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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: "julia howard" <julia_howard485@msn.com>
Reply-To: j_howard8@myway.com
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 01:50:32 +0000
Subject: URGENT(PLEASE REPLY)
Dear Friend,
This contact has become imperative based on the recent tribulation in
Zimbabwe which has led to my present predicament.I am therefore using this
medium to appeal to your good conscience to come to my rescue and the rescue
of my family.I am Mrs. Julia Howard a widow to a white commercial farmer
from Zimbabwe and I got your contact from one of our business directories.
I was born and bred in Zimbabwe to the best of my knowledge,my parents and
grandparents lived all their lives in Zimbabwe africa.I have also lived all
my life in Zimbabwe and so has all members of my amily,therefore it is right
to call me a Zimbabwean though white,I am by law a Zimbabwean.I have little
or no knowledge of my roots save for the fact that my forefathers as I was
told,hailed from Australia,which I have never visited all my life.It is
pertinent that I tell you all this so that you can come to a full
comprehension of the ill treatment that we have received from the Zimbabwean
government of late.
The government of Robert Mugabe,president of Zimbabwe,in the year 2000
promulgated an abbysmal land law,the fast tract land resettlement
program,aimed at taking land from the rich white commercial farmers in
Zimbabwe and given it to the so called poor natural inhabitants of
Zimbabwe,the black Zimbabweans,who as the president claimed are the rightful
owners of these land.To this effects,our lands,including the lands where our
personal houses where built on have been taking from us,rendering us
homeless.In pursuance to this law,the so called natural inhabitants,the
black Zimbabweans,have committed serious human rights violations in the
process of forcefully taking our ands from us.Many of our white brothers
were maimed, killed and rendered homeless.Those of us that are alive now
live in fear.
(1) http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/jan-june00/zimbabwe_4-21a.html
(2) http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html
As the victim of this inhuman treatment,I have been rendered homeless,that I
now live in a village in the far north of Manica land,Zimbabwe,where I have
to travel 100 kilometers to send this mail to you.We were hoping that the
international community will come to our rescue,but this hope has been
dashed since all we hear is that the international community is still
appealing to the Zimbabwean government to reconsider the law,which clearly
has fallen on deaf ears,since most of us have been relegated to abject
poverty and homelessness while living in fear.All our properties have been
confiscated including our bank accounts which have been frozen.The rest of
us who managed to flee Zimbabwe at the inception of this law are now the
lucky ones.
My dear friend,I have lost all I worked for all my life.As a tobacco farmer
I have lost both my farm land and all my financial resources in Zimbabwe.I
only have one hope left,which is toleave Zimbabwe alive.I am using this
medium to appeal to you to come to my rescue and that of my family by
helping us get out of Zimbabwe to a safe abode,where we can start life
afresh again.We have some money deposited with a courier firm in canada from
an affiliate office in south africa enable us float an export and import
company to facilitate the transportation of my farm produce which was
costing us alot.I cannot reach the money because of my present
isolation,moreover I do not have a bank account anymore in Zimbabwe to
facilitate bank to bank transfer.I need your help to withdraw this money as
all the documents neccessary for this withdrawal is still in my possession
so that I can leave Zimbabwe as soon as possible and settle down with my
family in your country.Please endeavour to try and help me as you will be
greatly rewarded for your effort.
I thank you for your anticipated cooperation as I await your response to
this mail.
Regards,
Julia Howard
Please reply to my private email:j_howard8@myway.com
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