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From: William Stevens <william220000@yahoo.ca>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:17:41 -0500 (EST)
Subject: From Master William
FROM MASTER. William Stevens
Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire.
Telephone 0022507490649
Hello Dearest ,
We apologise for any inconveniences this might bring to you especially coming from complete strangers. However, it is an urgent call for assistance as our ugly (circumstance) predicaments here compelled our action.
Our introduction will provide a foundation for this relationship as your contact is courtesy of via World Wide International Contact Web.
We are WILLIAM AND JULIET THE ONLY SURVIVING CHILDREN OF LATE DAVID STEVENS and UZZI farmers affected by President Mugabe's land reform acts which is depriving us of rights in all facets. After the killing of our father we escaped from Zimbabwe to this country, we lost our mother about ten years ago, we do not have any idea of our step mother, the mother of two-year-old twins.
Before the crisis started our late told us that he deposited the below stated amount in a security company in Europe in a trunk box in in my name being the first son and declared the content of the box as valuble items for safety purposes. Now, our intention was to travel to Europe and invest the money that was deposited there by our late father before he was killed, but unfortunately, we could not find our way to Europe due to the situation of our country (Zimbabwe) as we escape to this country (Cote D' Ivoire) as refugees and we are still under the proctetion of the United Nations.
Hence this mail for your urgent assistance as we desire to invest in abroad and to entrust our fund to a responsible and trustworthy person who can manage the money for us through a reliable banking facilities for safe keeping pending our arrival for investments in your country after the consignment must have handed over to you by the security company. Hence this mail for your perusal.
Our total fund is USD$25 Million , presently secured in a trunk box which was deposited in one of the security companies in Europe. As I have said initially, that the consignment was decleared as Valuable Items for safety reasons to avoid the money being stolen.
We have contacted the security company director who told us that he had tried to reach our late father to notify him that the consignment is overdue for claim as the initial deposit he made for the safe keeping of the consignment has expired. He went further saying that he has not been able to get any response from our late dad until we informed him about his unfortunate death. We have equally informed him about our intention to present a foreign partner that will claim the consignment on our behalf, the security company director assured us that he will not delay to conclude the arrangements on the process to release the consignment to our appointed foreign partner, as soon as our foreign partner meets up with their release requirements.
We have resolved to offer our foreign partner (you) 30% of the total amount and additional ten(10%) of all profits from subsequent investments. You will be appointed as our "Fund Manager" during investments. Therefore kindly help us as we are facing untold hardship here in this country Cote d'Ivoire since there is also on going civil war here. Please clarify the followings:
1.Would taxation be much in your country as we desire a low/free tax zone.
2 What other lucrative businesses would you suggest as we intend Real Estate, tourism or still our farming business investment.
3 What are your Government incentives to foreign investors in your locality.
4Can you be able to purchase Houses and obtain residential documents for us to settle in your locality as soon as our consignment is being released to you.
We are believing that you will be sincere enough and of good assistance to us in this issue. Please contact us through this email, kindly provide us with your full (C.V) details including your postal (Home/Office) addresses and private (mobile)
telephone/Fax numbers for easy and confidential contact.
We will update you on the modalities to claim the consignment from the security company as soon as we obtain information from your the required details as contianed in this mail. Meanwhile, you may wish to read about the problems in Zimbabwe through the following links.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1063785.stm
God bless you.
William and Juliet Steven
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