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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: "Macido Ford" <macidoford@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: macidofords2004@sify.com
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:26:34 -0800
Subject: UPDATE INFORMATION
IN RECENT TIMES OVER THE RADIO IN AMERICA OR EVEN IN ASIA YOU MUST HAVE
HEARD ABOUT MY FAMILY REGARDING HUGE SUMS OF MONEY STACKED IN SECURITY
COMPANY IN EUROPE IN DIFFERENT NAMES FOR BUSINESS. I BELIEVE, IS A LEGACY WE
CAME TO MEET, WHEN MY LATE FATHER, BECAME THE WHITE FARMER. IT DOES NOT
MATTER WHETHER YOU ARE SMALL OR BIG BUT YOUR ABILITY TO HELP ME SORT OUT
THINGS IS MOSTLY NEEDED NOW. I DO NOT JUSTIFY MYSELF BUT IT HAS HAPPENED, SO
I NEED YOU TO HELP ME AND MY FAMILY SURVIVES IN LIFE.THUS IT IS WITH HOPE
THAT I WRITE TO SEEK YOUR HELP IN THE CONTEXT BELOW.
I AM MR.MACIDO FORDS, 30 YEARS OLD A CITIZEN OF ZIMBABWE WHO WAS IN A REFUGE
CAMP IN SOUTH AFRICA BEFORE MOVING TO LONDON I GOT YOUR EMAIL CONTACT IN
SEARCH OF A FOREIGN BUSINESS PARTNER TO CARRY OUT THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION,
MY LATE FATHER, MR TERRY FORDS, WAS A WHITE FARMER WHO WAS KILLED BY ROBERT
MUGABE, THE ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT IN THE RECENT FARMERS DISAGREEMENT WITH THE
GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE IN WHICH MY FAMILY LOST VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING AND AS A
RESULT, WE BECAME REFUGEES IN SOUTH AFRICA. WHEN THE NEWS REACHED US ABOUT
OUR FATHER’S DEATH, I HURRIEDLY GATHERED SOME VALUABLES THINGS IN OUR FAMILY
VILLA AND ESCAPED FOR MY DEAR LIFE WITH MY TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS AND A
SISTER. AMONG THE VALUABLES I GATHERED WAS A FILE THAT CONTAINED DETAILS OF
A DEPOSIT BOXES WHICH MY FATHER DEPOSITED IN A SECURITY COMPANY IN EUROPE
THE BOXES DEPOSITED CONTAINED $35.5 MILLION US DOLLARS ON MY NAME.
NOW THAT I AM IN LONDON SEARCHING FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER TO CARRY OUT THIS
BUSINESS TRANSACTION, I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO MOVE THIS FUND OUT OF THE
SECURITY COMPANY IN EUROPE FOR INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY AS WE CANNOT
INVEST HERE DUE TO THE FROSTY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNITED KINGDOM AND
ZIMBABWE.
I ASK YOU TO SCOUT FOR A VIABLE AND LUCRATIVE BUSINESS. MY FAMILY HAS AGREED
TO GIVE YOU 30% SHARE IN ANY INVESTMENT WE WILL EMBARK UPON IF YOU ASSIST
ME. WE SHALL ALSO SET ASIDE 5% OF THE FUNDS FOR MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES WHICH
YOU MIGHT MAKE IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION. THIS FORTUNE I HAVE
REVEALED TO YOU SHOULD REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL, AS IT IS ONLY YOU THAT I HAVE
CONTACTED FOR THIS TRANSACTION, SO THAT YOUR MESSAGES WILL BE CONFIDENTIALLY
RECEIVED.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ASSISTING ME, PLEASE REACH ME IMMEDIATELY AND SEND
TO ME YOUR CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER(S) SO THAT I CAN REACH YOU
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. FOR OBVIOUS SECURITY REASONS,
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MY FATHER’S DEATH CAN BE VERIFIED ON THIS WEBSITE;
http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html
BEST REGARDS
MR MACIDO FORDS,
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