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FROM: BONGANI RADABE
Attn:Director/CEO,
Dear Sir/Madam,
With due respect, trust and humility write you this proposal, which I
believe will be a great interest to you i found your contact while I was
doing a private research on the internet for a reliable and capable foreign
partner that will assist my family and I.this is the most reason why I
contacted you.I am BONGANI RADABE the son of Dr. James RADABE of Zimbabwe.
During the current war against farmers in Zimbabwe and from the support of
our president ROBERT MUGABE to claim all the white owned farms in our
country, all the white and black farmers were ordered to surrender their
farms to his party members and his followers.
My father who was one of the best farmers in our country and treasurer of
the farmers co-operation did not support his idea and so the party members
invaded my fathers farms and burnt everything in the farm, killed my father
and made away with a lot of items in my fathers farm. After the death of my
father I, my mother and younger sister decided to move out of Zimbabwe
because our lives was in danger with the money that my father kept in his
hidden safe in our house.
The amount contained in the safe is US$27.5M (TWENTY SEVEN MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) and we decided to code the money and
move to the republic of SOUTH AFRICA where we deposited the money in a
SECURITY COMPANY as a valuable item. So in terms to invest the money here,
we cannot do so due to the policy and law of this country so I decided to
make a contact with an overseas firm who will assist me and my family to
move this money out of South Africa, because we are asylum
seekers here in South Africa, and cannot continue to suffer when we have
such amount of money in the security company.So, if you consider this
proposal, my family and I have agreed to give you 25% of the total sum for
helping us to move this money out to your country and 5% will be mapped out
for expenses both of us may incurred during this transaction and 70% will be
for me and my family to invest in your country.
All I want is for you to furnish me with all your banking
details and your personal phone and fax number for easy communication. You
can contact me on the above and below telephone number and E-mail
address.Note: This transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential
Then, if you are interested to help me and my family please contact me with
this E-mail [(censored) ] and phone number(censored).
Thanks and God bless you.
Best Regards,
BONGANI RADABE for the family.