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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: "stella spongile" <stellaspongile005@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: stella_spongile0@katamail.com
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:22:42 +0200
Subject: Mrs Stella Spongile
Mrs Stella Spongile
171 corlett drive, Bramley
Johasnnesburg
Tel: 27-83-7141-083
Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is Mrs. Stella Spongile. My husband Dr Frank Spongile, an
intellectual and seasoned administrator was the chairman of Zimbabwe’s land
reform committee until last year when he was murdered by members of the war
veteran association who are being sponsored by the government of Dr Robert
Mugabe to forcibly take over white owned farms. My husband was murdered
because he believed in due process and the right of others and this was
evident in the manner in which he handled the issue of land reforms in
Zimbabwe which totally disagreed with the agenda as set out by Dr Robert
Mugabe who wanted to exploit the issue of land reform to perpetuate himself
in office even though he has been ruling Zimbabwe for twenty-one years. The
original mandate under which the land reform committee was set up was to
liaise between government and white farmers where each farmer will be
expected to release a few hundred hectares not exceeding twenty percent of
land holdings to government for which the farmer will be paid the market
value. The land acquired from this process will then be redistributed to
small farmers to cultivate.
Everybody agreed that this was a laudable concept but what they failed to
see was Dr Mugabe’s hidden agenda to perpetuate himself in office. Dr Mugabe
who was under pressure not to run for office again saw the land reform
situation as a prime weapon to exploit in building support for himself. So
rather than follow the original agenda as set out for the land reform
committee, Dr Robert Mugabe covertly organized and financed a group of
hoodlums who call themselves war veterans to attack white farmers and
forcibly take over their farms. Publicly the president showed his support
for these war veterans and before long the situation degenerated to the
extent hundred of farms were now being forcibly occupied by thousands of
poor folk who see it as their chance to own their own piece of land. What we
have now is a crisis that has almost brought the economy of Zimbabwe to its
knees. Pleas and threats from the international community fell on deaf ears
and as a result foreign investment is almost zero.
This was what prompted my husband to spearhead a serious opposition to Dr
Mugabe’s selfish agenda. He resigned his chairmanship of the land reform
committee and publicly denounced the illegal occupation of white owned
farms. My husband was abducted, savagely assaulted and brutally murdered by
the so called war veterans. During and after his burial I received death
threats and the last straw was when they tried to burn my house down with my
children and I sleeping inside. After this incident, my children and I
escaped to South Africa where my husband had deposited the sum of
$24.6million (Twenty Four Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) with a security company, which he had planned to use in financing
his opposition to the destructive agenda of Dr Mugabe. My status as a
refugee carries a lot of restrictions and does not allow for the ownership
of bank accounts and as a result, I have decided to look for a partner who
will help me to receive this sum into his nominated account for investment
purposes.
I will be obliged if you can receive this money into your account on my
behalf and help oversee its investment in viable ventures. This of course
will be for a reasonable commission.
If you are willing to help us, please contact my son Mr. Victor Spongile,
who will be working directly with you through this email account
stellaspongile00@yahoo.com or call tel. no. 27-83-7141-083. He will give you
more information on our arrangements. Meanwhile, we will offer you 25% as
compensation at the end of the transaction. We are mapping our 5% to settle
all expenses incurred in the transaction, while the remaining 70% will be
for my family and you will help us invest it in viable ventures in your
country. Looking forward to meeting with you as soon as arrangements are
completed.
Best Regards
Mrs Stella Spongile
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