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Fraud email example:

From: rhodesjones@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:17:43 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20BUSINESS=20PROPOSAL?=

From the Desk of:ENGR.RHODES JONES
(B.SC,M.SC,Ph.D., MNIE, FIE)
DIRECTOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
NESLSON MANDELA BUILDING,
PRETORIA - SOUTH AFRICA.
E-mail: rhodes_jones1@yahoo.it

Dear Sir,

VERY URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL

It is my great pleasure in writing you this letter on behalf of my
colleagues
Your particulars were given to me by a member of the South Africa Export
Promotion Council (S.E.P.C) who was with the federal government delegation
to your country during a trade exhibition.I have decided to seek a
confidential
co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described hereunder for
the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it as ! top secret because
of the nature of this business.

I am ENGR.RHODES JONES, Director Of Project Implementation, South Africa
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. I am making this contact with
you, based on the committee?s need for an Individual/company who is willing
to assist us in the execution of this business. Within the Ministry Of
Energy
And Natural Resources, where I work as a Director of the Project
Implementation
and with the good co-operation of four other top officials, we have in our
possession as over due payment bills, totaling Twenty One Million, Four
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars(US$21,400,000) Which we want to
transfer
abroad with the assistance and co-operation of A Foreign Company/individual
to receive the said funds on our behalf. More so, we are handicap in these
circumstances, as the South African Civil Services code of conduct does
not allow us to operate an offshore account. Hence your importance! in this
transaction. This amount $21.4Million represents the balan ce of the total
contract value execu
ted on behalf of my ministry by a Foreign Contracting Firm, which we the
Officials over invoiced deliberately.

Though the actual contract cost has been paid to the original contractor,
leaving the balance in the tune of the said amount, Which we have in
principles
gotten approval to remit by Key Tested Telegraphic Transfer (K.T.T). to
any Foreign Bank Account you will provide by filing an Application through
the Ministry Of Justice here in South Africa,for the transfer of rights
and privileges
of the former contractor to you.

I have the Authority of my partners involved to propose that you should
be willing to assist us in this transaction, Your share of the sum is 30%
of the $21.4Million, 60% for us and 5% for taxation and miscellaneous
expenses
and remaining 5% will be for charity organisation. The transaction it self
is 100% safe, on your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy ! and
confidentiality. Also, your area of specialization is not a hindrance
to the successful execution of this transaction. I have reposed my
confidence
in you and hope that you will not disappoint me. I want to assure you that
my partner and myself are in the position to make the payment of this claim
possible, provided that you can give us a very strong assurance and
guarantee
that the funds will be secured and please,remember to treat this matter
very confidential, because we will not comprehend with any form of exposure
as we are still in active Government service.

Please,reply immediately .

Once again, remember that time is of great essence in this transaction.
Please get back to me on this e-mail: rhodes_jones1@yahoo.it

I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Yours Faithfully,

ENGR.RHODES JONES




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