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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: susanshabangu223@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 06:56:01 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?I=20NEED=20YOUR=20ASSISTANCE?=
From: Mrs. Susan Shabangu.
ATTN:My good Friend,
Greetings to you,With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings,and
I hope this mail meets you in good time. However strange or surprising this
contact might seem to you as we have not met personally or had any dealings
in the past, I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance
and the immense benefit it will be to you.
After careful consideration with my children, we resolved to contact you
for your most needed assistance in this manner. I duly apologize for infringing
on your privacy, if this contact is not acceptable to you, as I make this
proposal to you as a person of integrity.
First and foremost I wish to introduce myself properly to you. My name is
Mrs. Susan Shabangu, mother of three and the Deputy Minister of Minerals
and Energy of The Republic of South Africa for seven years running You can
go through my profile http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2000/000524955a1001.htm}
I will now give you ageneral overview of the situation. When I was sworn
in as Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy in 1996, with my influence,
my husband Mr.Ndelebe Shabangu a very successful businessman was awarded
several contracts in my ministry and had direct dealings with foreign investors
in this field. Due to my political status, I was not involved in my husband's
business which was very vast and successful.
My beloved husband died whilst on an official trip to Trinidad and Tobago
in February 2001,When my husband died, I was contacted as next of kin by
a private security firm in Europe to come forth with the Certificate of
Deposit and claim a safety deposit my husband has in their Vault in his
name. At that time, my children and I did not have an idea where the Certificate
might be. We then instructed the security firm to continue holding the safety
deposit until further instructions from me. Whilst preparing for the second
remembrance of my beloved husband, I was going through his library collection
and to my astonishment I discovered a ,Certificate of Deposit for the safety
deposit with this private security firm, and other documents relating to
the safety deposit in a book.
The safety deposit which is a trunk, is stocked with hard currency (US Dollars)totalling
$18,500,000 which was generated from cash payments from his business associates
in the diamond trade. Though I knew my late husband was in the diamond business,
but I did not have the knowledge that he moved funds in cash. This has
came as a shock to me and my children, and we have decided to have this
fund invested immediately in commercial and residential properties abroad
as well as profitable ventures, as any member of my family cannot hold such
a huge amount in our name due to my political status, hence we sincerely
propose to you to render us your most needed assistance in this regard If
you agree to render us your assistance, your role in this project will be
to act on my behalf as a trustee to receive the safety deposit containing
the funds from the Security firm. Though I believe this transaction should
be based on mutuality, my family's interest will be protected by a family
associate, who is a diplomat. He is now aware of the safety deposit, and
I have informed him that I am locating one of my husband's business associates
(you) to handle the funds and invest on our behalf, as he might be opposed
to our decision if he found out that I barely know you. The part of services
the diplomat is required to render is to assist you in claiming the consignments
from the terminal of the security company and to set up a transit domiciliary
account in your name in one of the prime bank he has contacts to carry out
the exercise through the back door.
The purpose of the account is to enable you deposit the funds for further
transfer into your nominated bank For your reliable assistance, we are offering
you 25% of the funds. I thank you in advance as we anticipate your assistance
in enabling us achieve this goal. On hearing from you, I will forward your
contact to the diplomat who will be representing us, and also give you his
contact for both of you to communicate and proceed with the transaction.
He will be working with you for a mutual conclusion of the process and I
look forward to a long lasting business relationship with you. As you may
understand, due to my sensitive position in the present government,
it is not safe to communicate with me via phone or fax. This is why I have
communicated with you,please all your corespondence should be forwarded
to my private email address,mrs_shabangu22@exctie.com otherwise i might
not be able to read your mail and I will like us to keep this way, for the
safety of this transaction. Wheither or not you are interested in assisting
us. This will enable us make alternative plans, in the event of non-interest
on your part.
With warm regards,
MRS. SUSAN SHABANGU
Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy
South Africa
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