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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: familynkosi001@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 13:48:11 +0200
Subject: Investment Purposes
MR. Williams Nkosi.
#8 ROCKY AVU JHB.
SOUTH AFRICA
EMAIL:familynkosi@hotmail.com
MD/CEO /SIR/
CONFIDENTIAL
This letter is meant to contact you believing that you will help us out of this difficult situation that my family has been engulfed in since the death of my father who is the bread winner of our family. He was murdered in the land dispute in Zimbabwe. So please, consider this as a request from a family in need of assistance. I am MR. Williams ROBERT from Zimbabwe, the first and the only son of late MR ROBERT NKOSI, communicating to you from Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa. On behalf of my family, we decided to solicit for your assistance to transfer the sum of $16.5 Million (Sixteen, Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) inherited from my father into your company or private bank account.
Before the death of my father, on one of his trips abroad he took me to Johannesburg to deposit the sum $16.5 Million with a private
security company as if he foresaw looming danger in Zimbabwe. The money was deposited with Security Company on our arrival in
Johannesburg largely for its safety. President Mugabe gave this money to my father for investment purposes while they were still in good
terms.
This land problem arose when president Mugabe who according to my late father in desperate bid to hold on to power by introduced a new
land act ,which while affected the farmers who were mostly white and some blacks condemned the method adopted by the government and that
resulted in the rampant killings, looting and wide mob actions by the veterans and some political parties.
My late father was among the few black Zimbabwe farmers murdered in cold blood by the agent of the ruling government of President
Robert Mugabe for his alleged opposition against the government new Land! Act. Heads of government from the western world especially
Britain and the United States of America have their
condemnation against Mugabe actions, as it stands now. I am the only person that have access to the money and the necessary documents
needed for it's collection from the security company.
You will understand that the lives and future of my family depends on this fund as such I will be grateful if you can assist us.
We are now living in South Africa as political asylum seekers and the laws and regulations of South Africa do not permit us certain
financial rights.
In view of this we are asking for your assistance to assist me to transfer this fund out of South Africa for investment purposes in
your country.
For your efforts, we are prepared to offer you 20% of the total sum while 10% will be set aside for any expense both parties incurred
during the process of this transaction and the remaining 70% will be for my family investment in your country.
Please, note that this transaction is risk free and the major thing I ask of you is to assure me of the safety of the money when
transferred into your account. Further information and arrangements will commence as soon as a good relationship is established.
Thank you as I await your urgent response. Please, don’t forget to keep every information regarding this transaction highly
confidential for obvious security reason.
Regards
MR. Williams. R.Nkosi (for the family).
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