Email Number 2 (This is a big one!)

On 24 July 2013 10:56, John Korang <johnkorang@dishmail.net> wrote:

Thank you for your response to my email. Well I have to be very frank with you; I got your contact in the internet in my desperation to solicit for assistance of a foreign partner who can assist and co-operate with me in executing the essence of this transaction.  My decision was informed by my restricted and constrained situation in Zimbabwe due to attack on the white farmers. Based on the above I have intuitively resolved to trust you in this transaction, I just have to take this risk as this cannot be avoided and the fact remains that somehow and sometime, one has to trust blindly but I am a bit comfortable because it is my belief that there are enough benefits accruable from the successful completion of this transaction with this in mind, the issue of greed can be safely put aside. I contacted one other party but he sounded so greedy wanting as much as 50% share, as such I could not go along with him on those terms. Furthermore, I will want to be very transparent and honest with you as I earlier mentioned, and it is in line with this instance that I have resolved to bring you into the true picture of the entire project and what assistance is required of you now that my intuition has told me to transact with you. Upon announced by President Robert Mugabe the decree to seize more than 849 white-owned farms, I immediately started liquidating all my interest in Zimbabwe. I had successfully deposited US$18.5Million in a security company overseas, before the land crisis came to my door step. The Government immediately confiscated all that was left of my farms and froze all my bank accounts here in Zimbabwe and also went to the extent of seizing my international passport to restrict my movement only within Zimbabwe, since I was unable to account for my farming equipment and some huge withdrawals made from my account. At the moment government agents are trying to force the banks here to give them a paper trail showing where the money was moved to. Prior to this, I had moved the US$18.5Million out of Zimbabwe, which is safely overseas. I intend investing my money in large scale farming (with a bias in tobacco farming) and Real Estate when I finally arrive in your country. I hope you would be able to offer some ideas in these fields.

WHAT HAS TO BE DONE:
I do not know the possibility of you being able to travel overseas at this time as I would have sent you a power of attorney by email so you could present yourself at the security company and access the funds, however if this is not convenient for you, then we could consider other options of transferring the funds to your care. However my first option would be your physical presence at the security company. The other viable option would be the security company brings the consignment to you. Considering the magnitude of this project it is important we build a strong relationship before our eventual meeting. Please email me at least once a day since telephone contact is not convenient for me at this time; however feel free to send me your phone number as I can try to call you from a pay phone once in a while.

RENUMERATION:
I also believe that 15% is adequate as your commission. My going into partnership with you would greatly depend on your willingness to accept 15%. If you agree then I can send a copy of memorandum of understanding (MOU) and agreement on those terms for you to sign as time goes on. For this purpose you will need to send me your full names and address as I will need this information to put in the MOU. Please understand that you will be in no risk for assisting me in this project, However I would like to reiterate the importance of confidentiality. More so, the gains of the pending project can only be enjoyed by us all (including you) after the transfer of the money to you and we have disbursed the funds with absolute peace of mind knowing that the project and the transfer itself is known to we partners (+you) only. You must also agree with me that a successful transfer of the funds to your care, which does not guarantee enjoyment of the funds with absolute peace of mind, is no success. In Africa we have a proverb which says, "Money that cannot be enjoyed does not make one rich". You can therefore understand why I am hammering on the importance of confidentiality, as a non-religious observance of this basic essential, is the only thing capable of importing any risk to this project which under my perfected modalities is 100% risk free once I get total cooperation from you. On my part, I understand the importance of this and cannot perform less in this regard. I therefore crave your indulgence in this and expect same from me, being 100% confidential and discrete about the affairs of this project, please do not let me down. If you follow my instructions, religiously, promptly and accordingly as the originators, the project can be accomplished totally risk free and hitch free and in accordance with all relevant international laws. Kindly acknowledge receipt of this email. Please endeavor to send me any ID in your next email, so I can have an idea of whom, I intend trusting my life savings with.
Regards,
John Korang.