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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: george yusuf <georgeyusuf43@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: georgeyusuf2005@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:52:02 +0400
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT
FROM GEORGE YUSUF,
Dear ,
First may I seek for your permission to inform you about the untimely death of the former dictator of the republic of Uganda Idi Amin Dada now late, may his soul rest in perfect peace.
I am GEORGE YUSUF Presently residing in the republic of South Africa, as the elder son of, the late dictator Idi Amin, whose his death came to us today as a surprise and shock to hear that he died in a hospital in Saudi Arabia of kidney attack.
But before his died he secretly called and told me that if he did not survive I should know only me he made a fund deposit in a Security Company in South Africa with specified amount of money in the Security Firm to the tune of USD$ 33.3Million dollars under the cover of personal family and investment document in his personal name for future business investment.
But later when he suspected that he will not survive the illness, he called me and handed over all the related document to me privately and called the security company director and notify the company he has transferred the right of ownership and beneficiary to GEORGE Amin as his next of kin, which they acknowledge his instructions to attend to me or any person I will appoint as my foreign partner, encase if this country did not allowed people under the umbrella of Asylum Status
then to transact nor participate in any banking system here in South Africa.
More so, he did handed over all the relevant document to me before he died on 17TH OF AUGUST 2003.Meanwhile,I am contacting you purposely to help me transfer this said fund into your account, from this Security Company, which must only be known to me and you that I have do so for this urgent assistance.
In Addition, I will need you to only reach me through the above email address and phone number also for this moment till I will travel out of South Africa for further arrangement and investment of this fund in any country you will advice me immediately this incoming fund is finally transferred into your overseas nominated account to enable us embark on any profitable business venture then.
Furthermore, I will need you to urgently send me your personal contact telephone and fax numbers for the necessary procedures so that my financial consultant will use it to obtain the power of Attorney which will authorised him to proceed with the changing of ownership on your name with all the proofing document that will enable him transfer your particulars as the next of kin in the Security Company and awaiting to welcome you down to endorse it, before the release. Also while responding back, kindly informed me regarding the percentage you will like me to offer to enable me negotiate it with you
This must be top secret between us after going through and accepted to work with me for the final execution once you promise to co-operate and assure me that immediately this consignment is released for you on my behalf and equally transferred into your account, ours we be saved and secured, pending my readiness to have travelling document to meet you down for us to site
down to discuss in any profitable business we shall invest on.
I am waiting for your urgent reply.
Best Regards,
GEORGE YUSUF.
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