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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: "William Smith" <list@link-mailing.com>
Reply-To: lesharty7@sify.com
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 07:42:50 +0000
Subject: Good Day sir/madam,
Good Day sir/madam,
With warm heart I offer my friendship, and my greetings, and I hope
this letter meets you in good time. It will be surprising to you to
receive this proposal from me since you do not know me personally.
However, I am sincerely seeking your confidence in this transaction,
which I propose with my free mind and as a person of integrity. My
name is MR Les Harty, the first son of Mapele Harty, of the most
popular black farmer from Zimbabwe, murdered in the land dispute in
my country. As led by my instict, I decided to contact you through
email, after searching for contacts via the internet, as it is the
only means I can contact anybody since I am cutting off ties with
Zimbabwe for security and safety reasons. However, I apologize if
this is not acceptable to you.
The purpose of this letter is to seek your most needed assistance in
a business venture. Due to the land and political problems in
Zimbabwe,as a result of President Robert Mugabe's introduction of new
Land Act Reform wholly affecting the rich white farmers and the few
rich black farmers, and his desire to hold on to power for life, my
father for saw the danger that came in Zimbabwe. Before he was
murdered, he withdrew all of our business foreign accounts in dollars
and sold up our shares in major companies. We then went to SOUTH
AFRICA to deposit the sum of US$65.million (SIXTY FIVE MILLION, US DOLLARS),
in a private security company. This
money was deposited with this Private Security company for safety and
security reasons, and was to be used for the purchase of land, new
machines and chemicals establishment of new farms in Europe.
President Mugabe's support for the violent Zimbabwean war veterans
and some lunatics in the society, led to the murder of my beloved
father and other innocent lives. I was continually threatened to
abandon my inheritance from my father after he was murdered. I
resited for a while, but when the danger became unbearable, and I
survived two murder attempts, I fled Zimbabwe. I am currently staying
in the U.K where I am seeking political asylum. In fact my
decision to come here to seek asylum, is because the security company
from South Africa, has a branch here, and they have moved the deposit
from their office in UNITED KINGDOM down here. I need to transfer this
money to an account and invest part of the money. Since the law of
U.K prohibits a refugee (asylum seeker) to open any bank
account or to be involved in any financial transaction, this is why I
am seeking a genuine and reliable partner, whose account this money
can be transferred, hence this proposal to you.
You have to understand that this decision taken by me entrusts my
future and in your hands, as a result of the safe keeping of this
money. If you accept to assist me, all I want you to do for me, is to
assist with arrangements to claim the deposit from the security
company from their office here in The U.K, as it has now been
transfered from Johannesburg, South Africa to their branch here.
The company will be legally informed of you representing me.
For your assistance, I have two options for you. Firstly you can
choose to have 10% of the money for your assistance, and helping me
open an account for the money to be deposited here, or you can go
into partnership with me for the proper profitable investment of the
money in your country. Whichever the option you want, please to
notify me in your reply. I have also set aside 1%($145,000,00) of
this money for all kinds of expenses that come our way in the process
of this transaction, and 4% ($580,000,00) for Charity donation. If
you prefer to accept the 10% for assisting with opening an account,
then 85%will be left in the account here for me.
Please, I want you to maintain the absolute secrecy for the purpose
of this transaction. I look forward to your reply and co-operation,
and I thank you in advance as I anticipate your co-operation.You can
reach me through this email,so that i would know the next line of action to
take.preferablyy giving u my phone number so that we can talk.THANKS AGAIN.
Thanks and God Bless
MR Les Harty.
NOTE: YOU CAN READ ABOUT PROBLEMS IN ZIMBABWE FROM THE LINKS BELOW.
http://www.1freespace.com/beetee/nov19_2001.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1063785.stm
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