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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: Avenza Papula <avenzapapula3@yahoo.com.sg>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:03:56 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Business proposal from Avenza
Avenza
Papula
Conakry
Guinea
Hello ,
I know this will come to you out of the blue as a
surprise. I write this crucial mail to solicit your
assistance in a transaction that will be very
beneficial to you, with hope that you will never let
me down either now or in future. Please study the
following account carefully and respond urgently.
I am Avenza Papula a Zimbabwe nationality, the eldest
son of late Honourable Ada Papula. My father served
the President Mugabe's government faithfully in
various capacities as a minister and chairman of
agriculture trust fund. He was however arrested on 4th
April 2005 because he was against Mugabe's government
concerning the ongoing land dispute that erupted in
Zimbabwe some year back.
My father while in detention was humiliated and
tortured by Mugabe's security operatives, in spite of
his falling health and as a result he died in
detention on the 28th day of April 2005.
Before his death, he confided to me and my brother the
existence of Eighteen million five hundred thousand
United State dollar (18.5M US dollar) he secretly
lodged in a vault. My brother and I are the only
people in my family who are privy to this information,
the money is now in our custody (cash).
Since his arrest, my family has been subjected to
untold hardship and harassment. All my father's assets
has been confiscated. His accounts frozen and we were
been attacked and driven out of our family house in
Harare.
Narrowly I escaped to Guinea with my family and the
boxes containing the money. On getting to Guinea, we
applied for political asylum. I could not take such a
huge foreign currency to a bank regular without
raising an eyebrow. So I quickly deposited the boxes
with a reputable security company as artifacts. I have
the depository agreement and the certificate of the
deposit issued to me by the security company.
I was waiting to have a legal status in Guinea before
I could invest the money here. But last week I
received
a mail from Guinea government informing me that my
family and I are not eligible to obtain political
asylum, that my father was the one who had problem and
not members of his family and to that effect we should
be ready to go back to Zimbabwe soon.
At this point, I am frustrated and simply tired. My
family lawyer advised me to leave Africa. For this
reason, I want you to assist me to shift and invest
this funds outside Africa. I will compensate you
generously to as much as 20% of the said amount at
stake if only you can help me. I and my family will
use the remaining 80% to start new life and seek a new
happiness in overseas.
This transaction demands expediency, secrecy and
absolute trust. Our destiny is in your hands, do not
abandon us. Please assist us to escape this spectres
of political persecution going on in Africa. More also
treat this mail with utmost confidentiality because of
my safety and the money.
I eagerly await your reply. Please include fax and
phone number for easy communication
Thanks and God bless
Yours faithfully
Avenza Papapula
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