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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: williamskab3@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:09:04 +0200
Subject: proposal
Dear Sir / Madam
This letter may come to you as a surprise, but be assured that it is in good
faith from a family in dare need of help. I am Mrs. Doreen williams, the wife
of late
mr jonathan williams, a coloured farmer In Zimbabwe; I am contacting you
for assistance due to the recent problems that my family is facing in
Zimbabwe.After the last general elections in my country when the incumbent
President Mr. Robert Mugabe won he adopted a very aggressive land reform
programme. During this period of the Land Reform Act of which many rich
White farmers were killed, our farmland was attacked, houses were demolish,
looted and burnt down by militants sponsored by the dictator President Robert
Mugabe and in the process my husband was killed. Before his death, he had traveled
to south africa to deposit the sum of $23,000,000.00 (Twenty Three Million United
States of American Dollars) with a security/finance company in south africa, as
he foresaw the Looming dangers in Zimbabwe. The amount was meant for the purchase
of new machineries and Chemicals proposed for new farms in Zimbabwe and Namibia .
This cash was kept with the Security Company for fear of seizure by the Government,
as President Mugabe had declared war on white farmers. We flee zimbabwe and
curently staying in south africa as political asylum sekers. i try to open an
bank account so that i can deposite the money but i was denied to do so due to
tough south african law on refugee. It is due to this situation that we have
decided to contact you for assistance to make claims of this fund from the
security firm in South Africa on behalf of my family. As soon as you claim this
fund you will transfer it into your account, deduct your share and secure our
share until we come over to your country. For your assistance you will be entitled
to 27% of the total fund, While 5% will be used for any expenses that we may incur
in the course of this transaction.
Note that you will assist us invest our share of this funds in a profitable
business in your country with your supervision. please if you are in position to
help us contact my son roland on his direct telephone number 2 or
fax448703890213 .
Best regard and God bless.
NB: For more information on the death of my father and the problems in
Zimbabwe see the links below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/772524.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1878846.stm
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/03/18/zimbabwe.farmer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,2763,181153,00.html
<http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/08/09/zimbabwe.farmers>
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