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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: "rose savimbi" <mrsrose_savimbifamily001@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:37:29 +0200
Subject: FAMILY IN NEED
FROM:MRS ROSE SAVIMBI
GAUTENG JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA
Contact my son(CHRIS) on his PHONE. 27-839-296-881
FAMILY IN NEED OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Dear Huckaby,
It is with heart full of hope that I write to seek your help in the context
below.I am MRS ROSE SAVIMBI,the wife of the late DUKE SAVIMBI who was
assassinated some months ago in Harare.Having gotten your contact from the
family library,I have no doubt about your capacity and good will to assist
me in receiving into your custody(for safety)the sum of ($21,000,000).TWENTY
ONE MILLION U.S DOLLARS Willed and deposited in my late husband's favour,for
investment purposes in abroad.
During the Current War against farmers in Zimbabwe and from the Support of
our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in our
country,all the white farmers were ordered to surrender their farms to his
party members and his followers,My husband who was one of the best farmers
did not support his idea so the party members invaded my husbands farm and
burnt everything in the farm;they killed my husband and made away with a lot
of items in my husband's farm.
After my husband was killed, my children and I have no other option than to
ran out of Zimbabwe because our lives were in danger.This money is currently
deposited with a finance and Security Company in a trunk box as personal
belongings, here in Republic of South Africa.
Fortunately,our family lawyer had secretly protected the ' personal will' of
my husband and have strictly advised that the willed money be urgently moved
into an overseas account of trusted foreign family friend without delay for
security reasons, the government had earlier placed foreign transfer embargo
on all our family members seized all known local and international outfit of
our business empire.
The Situation has been so terrible that we are virtually living on the
assistance of well wishers and few Sympathizers of my late husband in view
of this plight therefore,I expect you to be trust Worthy and kind enough to
respond to this call to save my children and I from a hopeless future. I
hereby agree to compensate your sincere and candid effort in this regard
With 20% of the total sum when finally received in your local bank account,
5% will be for any expenses that may incure during the transaction.The
attorney has perfected arrangements with the bankers to effect complete
dislodgement of this money within a week of the receipt of your
response,they have equally guaranteed 100% risk free and smooth transfer.
please kindly send your telephone and fax numbers for easier communication.
Please contact my son CHRIS SAVIMBI. through his private phone number
27-839-296-881,for more clarifications inrespect of this transaction
I look forward to your quick response.
Thanks and God bless.
MRS ROSE SAVIMBI
N/B.PLEASE I WILL APPRECIATE IF YOU CAN SEND YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE,MOBILE
AND FAX NUMBER TO INDICATE YOUR INTRESTING IN THIS TRANSACTION AND I AM ALSO
APPOLOGIES FOR BRINGING TO YOU THIS MASSEGE THROUGH MAIL DUE TO OUR REFUGE
STATUS HERE.
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