ZH African Love Letters

I get e-mail propositions from Africa all the time. They are so charming and lovely it seemed only natural to make a blog of them.

Thursday, July 10, 2003

From: chimezie anyanwu
To: xindzhou@pub.jiangmen.gd.cn
ATTN: SIR,


Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude
will make anyone apprehensive and worried,
but I am assuring you that everything will be well at
the end of the day.

I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of
this transaction. Let me start by introducing
myself properly to you.I am Dr.SEUN AHMED, an external
auditor with ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK OF NIGERIA.


THE PROPOSITION: A Foreigner a french, Late Engr.Jean
claude Pierre (Snr) a merchant , formerly working in
Witwatersrand Johannesbourg Gold Mine, Johannesbourg
South Africa until his death months ago in Kenya Air
Bus(A310- 304)Flight KQ431, he banked with us at
Zenith international bank of nigeria and had a closing
balance as at the end of September, 2000 worth
$33,800.000.00(Thirty Three Million eight hundred
United State Dollars), (this is a side the accrued
interest so far from that date) the bank now expects
his next of kin as beneficiary to come up for claims.

Valuable efforts are being made by the Bank to get in
touch with any of the Claude's Family or Relatives but
to no success. It is because of the perceived
possibility of not being able to locate
any of Late Engr. Jean Claude Pierre(Snr.)'s next of
kin as ,(He had no wife nor children that is
known to us).

The Management under the influence of it's Chairman
and Members of the Board of Directors, made
arrangement for the fund to be decleared "Unclaimed"
and subsequentlly be donated to the nigerian Trust
Fund for arms and ammunition to further enhance the
course of War in Africa and the World in General.

In order to avert this negative development, some of
my trusted colleagues and I now seek your permission
to have you stand as next of kin to the late Engr.Jean

Claude Pierre (Snr.) so that,the fund will be released
and paid into your Account as the beneficiary
/next of kin. All documents and proves to enable you
get this fund will be carefully worked out. We have
secured from the probate registry, an order of
Mandamus to locate any of the deceased's
beneficiary(ies), and more so I am assuring you that
this business is 100% Risk Free
. Your share will be
30% of the total sum while the rest will be for myself
and my
colleagues for investment purposes,according to
agreement between both parties though,I intend to
channel my own part of the fund into running a charity
organisation / home.

However,It might interest you to know that you can
claim the fund in the bank's main branch here in
nigeria or in her affiliate clearance house . We shall
arrange to make the name of beneficiary in your favour
with the bank and also the Probate Registry of the
Government of nigeria. Kindly indicate your interest
to enable us make arrangements to get the neccessary
supporting / back up documents that will make you
eligible to claim

CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

You may be surprised to receive this letter from me
since you do not know me personally. I am Sodindo Malinga, the first son of Tawanda Malinga,the most popular black farmer in Zimbabwe who was murdered in the land dispute in my country. I got your contact
through network online hence decided to write you.
Before the death of my father, he had taken me to
Johannesburg to deposit the sum of US8.6 million
(Eight million, Six Hundred thousand United States
dollars), in one of the private security company,
as he foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe this money was deposited in a box as gem stones to avoid much demurrage from security company. This amount was meant for the purchase of new machines and chemicals for the Farms and establishment of new farms in Swaziland.
This land problem came when Zimbabwean President Mr.
Robert Mugabe introduced a new Land Act Reform
wholly affecting the rich white farmers and some
few black farmers, and this resulted to the killing and mob action by Zimbabwean war veterans and some lunatics in the society. In fact a lot of people were killed because of this Land reform Act for which my father was one of the victims.

It is against this background that, I and my family
fled Zimbabwe for fear of our lives and are
currently staying in the Netherlands where we are
seeking political asylum and moreso have decided to
transfer my father’s money to a more reliable
foreign account. since the law of Netherlands
prohibits a refugee (asylum seeker) to open any
bank account or to be involved in any financial
transaction throughout the territorial zone of Netherlands, As the eldest son of my father, I am saddled with the responsibility of seeking a genuine foreign account where this money could be transferred without the knowledge of my government who are bent on taking everything we have got. The South African government seems to be playing along with them.

I am faced with the dilemma of moving this amount of
money out of South Africa for fear of going through
the same experience in future, both countries have
similar political history. As a businessman,I am
seeking for a partner who I have to entrust my
future and that of my family in his hands, I must let you know that this transaction is risk free. If you accept to assist me and my family, all I want you to do for me, is to make an arrangements with the security company to clear the consignment(funds) from their afiliate office here in the Netherlands as i have already given directives for the consignment to be brought to the Netherlands from South Africa.But before then all modalities will have to be put in place like change of ownership to the consignment
and more importantly this money I intend to use for
investmentment.

I have two options for you. Firstly you can choose
to have certain percentage of the money for nominating your account for this transaction. Or you can go into partnership with me for the proper profitable investment of the money in your country. Whichever the option you want, feel free to notify me. I have also mapped out 5% of this money for all kinds of expenses incurred in the process of this transaction.
If you do not prefer a partnership I am willing to
give you 10% of the money while the remaining 85%
will be for my investment in your country. Contact me
with the above telephone number or my E-mail address
while I implore you to maintain the absolute
secrecy required in this transaction.

Thanks, GOD BLESS YOU

Yours Faithfully,
Sodindo Malinga.