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From: mathewkuruneri31@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:58:38 +0200
Subject: KEEP IT SECRET (BUSINESS)
25 WALMER STREET
AREA CODE 6001
PORT ELIZABETH
SOUTH AFRICA
FAX:+27 73-3648441
E MAIL;mathewkuruneri2010@yahoo.co.uk
BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
ATTN: SIR/M
I am certain you will be surprised to recive this mail from me, indeed, I sincerely apologize for
the embarrassment this might cause you. However, I wish to state, that it is sincerely
necessitated by my present plight and I pray you will readily be of tremendous assistance.
I am Mr. MATHEW .C. kuruneri, from Zimbabwe and the son of Mr Christopher kuruneri who until
recently was the Honorable Minister Of Finance in the present Robert Mugabe Government in Zimbabwe.
Precisely, on The 24th of April 2004, the security goons of President Robert Mugabe in what was
an excessive and unprecedented use of force arrested my father while still a Government Minister
at our family house in Harare. He was arrested on the allegation that his building of
a Thirty Million Rand (i.e. US$ 8 Million) beach front mansion in Llandudno , Cape Town,
South Africa was in contravention of Zimbabwe’s regulation on Foreign exchange control.Though,
my father has repeatedly made it clear that he did not in anyway contravene this regulation,
maintaining, that he was funding the housing project from funds he made through his business
ventures and consultance work outside Zimbabwe prior to his becoming a minister, and that the
funds were never held nor transferred from Zimbabwean banks, charges, are yet to be laid
against him in a court of law. For the past weeks since his arrest, my father has been held
in solitary confinement and under severe inhuman conditions in the gulag of Mugabe despite
several efforts and calls for him to be charged before a competent court or be released.
However, my family is undoubtedly aware of the underlying political intrigue and vendetta
that is involved in this case than meets the eyes. It simply has to do with my fathers
ncompromising stance against the oppressive polices and unwholesome activities of President Robert
Mugabe, besides, my father’s recent rising popularity within the ruling ZANU-PF party, and around
the country and his touting as a possible successor to President Robert Mugabe. My family was aware,
that Mugabe was very uncomfortable with this situation and knew, that it was matter of time before he
moved against him, but, unfortunately, lest did we anticipated it in this most bizarre and barbaric
manner.Being aware of Robert Mugabe’s anticidents, to say,that my father and the entire family
entertain great concern and apprehension about his life and that of the other members of our family,
is to state the obvious.It is obvious from his actions, President Robert Mugabe is out destroy the
family both political,fiancial and otherwise.
Presently, I have moved with the rest of my family into South Africa, where we have managed to gain
asylum. However, the tactic support for President Mugabe from the present South African Government,
coupled with the proximity of both countries makes our continued stay and hope for a future in
South Africa most risky and uncomfortable.In the meantime, I have been mandated by my father, to
explore avenues and make every necessary arrangements immediately to move our only left fund, since
others has been seized, out of this country and also make arrangements to resettle the rest of my
family in any of such country. At present, i am desperately seeking your assistance
in helping me transfer the sum of Fitteen million five hundred thousand united dollars (US$ 15.5m)
being the total sum deposited with a security and finance company here in Port Elizabeth South Africa
to your country for viable investment.
Unfortunately, under the recent South African Financial intelligence center Act (FICA) and the
Exchange Control Regulations as a refugee i am highly constrained from personally transferring this
money out of South Africa.However, this could easily be effected with the representation/assistance
by a nationals of a different country apart from nationals of the Southern
African Development Countries, SADC, hence my writing.
For your assistance towards the successfully completion of this transaction, you will be entitled
to 15% of the total sum involved, a further 5% of the total money will be set aside to cater for the
expenses that might be encounteredin the course of the transaction, while the remaining 80%will be for
my families investment purposes.Please then, could you be of any assistance in lieu of
this transaction, i kindly request that you contact me as soon as possible through the email address or
telephone number below for further discussion.
However, against the backdrop of my safety and that of my entire family, I hope you appreciate more than
ever the essence for the confidentiality of this transaction. I have attached at the end of this mail,
some media reports concerning this present predicament of my family to aid you with further insight.
http://www.suntimes.co.za/2004/03/21/news/news01.asp
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/kuru3.1599.html
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/kuru.1566.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/04/26/wzim26.xml
http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Zimbabwe/0,,2-11-259_1518150,00.html
Do accept my highest considerations. I look forward to
hearing from you.
Regards,
MATHEW .C.kuruneri
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