see: http://root.cern.ch/root/roottalk/roottalk03/3944.html Rene Brun suaide@dfn.if.usp.br wrote: > > Hello all > > I have been receiving this kind of emails from the root lists almost every day and > more than once a day. When will roottalk have a moderator that would stop this > kind of messages to go through???? > > Regards > > Alex > ------------------------------- > Dr. Alexandre Suaide > 55-11-3091-7072 > Departamento de Física Nuclear > Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Charles Pedersen" <charspederson@emailvat.com> > To: <roottalk@pcroot.cern.ch> > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 8:47 AM > Subject: [ROOT] I await your response > > My Name is Charles Pedersen,and I am writing you > from my home in Santa Clara, about 165 miles east > of Havana,the Capital City of Cuba. Santa Clara is > known for two landmarks; The famous Revolutionary, > the Guevera is buried here; and it is home to one > of Cuba's largest universities, La Universidad Central > "Martha Abreu" de Las Villas. > > This is a compelling story, and I beg you to be patient > and read through to the end?I was adopted in 1960, > at age 14 months by Mr. Giovanni Pedersen, the Sugar > and tobacco millionaire; some say he also made his > fortune from the lucrative illicit drugs trade. My > adoption brought so much controversy that Mr. Martins > was forced by his family to put me into a foster home > at age 5,where I stayed until maturity; Like most Cuban > youths, I dreamt of freedom, which every one here knows > is called America; like most youths, in time, I joined an > Anti-Castro group and that merited automatic 24 hours > round the clock surveillance by the Secret Police, but > this is also normal in Cuba! > > My father nevertheless funded my education through the > above mentioned university,where I graduated in Automobile > Engineering. I am now a mechanic, making just enough to > take care of my wife Vanassa, and 3 boys, Junior, Denis, > and Woodison. Sadly, My father died in 1998; left only > his wife and family (he died childless), and I was not > invited to his funeral by his family, but we mourned him > deeply;I had no memory of my real father; but I loved him > for his kindness to me; he frequently defied his family > to visit me?When I got married, he gave my wife a ring > present which we later found out was a diamond ring! > His Last Will and testament was read and probated. No > mention was made of me and my family. Understandably,I > carried on with my life. > > Two weeks ago, I received a letter from Spain, > a country in Europe, from a Commission, and the contents > of that letter put me into shock! I kept the letter for > a week without mentioning it to my wife. Eventually I > revealed everything to her, apparently my late father, > had provided for us after all.He had bought shares worth > about 8 Million USD in 1978, (when I turned 18) and left > it in my name over time. > My father bought more shares and increased the > shareholding to USD28 million! ( I am made to understand > that the current market value is far in excess of this figure?). > The letter explained that according to the terms and > agreement reached with my late father, the shares were > to be delivered to me (The Beneficiary) one calendar > year after his death. The Director of Operation of the > Commission in his letter apologized to me for waiting > so long to contact me, information of my father's death > simply did not reach him until a chance newspaper publication > alerted him of the fact. > > I was then invited to come forward to Spain, to claim my > Inheritance! The total current value of my shares now stand > at approximately USD43 million and rising! > But this simple invitation to travel to Spain is fraught > with problems! I have no International Passport! It is > impossible to travel out of Cuba,unless with special > permission which will of course take months of paperwork > to procure. As an Anti-Castro sympathizer,I have absolutely > no hope of leaving Cuba legally. The only option is to leave > by illegal ferry to the American Coast of Miami, which is > extremely dangerous.Every one knows that success rate is > about 30%, the unlucky get captured and repatriated back > to prison. But the rich and the connected have a better > chance by using low flying aircraft ( which will beat the > Cuban Radar) to smuggle themselves out. > > I therefore desperately need your help! I need you to > contact the Commission in Spain on my behalf, secure > the Share Certificates from the Commission, and sell/redeem > the shares for the current market value and deposit the > money into your Bank Account. Once the money is secured, > I will make the usual underground deal to be smuggled out > of Cuba by aircraft, to freedom! There is absolutely NO RISK > to you in this transaction; I and my family are the ones at risk. > Therefore, I will make no attempt to call you by land based > telephone, which is routinely bugged and monitored by the > Secret Police. > In consideration of your expenses during the course of this > transaction, I freely offer you 20% of the value of my shares. > If you are willing to help me recover my inheritance, please > so indicate in your return reply mail and I will follow up > with more details of the Commission's contact address and also > more details of the transaction. > > Looking forward to your urgent reply, > > Sincerely, > Charles Pedersen.
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