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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Fw: A Lucrative Proposal Of Mutual Interest.

Ha! Ha! Ha!
Very smart indeed. I also nearly deleted. Good luck.


------Original Message------
From: Zinab Hassan
ReplyTo: mrs_zinabhassan@yahoo.com.ph
Subject: A Lucrative Proposal Of Mutual Interest.
Sent: Oct 2, 2012 8:26 PM

My name is Zinab Hassan, i know it will be a big surprise for you to receive my email because email like
these fly over the internet telling people about funds and every other things. I myself always receives
offer from the internet which i normally delete because i believe it will be scam letter.

But please i beg you and i swear to the Allah i worship that what am telling you is not a joke or a scam, if
you follow everything i have said in my letter both of us will be happy for the rest of our life.

Am from Libya and my husband is one of the late Gaddafi sons driver. it was my husband who took Gaddafi
family to Niger and Algeria when they ran from Libya. but he came back to Libya and died when their convoy
was hit by NATO bomb. but he told me something very important when he was alive. he told me how he took
some money from Gaddafi son and kept it in a secret place.

He said the money is in Us Dollars 8.6 million Us Dollars and all kept in a big suitcase kept in a secret hide
out. and also 67 kilos of gold which he kept somewhere else. I will want to give you information about all
what am saying because seeing is believing. i am presently out of Libya because we ran out during the war.

Why am written you is because i want you to take ownership of the funds and gold which my husband kept
because if people knows that it belongs to my late husband they will size it and report to the Libyan
government. my husband fight and died for his master so please i have to keep everything secret until i hear
from you.

I have 6 children for my husband, we are finding it hard to live on daily basis right now until i can get hold of
what i just told you but i still have to be very carefully not to lose the money or the gold. i will share the
money and the gold with you if you will assist me.

Just for you to claim ownership of the money and the gold i will give you half of the money and half of the
gold when it is under your control. i will tell you how you can receive the money and the gold when i hear
from you. also every other details will be given when i see your seriousness to help us receive the both items.
please send me your direct details and phone number so we can talk. my first son speak English very well.
please reply with your information.

I also want you to know that the money and the gold are not in Libya both of them are kept in different
countries. i will let you know the countries as soon as i hear from

I will wait for your reply

Madam Zinab


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