Another tale of woe

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From: MR DAVID KHUMALO
Date: 25 Mar 2008 18:18
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL (seeking for your help)
To:




STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

Attention,

I know you will be surprised to read from me, but please consider this
letter as request from a family in dire need for your assistance.

Firstly, I am MR. DAVID KHUMALO from ZIMBABWE; I am the first and only son
of MR. JAMES KHUMALO. I am presently residing In South Africa. I got your
contact from the South African Information Exchange (S.A.I.E.) in
Johannesburg and on behalf of my mother who is a widow MRS. FLORENCE
KHUMALO I decided to solicit for your assistance to transfer the sum of
US$18.5M(Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to
your personal or company account.

Before my fathers death he was among the few black Zimbabwean rich farmers
and he was killed by the agents of the ruling government of president
Robert Mugabe for his alleged support and sympathy for the Zimbabwe
opposition party controlled by the white minority, if you can remember
vividly my father was among the 10 farmers that were killed and their dead
body seized by president MUGABE, it was on publication (CNN/BBC). Before
his death he had taken me to Johannesburg to deposit this money to a
Security and Finance Company. The money was deposited in a box as a
gemstone to avoid much demurrage from the Security Company. This money was
earmarked for purchase of new machinery and chemicals for the farms and to
establish new farms in Lesotho and Swaziland. In this will he specially
drew my attention to this sum of US$18.5Million (Eighteen Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) that he deposited in a safe box of
a private Security and Finance Company here in Johannesburg, South Africa.
IN FACT MY FATHER SAID IN HIS WILL AND QUOTE: ?My beloved son, I wish to
draw your attention to this money which I deposited in your name in a box
with a Security and Finance Company in Johannesburg, South Africa. In case
of my absence on earth caused by death, you should solicit for a reliable
foreign partner to assist you to transfer this money out of South Africa
for investment purpose.? From the above, you will understand that the live
and future of my family depends on this money as much. I will be very
grateful if you can assist us.

We are now living in South Africa as Asylum seekers and financial laws of
South Africa does not allow Asylum seekers certain right to such huge
amount of money. In view of this, I cannot invest this money in South
Africa, hence I am asking you to assist me to transfer this money out of
South Africa for investment purpose. For your efforts, I am prepared to
offer you 25% of the total fund. While 5% will be set aside for local and
international expenses and 70% will be kept by my family and me.

Finally modalities on how the transfer will be done, will be conveyed to
you once we establish trust and confidence between ourselves.

Looking forward to your reply and please treat as very urgent.

Feel free to call me on my private number +2778932ID

MR DAVID KHUMALO


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