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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: "david nkomo" <davidnkomo@ldsliving.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:08:57 +0100
Subject: Good day,
Good day,
I know you will be surprised to read this mail from me, but please consider
this letter as a genuine request from a family in dire need of your humble
assistance. Firstly, I must introduce myself. I am David Nkomo. A Citizen of
Zimbabwe, but I am contacting you from Accra Ghana where I am now seeking
political asylum. I got your contact from a business Directory in Accra
Ghana chambers of commerce and industry information exchange online.I am the
son of Mr. Sameul Nkomo, a wealthy farmer and senior politician with the
opposition political party in my country, Movement for Democratic Change
(MDC). Our wicked President Robert Mugabe murdered my father, before I ran
away from my country because I have become his next target to eliminate.My
father was a fighter for Justice and a moving force in The MDC, a party
wanting to end the several years of brutal Dictatorship government of
President Robert Mugabe. You will read more stories about President Mugabe's
brutal acts by visiting this web site:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html
My father was accused of assisting the White farmers in fighting
thegovernment. Few weeks after his arrest, he was reported dead. The
government claimed he died of heart attack and his body was never seen for
proper autopsy, they buried him in the government cemetery. My father's
associate Mr. Martin Olds a White farmer from Britain assisted me in
fighting my father's death through the Court and media.The Government saw us
as a big treat to them and decided to eliminate us. Mr. Olds was attacked
and murdered in his House, but fortunately, before they came looking for me,
I received the news and I left the country through the border to Accra Ghana
to save my life, Before my arrival here in Accra Ghana Here is my reason for
contacting you. My father deposited a huge Sum of money in the total sum of
US$12.5M Twelve million, Five hundred thousand United States Dollars]
presently with one Security Company in Accra Ghana, my father kept this
money in one trunk box in disguise as family treasures and valuables and
could not bank them because of the situation in my Country.The government
seized my father's farms and banks account before his arrest and Murder. He
told me everything concerning the funds while he was still in detention.
This is why I need your assistance in securing the funds there in your
Country, so that I can arrange on how to come over to your country for the
investment of the fund, I am willing to offer you 25% of the US$12.5 Million
For your assistance to provide an account where the funds will be
transferred into, While 5% will be set aside for any expenses that may occur
during the transaction.and the remaining 70% is for me and my mother for the
investment. Please, let me know if you can assist me, so that I can give you
more details on how we shall proceed. As I wait for your urgent Response,
please treat this information as top secret and very confidential. Please
don't border to reply if you can not assist. Contact me for more information
through any of this Email id: davidnkomo@live.fr
Yours truly,
David Nkomo
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