Here’s the latest scam, or er, opportunity to help a Nigerian in need!
Dear Sir,
With due respect, trust and humility, I write this letter to you
seeking
your help and assistance though
it is difficult since we have not had any correspondence before now. I
got
your contact through
my random search at the net. I sincerely believe that you are capable
to
handle this urgent and international transaction.
I am Frank Turner, the son of Dr. Howard Turner, a Zimbabwean white
farmer
and businessman who was kidnapped early this year by dissident
militantssuspected to have the backing of the incumbent
president Mugabe because of my father’s outspokenness against his
decision
to seize white owned farms and freely give them to blacks without
compensating the original white owners in order to secure votes in the
past
elections and this has led to the death of so many blacks and whites
since
it started.
Four days after my father was kidnapped, he managed to sneak a written
message to me and my brother, explaining his condition and one
diplomatic
box he deposited with the Security Company here in South Africa which
contained the sum of US$15.8 Million (Fifteen Million Eight Hundred
Thousand
United States Dollars). But the content of the box was not disclosed to
the
Security Company due to security reasons. This money was contributed
by his
white colleagues / partners- Movement For Democratic Change of Zimbabwe
(MDC) to battle president Mugabe should he try to manipulate the
electoral
results in this past elections, since Zimbabweans are tired of his
leadership, however he was still able to manipulate the election and
for
this my family is not safe.
My father instructed us to move out of Zimbabwe for our safety, which
we
successfully did and now we are in South Africa. And because of the
existing
laws in South Africa, which bare asylum seekers/refugees like us to
operate
an account that exceeds US$5,000.00 (Five Thousand United States
Dollars).
This is where we seriously and urgently need your assistance for this
money
to be transferred into your account pending our arrival to your
country. It
is very important you
understand that this transaction is 100% risk free, as no other source
knows
about this fund and our
whereabouts.
As for your reward for your kind assistance, we have agreed to give you
18%
of the total sum and 2% mapped out for any expenses we might incur
during
the course of the transfer and we intend to use 80% for nvestment in
your
country or any other country you might suggest and which should be
under
your guidance. Finally, I urge you to give this transaction a highly
needed
confidentiality it deserves and promise that you will not sit on this
money
when finally transferred into your account as our lives and future
depend on
this fund as we do not know what future holds for our father since our
mother died a year ago.
Please I will be very much glad if you give this urgent attention and
do
notify me on my above telephone number or email if you intend helping
us
out.
I await your urgent reply.
Best Regards,
FRANK TURNER
(For the family)
I love the part :"… the content of the box was not disclosed to the Security Company for security reasons."