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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: Susan Shabangu <sus_shabangu345@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 18:54:26 +0100 (BST)
Subject: MUTUAL COOPERATION
From Mrs. Susan.
Johannesburg,South Africa.
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 mportance 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 two and the Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy, Republic of South Africa from April 1996 - April 2004 and now Deputy Minister of Safety and Security of the Republic of South Africa. You can go through my profile :http://www.info.gov.za/leaders/depmin/safesec.htm.
I will now give you a general 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 Nigeria 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 file.
The safety deposit according to the documents is available in a trunk and is stocked with hard currency (US Dollars)$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 Oil contracts and diamond business, but did not have the knowledge that he moved funds in cash to Nigeria. 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 in any profitable ventures, since no member of my family can hold such huge amount in our name due to my political status and to avoid any Government investigations, hence we sincerely appeal 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, a family associate, who is a diplomat, will protect my family?s interest. 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% ($4,625,000) of the funds. I wish to thank you in advance as we anticipate your assistance in enabling us achieve this goal. On hearing from you, I will forward your contact of the diplomat who will be
representing us in Nigeria, 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 for now.
With warm regards,
MRS. SUSAN SHABANGU
Deputy Minister of Safety and Security, South Africa
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