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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: assistdmwangulu@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 12:49:50 +0200
Subject: i need your assistance
Dearest In The Lord,
I know you will be surprised to read from me, but please consider
this letter as request from a family in dare need for your assistance.
Firstly, I must introduce myself which you have known Mr. Davie Mwaungulu
from Malawi, I am the first and the only son of Mr. John Mwaungulu, I
am presently residing in South Africa.
I got your contact from South Africa Information Exchange who
sympathize with my family and who recommended you have a dependable and
reliable to assist me and my family to make sure we do not loss the huge
amount after hearing what happen to me and my family in Zimbabwe and on
behalf of my Mother who is a widow Mrs.Grace Mwaungulu. I decided to
solicit for your assistance to transfer the sum of US$18M (Eighteen Million
United States Dollars) in your personal or company account.
Before my father's death he was among the few Black farmers in
Zimbabwean and he was poisoned by the agents of the ruling government of
President Robert Mugabe for his alleged support and sympathy for Zimbabwe
opposition party controlled by the White Zimbabwean. Before his death,
he had taken me to Johannesburg to deposit this money to a Security and
Finance Company. This money was deposited in a box as a gemstone to
avoid much demurrage from the Security Company. It was also earmarked for
the purchase of new machinery and chemicals for the farms and to
establish new farms in Lesotho and Swaziland.
In his WILL he specially drew my attention to this sum of
US$18Million (Eighteen Million United States Dollars) that he deposited in a safe
box in a private Security and Finance Company here in Johannesburg,
South Africa.
IN FACT, MY FATHER SAID IN HIS WILL AND QUOTE:
My beloved Son, I wish to draw your attention to this money which I
deposited in your name in a box with the Security and Finance Company in
Johannesburg, South Africa. In case of my absence on earth caused by
death, you should solicit for a reliable foreign partner to assist you to
transfer this money out of South Africa for investment purpose.
From the above, you will understand that the live and future of my
family depends on this money as much as I will be very grateful if you
can assist us. We are now living in South Africa as Asylum seekers and
financial laws of South Africa does not allow Asylum seekers certain
rights to such huge amount of money. In view of this, I cannot invest this
money in South Africa; hence I am asking you to assist me to transfer
this money out of South Africa for investment purpose. For your efforts,
I am prepared to offer you 25% of the total fund, while 5% will be set
aside for local and international expenses and 70% will be kept by my
family and me. Finally, modalities on how the transfer will be done will
be conveyed to you once we establish trust and confidence between
ourselves.
Best Regards
Mr. Davie.
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