FYI and if someone has been living in a bottle.... This is a variation of the Nigerian scam.
http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/cnwin0102/TooGood.html Don't even bother contacting them. Regards Fernando "Jesse Ndoro." wrote: > Dear Sir, > > How I sincerely wish that this message will not amaze you and more so for the >assistance that I seek from you. My name is Mr. Jesse Ndoro. I represent Mr. Johnson >Whitehead and myself both black and white Zimbabweans. > > We are first cousins on the maternal side and have been business partners for the >past twenty-six years, jointly investing on Farming and coffee production. We owned >numerous farms and two coffee production plants in Zimbabwe, and had a work force of >one hundred and eighty persons during the off season and as much as three hundred and >forty persons during the crop season. > > Over the past three years the Zimbabwean Government policies have been very >unfavourable to our business and to all farmers generally in Zimbabwe which >eventually culminated in the present problem. Since last year, massive life >threatening hostilities, master minded and encouraged by the Government but executed >by the National War Veterans Association was initiated against the farming community, >in which as you may have read in the media publications, led to the death of several >farmers and their employees, including several destruction of farms, looting and >outright seizure. Some farms were forcefully occupied and government took them over >and re-distributed to the veterans and more so since the expiration of the deadline >given by the ruling government. In the aftermath of these hostilities, three of our >farms were looted and destroyed and four of our employees were killed during these >inhuman occupations carried out by the veterans, with the assistance and >encouragement of the Muga > be government and its polic! > y resolution. The inhuman treatment became vicious and more pronounced since he >allegedly won the last election. > > Due to this very nasty life threatening experience we had and the danger of the >unsafe situation, that exist in our country, we had no option but to make an >arrangement to relinquish ownership of the farms to the government and negotiate for >compensation. This was as far back as March of this year. It was while we were at >Harare, the capital city, negotiating with the government people that tragedy struck >in one of our farms. Two of the veterans that occupied our farms were murdered in >mysterious circumstances. In pursuance of the hate policy of the government, instead >of arresting their colleagues that occupied the farm or better still the locals >living in the farm, we were located all the way in Harare and Mr. Whitehead arrested. >Up till now, he has been in police detention and all efforts to secure his bail is >being frustrated by the authorities. They have since searched our homes and farms >severally looking for what I cannot fathom. They even wire-tapped our telephone. >Government > has become so desperate si! > nce after the clamping of the sanctions by the civilized world and the seizure of >Mugabe asserts by the British Government. Our farms have been the targets of some >senior officials of ZANU-PF. Towards the end of April, with the mandate of Mr. >Whitehead, I negotiated and sold the farms to one of the financiers of the ruling >party. But government has decided that all the farms must be revoked as to appease >those that assisted in his re-election. Before then, I have spirited the proceeds >from the sale, all our monies and other most important things in our lives to South >Africa. Most importantly, we took to South Africa the sum of $15.5m in liquid cash >being our life savings and proceeds from the sale of our farms with the two plants >inclusive which I managed to deposit in a security company as CONTENT UNDISCLOSED >BOXES. > > The reason why I have contacted you is due to our urgent need to get a foreign >business partner, residing in a country with a favourable economic and investment >climate. We have no intention of residing in Zimbabwe anymore and more so since the >government and the buyer of the properties might be after us. Our fears of the >inclement atmosphere in South Africa make it impossible for us to settle there also. >We urgently require your assistance in receiving this amount and also be a lunch-pad >for us in our quest for freedom so that we can migrate and establish a joint venture >business in your country. Our preferred area of investment is farming but should you >have a deviation as to what the funds should be invested into, considering profitable >investment opportunities in your country, we shall have no objections. > > Please note that if you are interested in assisting us, we will immediately arrange >for the necessaries and your percentage compensation for assisting will be 12% of the >total fund. > > I look forward to your immediate reply. You should reply me through the email >address [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am making arrangements to acquire a safe number where we >can be conversing without interruption since they have wiretapped all our telephone >lines. Please, let me have your telephone and fax numbers. > > Yours sincerely, > Jesse Ndoro.
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