Ibrahim Obansanjo - cousin to Olusegun Obansanjo

The e-mail here is just one type of the thousands of scam e-mail variants sent out each day by 419 scammers. If you've received an e-mail even remotely similar to the one on this page or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search, I can 100% guarantee you...YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

This is an internet scam! Do not send these scammers money.

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From:     ibrahim obasanjo <ibarhim.obj6@gmail.com>
Reply-To:     obasanjo_ibrahim@hotmail.co.uk
Subject:     GOODDAY MY DEAR
Date:     Sat, 2 Aug 2008 22:02:13 +0200 (16:02 EDT)

Good Day,

Forgive this unusual manner of contacting you,but this particular letter is of exceptional and very private nature.There is absolutely going to be a great doubt and distrust in your heart in respect of this email, coupled with the fact that,so many miscreants have taken possession of the Internet to facilitate their nefarious deeds, thereby making it extremely difficult for genuine people to get attention and recognition.

There is no way for me to know whether I will be properly understood, but it is my duty to write and reach out to you. My name is Ibrahim Obansanjo, I have a transaction which I will need your assistant because i have no where else to turn to. So please I will really appreciate if you can give me your full cooperation, I assure you that you will smile and behappy for the rest of your life after we finish with this transaction.

Without wasting time my first cousin was the former president of the republic of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obansanjo, after he handed over to the new president, a lot of probes has been going on for him to come and make account for a lot funds which cannot be accounted for.So therefore, my cousin Olusegun Obansanjo has giving me the authority to assist him safe guard some funds, because the way things are going now in Nigeria , I think he will be jailed again and all the funds he made as a president will be confiscated. All his colleague and his vice president, CBN Governor, Minister of finance and Accountant General of the federation, all this people are now under house arrest, so we need to act as quick as possible. My cousin told me where he kept some funds which he wants me to safe guard for him, he asked me to look for a foreigner who is not known or related to us in any means either a man or a woman, a person who is not going to betray us or expose us to the present Nigerian government.

That is the only reason I am contacting you because I have so much trust in you because you are not known by any Nigerian or the government. So my good friend if you will assist us to safe guard some funds until this problem is over, I will want you to get back to me. I am willing to compensate you very beautifully if you will assist us, even my self I am outside Nigeria writing this letter to you because I don't want any person apart from your self knowing about this discussion.

My cousin Olusegun Obansanjo has agreed to give you 50% of the profit of what ever amount which you can safe guard for us after investments. I await your immediate response.

Mr. ibrahim Obansanjo.

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It's important to note that any real people or legitimate organizations mentioned in this e-mail have absolutely no connection with this scam!

None of the scammers use their real names.
They frequently take on the identity of real people to help them convince you that they are genuine.
Whatever these scammers tell you, DON'T believe a word of it!!!

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