1.2 Billion $ Loss

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Irregular News for 05.25.06

 

Zimbabwe -- A businessman lost $1,2 billion cash in a fire that gutted a room he had booked at Ngundu Rocky Motel, 100km south of Masvingo along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway at the weekend.

 

An electric fault is believed to have caused the fire that destroyed two rooms and property worth billions of dollars. Electricity had been intermittently switching on and off for the entire day and crackling sounds could be heard from the electricity meter box, each time the intermittent outages occurred. Workers at the motel owned by Bulawayo businessman Mr Jonathan Gapare also said that at times sparks could be seen whenever the lights were switched on. Willias Shumba, the owner of Yatko Investments, an indigenous company based in Chiredzi, escaped the blaze after he had left the room to have some food and booze when the fire started. "I have been using this lodge on my business trips for three years now, but for all this time I had never been allocated room 2. The loss of my money is a very bitter pill to swallow as it was payment for my house, which I had sold in Chiredzi. "We met at this motel with the buyer who was coming from Beitbridge because it was a central locati on for both of us. In the afternoon he came and handed me $1,2 billion in cash and we were meant to meet again to finalise the transfer of ownership during the week. "I then left the cash on the bed and went out to get some food and beer as there was nothing to eat at the lodge because there was no electricity. "I guess that is why I am still alive to talk to you now. On my return there were still no lights so I carried on drinking in my car and I fell asleep," said Mr Shumba, as he related the ordeal. The manager of the motel, who refused to divulge her name, cried loudly during the fire as she thought that Mr Shumba had been trapped in the room.

 

She heaved a sigh of relief when a shocked Mr Shumba dashed out of his car and headed for the blazing room screaming, "Mune mari yakawanda mumba umo" (There is a lot of money in that room). Later Mr Shumba narrated how he got to know about the fire. "I was surprised when this lady yanked the door of my car open and said thank God y ou are still alive because my room was in flames. Then it slowly dawned upon me as my drunken stupor cleared that all my money was in that room. I bolted out of my car and made straight for the fire," added the dejected businessman.

 

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[AR Husker Fan]

I tend to believe that if I had that much cash, I wouldn't risk it by leaving it in a motel room - and I sure as hell wouldn't leave it to go get drunk...

[slacker]

I tend to believe that if I had that much cash, I wouldn't risk it by leaving it in a motel room - and I sure as hell wouldn't leave it to go get drunk...

If I had that much money I would roll around in it naked

[tattooedhusker]

i'd make a suit out of it, wear it around for about 2 weeks and then deposit it in the bank, and watch the interest take it's toll.

[cubhusker23]

That seems really shady, what the hell would this guy be doing with 1.2 billion dollars in cash. Whatever he was doing, it was probably karma telling him he shouldn't be doing it.

[bennychico11]

hey I think I got an e-mail from this guy! He wrote me saying he was a poor widower who's wife had just died and he inherited all her fortune and he wanted to use my bank account so he could transfer the funds to America easier. He said he would give me a percentage of it.

 

 

I'm still not sure how he found me, but he seemed nice. Wonder if he'll still need my account information I sent him...hmmmm

[cubhusker23]

hey I think I got an e-mail from this guy! He wrote me saying he was a poor widower who's wife had just died and he inherited all her fortune and he wanted to use my bank account so he could transfer the funds to America easier. He said he would give me a percentage of it.

 

 

I'm still not sure how he found me, but he seemed nice. Wonder if he'll still need my account information I sent him...hmmmm

Dude, sign me up!!!!

[tattooedhusker]

i get those emails all the time, some of them inherit it, some need to sell art, and some are simply the "king" of zimbabwe or nigeria Ha!

[BigRedJake]

he had left the room to have some food and booze

That just doesn't sound right in a supposedly serious news article. I've got absolutely no proof or anything, but this whole article sounds bogus.

[BIGREDIOWAN]

The fact that he left that much money just sitting on the bed serves him right that he lost it!!! What a moron!!! If I had that much money I sure as hell wouldn't just leave it on the bed. What about the housekeepers coming in to "clean" the room???

[BigRedJake]

The fact that he left that much money just sitting on the bed serves him right that he lost it!!! What a moron!!! If I had that much money I sure as hell wouldn't just leave it on the bed. What about the housekeepers coming in to "clean" the room???

By the info about the hotel in the article there I'd say there aren't any housekeepers.

[BIGREDIOWAN]

Good point sounds like a sh#t hole!!!

[DaveH]

I tend to believe that if I had that much cash, I wouldn't risk it by leaving it in a motel room - and I sure as hell wouldn't leave it to go get drunk...

No

DOUBT.