leader.

from available records, over 930,000,000 u.s. dollars have been realized from this
exercise by the government so far. i personally have been severally detained and
questioned on all my genuine dealings with the late head of state's family. worst
still, the president through the executive has frozen all her local and foreign bank
account leaving her bankrupt.
to avoid losing all she has legitimately laboured for all her life. she (mrs. m. abacha), has, as a result of the trust and confidence she has in me mandated that i search for a reliable and trustworthy foreign partner, who will help receive some funds which she had in cash totalling u.s.$50m (fifty million united states dollars only) as the beneficiary when this funds will be moved to Europe or there in Abidjan, and then deposit the funds in his personal, company or any reliable foreign foreign bank account for safe keeping for a short period of time. since her family bank account within and outside the country have all been frozen by the authorities. ( i would refer you the webster of tell weekly magazine: www.tell.org. of november 23, 1998 page 25, for further information about this monies and he abachas) this money in question has however, been clearly moved to a nearby country cote d'ivoire and deposited with a security company thathas branches in south africa and europe.

it may also interest you to note that she (mrs. abacha) and her family have since the inception of the present democratic government, been placed under partial house arrest, with their international traveller's passports withdrawn pending when the current fund recovery face -off between them and the present rtd. gen. obasanjo led federal government is resolved, which from all indications will not exceed this year.
She has decided to offer anybody who will be willing to render this tremendous assistance, 35% of the total sum. note that this transaction involves no risk whatsoever, as you will have no dealing with my country Nigeria. rather, you will deal directly with the security company, which is based where the money is right now.
Let me have your confidential tel/fax numbers in your response to this proposal. i shall let you in to a complete picture of this mutual beneficial transaction when i have received your anticipated position response on the above email address.

This matter should be treated as urgent and confidential.

best regards,

dr. Aminu Duru--