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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: "Joel David." <joel_20023@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: joel_5500@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 22:39:19 +0200
Subject: kindly reply as soon as oossible
Dear Sir,
I am joel david, from Zimbabwe. My late Father, Mr.david johnson,
was the co owner of Agricultural firm and his partner happens
to be among
the white farmers that the dictator President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe
took over their farmlands and handed over to the blacks,despite all the
pleas from the International Communities, and members of the COMMONWEALTH
COUNTRIES. Most of the company's assets, animal farms and milk industry were
seized and confiscated by the tyrant President. My late Father was a British
citizen of African descent and we both lived in the company's staff quarters
but our lives were threatened by agents of President Mugabe. Since then, my Father
and I have been living in exile here in Dakar-Senegal. My Father died on 15th January
this year as a result of cardiac arrest.
My father are able to move his money by the help of International Red Cross staff,
because President Mugabe, placed order for the closure of the accounts of all the
white farmers and no one was allowed to transfer more than ten thousand dollars abroad
but luckly enough, I and my late Father along with some other farmers were assisted
through diplomatic means with the help of the International Red Cross to send our money
abroad for safety.
The total sum of Six million five hundred US dollars (US$6.5.000.000.00), the money is
part of our life savings and what my late father inherited from his late father, from
whom he took over the family business. The money arrived safely in the finance firm.
All the documents to the deposition of the money are with me here in Senegal. I would
like to have your assistance in relocating and investing the money into any lucrative
business you deem profitable. I am 25 years of age and I need your cooperation to secure
this deposit which is as it stands now, the only hope of my survival as I have already
lost my Mother and Father, and the situation of insecurity.
Life is no more the same with me after all the lot I have gone through.
All my hope now rests on you, and I sincerely believe you will not disappoint me, I am
expecting your immediate reply, so that I will forward to you the contact of the finance
firm . I will equally give you a letter of Authority, giving you the right to transfer
the money to a different account for safety purposes while i prepare to come over after
the transfer. Awaiting your quick response.
Sincerely your's,
joel david.
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