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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: "Karl Blair" <karl2blair@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: karl_blair@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:40:52 +0000
Subject: ***Investment Assistance
Dear Sir,
I am Mr. Karl Blair, I have some money that I intend to invest in your country with your assistance and advise.
I am contacting you due to absolute need for me to have a foreign partner in your country. I have the intention to relocate as the present political instability in my country (Zimbabwe), does not encourage financial investment due to security instability as reported by international media.
This problem started when the Zimbabwean government under the leadership of President Robert Mugabe announced a decree on May 31st 2001, which empowered seizure of more than 6000 white-owned farms. So far, more than 5,400 white owned farms have been invaded, properties confiscated and farm lands seized. During these periods, as reported by the international media and CNN, more than 500 white farmers were killed, the government didn't stop at this, as just recently the government have asked all white-farmers to give up their farms to black farmers or risk going to prison. Having lived in this country (Zimbabwe) for more than 35 years, I have no other country to go to, nor can I trace any of my distant relatives.
That why I made a search for someone with good experience/achievements, to me you are God chosen for assistance so that I can establish a company in your country and relocate there. Also, I must re-iterate the importance of having a citizen of your country
to front as the owner of the enterprise, due to the fact that I will be a foreigner in your country. For this purpose, I have deposited in a Security company based in Europe all the funds realized from the sales of my farmland and other farming equipment which amounted to USD17,500,000.00 (Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand, United States Dollars).
These funds was packaged in two metal boxes and declared as personal effects and photographic materials so as to avoid detection by immigration/security officials. For now, I stay in Johannesburg (South Africa) because Zimbabwe is highly unsafe for my family and me. For security purpose you can reach me via e-mail.
I need your private phone and contact address, so that we can discuss on which area we can invest this money under mutual understanding. My dear good friend kindly go through these websites for you to know what thousands of white farmers like me are suffering since 1999. After so many years of hard work!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1480375.stm
http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0729/zimbabwe.html
http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0422/zimbabwe.html
Yours very friendly,
KARL BLAIR
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