This was in my email this morning. I only use this address for chip business so you may be getting one of these con letters.

Mr. Favour O. Maneti
Tel:+39 333 349 65 93
Fax:+39 347 049 08 48
carlpatiin@netscape.net
4th April,2004.

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
You may be surprised to receive this letter from me,since you don't know me personally.I am Mr.Favour O. Maneti a zimbabwean,the first son of Late Sir Patrick Maneti,who was mudered in a land dispute in Zimbabwe.I got your contact through an internet trade directory here in Italy and decided to contact you.I don't know your person but I relied on faith to see me through.

Black war veterans claiming to be farmers invaded my father's house on April 16,2000 at about 6.32am in Macheke/Virginia district and mudered my father because of his insistence that white farmers be allowed to retain their farm lands despite the recently introduced land reforms "Act" in Zimbabwe by the Head Of State,Sir Robert Mugabe.Until his death,he was the vice-president of the Zimbabwean Farmers Union (ZFU).It took us so long to contact you because we are awaiting for an appropriate time to do that(The reasons,I will explain to you in details later on).
Before his untimely death,he had deposited the sum of Twenty Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars( US$ 20,500,000.00) only.This money was deposited in a box as a family valuables to avoid demurrage with a private security company in South Africa.This fund was meant for the purchase of new machinery and agro-allied chemicals for the new farms acquired in Swaziland.
This land problem came when our president,Sir Robert Mugabe introduced a new land "Act" Modi Operadus reform which wholly affected the rich white farmers.A lot of people were killed because of this land reformed "Act" of which my late father was one of the victims.My father was solely killed because of his support for the white farmers.
Based on this my family were scattered,I am staying in Italy as a refugee while my mother and my two younger sisters are staying in South Africa as refugees as well.We decided to contact you to assist us in transfering this money to your account in your country or any part of the world for investment as the monetary/investment laws of South Africa and Italy prohibit refugees from running bank accounts or be involved in any transaction/investment.Based on this,we are hoping that you will assist us with the name of God.
As the only son,am saddled with the responsibility of seeking a genuine and honest person who will assist us in transfering this money out of South Africa without the knowledge of my country government who are bent on taking everything my late father had,after confiscating all his farm lands and investments in Zimbabwe.We are absolutely left with nothing except this money.
For your kind assistance,my mother and I are offering you 20% of the total fund after the successful transfer of the fund to your account.5% will be set aside for any expenses that we might incure at the course of this transaction,while the remaining 75% will be for my family which will be used for investment in your country under your direction as we don't know anything about investment.Contact me through tel,fax or the e-mail address indicated above if this proposal is of interest to you,while I implore you to maintain absolute confidentiality required in this transaction.
Yours Truly,
Mr. Favour O. Maneti