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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:
Date:
Subject:
Dear Sir=2FMadam=2E
Thank you for giving me your time=3BPlease be patient and read my email to you=2C
this letter might come as a surprise to you=2Cand you could be wondering where I
got your contact=2EI got your address through a personal search on the internet for
someone relaible and trustworthy=2Cso i decided to contact you for an assistant=2C
which I do hope you will take your time to consider=2E
My name is Matyn Mueller=2C the eldest son of Dr=2EFRANK MUELLER=2C from Zimbabwe=2E
During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supporters of
our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms for his party
members and his followers=2C he ordered all white farmers to surrender all their farms
to his party members and his followers=2E
My father was one of the biggest farmers in our country and because he strongly
opposed Mugabe's ideas=2CMugabe's supporters invaded my father's farm and burnt
everything in the farm=2C killing my father in the incident and made away with a lot
of items in my father's farm=2EBefore my father's death=2Che had made deposite with a
Security Company in Europe=2C the sum of US$10=2E450=2C000=2C00=28Ten Million Four
Hundred AND Fifty Thousand United States Dollars=29=2E
He intended to use the money in buying new machinery and to set up a new farm
in Swaziland=2EAfter the death of my father=2Cl decided to escape with my other siblings
to another country because of continued harassment and threat from Mugabe and
his supporters=2Cwe could only get as far as the republique du SENEGAL where we
are now seeking political refuge=2E
As the eldest man in the Family=2Ci have been making contact with the company to
see how i can make the claim without going there but to no avail=2Ci was told that
the claim can only be made by me or my father's representative in thier office=2E
This is the reason why i decided to contact you to assist us since I am not able to
travel outside this country particularly to Europe where the company is located=2EI
am seeking for your assistance to help us go to the security company as our father's
representative for the claims=2C For your role in this transaction=2Cmy family and i have
agreed to offer you 30% of the total sum for your assistance=2C 5% will be set-aside for
any expenses that maybe incurred in the course of this transaction and the remaining
65% will be for my family and i to invest in any lucrative investment=2E
All I want you to do is to help me finish this transaction and at the sametime
help me to invest some of our share of the money in a lucrative business in your country=2E
Please get back to me if you can be of assistance via email=2Efor better discussion
or should incase you have any questions you would like to ask=2Cplease feel free to
contact me any time via email=2EThanks and God bless as i will be looking forward
to your swift and positive response=2E
Best Regards=2C
MR=2EMatyn Mueller=2E
Phone No=3B+221 440 9966=2E
m=5Fmueller03=40katamail=2Ecom
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