DEAR SIR, PLEASE, DO NOT BE EMBARRASED AS TO HOW AND WHY I AM DIRECTING THIS LETTER TO YOU. IT WAS THROUGH MY SEARCH FOR A REALIABLE AND TRUST WORTHY BUSINESS PARTNER THAT I CAME ACROSS YOUR CONTACT.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, MY NAME IS MBEKU MOBUTU, THE SON OF LATE PRESIDENT SESE SEKO MOBUTU, WHO WAS DEAD SOME YEARS BACK IN ZAIRE, NOW KNOWN AS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AFTER HE WAS OSTERED FROM POWER BY REBELS TO EXILE WHERE HE DIED OF A HEART ATTACK. I THOUGHT IT RIGHT TO ASK YOU SPECIALLY FOR THIS FAVOUR DUE TO THE FACT THAT MY FAHTER BEFORE HIS DEATH ALWAYS HAVE THE IDEA OF CONTACTING YOU AS SHOWN IN HIS ADDRESS BOOK FOR BUSINESS PARTNERS. NOW THAT MY FATHER IS DEAD AND THE CONDITION OF MY FAMILY IS GETTING WORST DUE TO THE PERSECUTION BY THE PRESENT REGIME OF REBELS, I DEEM IT NECESSARY TO TAKE MY FAMILY OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO SEEK ASYLUM IN SOME OTHER COUNTRY. PRESENTLY, I AM IN SENEGAL WHERE THE SITUATION IS NOT SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. MY REASON FOR CONTACTING YOU WAS TO REVEAL TO YOU, A BUSINESS PROPOSAL AS SOMEBODY THAT IS ABLE TO HANDLE IT WITH TRUST. THE ISSUE WAS FIRST DISCUSSED WITH MY MOTHER AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEY AGREED THAT I GO AHEAD TO SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER TO WORK WITH. SOMETIME IN DECEMBER, 2002, OUR LAWYER CAME TO HAND OVER OUR FATHERS DECLARED WILL AND DOCUMENTS, ON GOING THROUGH IT, WE FOUND OUT THAT MY FATHER DEPOSITED A TRUNK´SAFE WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN MADRID, SPAIN FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS WHICH HAS BEEN DUE FOR COLLECTION SINCE OCTOBER LAST YEAR. THIS SAFE, ACCORDING TO THE WILL CONTENTS THE SUM OF US$18,500,000.00 (EIGHTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) BUT WAS SAFED AS ARTICRAFTS TO AVOID THE SECURITY AGENTS TEMPERING WITH IT. SINCE WE COULD NOT ASCERTAIN HOW WE COULD RETREIVE THE SAFE AND MAKE GOOD USE OF THE FUNDS THEREIN DUE TO OUR PRESENT STATE, OUR LAWYERS ADVISED US THAT WE SEEK FOR A TRUST WORTHY FOREIGN PARTNER WHO WE WOULD DELEGATE AS THE BENEFICIARY FOR HIM/HER TO CLIAM THE SAFE ON OUR BEHALF AFTERWHICH, WE WOULD MAKE ARRANGEMENTS AS TO MYSELF TRAVELLING TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR THE INVESTMENT OF THE FUND. IT WAS IN THE LIGHT OF THIS ADVICE THAT WE CONTACTED YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. KINDLY NOTE THAT OUR LAWYER WOULD PUT ALL MODALITIES IN PLACE FOR THE SMOOTH COLLECTION OF THIS SAFE AS SOON AS YOU NOTIFY US OF YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AND HAVE ALL DOCUMENTS TO BACK UP THE FUND. WE SHALL DISCUSS WHAT PERCENTAGE YOU WOULD BE ENTITLED TO ON YOUR RESPONSE. THIS TRANSACTION MUST BE KEPT WITH 100% SECRECY UNTIL THE FUNDS ARE COLLECTED DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE STILL HUNTED BY THE REBELS EVEN IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND THE EARLIER WE RESOLVE THIS, THE BETTER FOR MY FAMILY AND MYSELF TO TRAVEL TO ANOTHER CONTINENT FOR SAFETY. YOU CAN REACH ME ON OUR ATTORNEY´S E-MAIL ADDRESS, WHICH IS ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SINCE YOU CANNOT CONTACT US DIRECTLY DUE TO THE SURVELLANCE PUT ON US AS ASYLUM SEEKERS HERE IN SENEGAL. THANK FOR YOUR KIND UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION. HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON. YOURS TRULY, MBEKU MBUTO FOR: THE MBUTO FAMILY