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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: ZUMAANTHONY <anthonyzuma@katamail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:02:22 -0800
Subject: Mutual Benefit
MR.ZUMA ANTHONY,
DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY,
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA.
Dear Sir/Madam,
It is my great pleasure in writing you this letter on behalf of my
colleagues. Your information was given to me by a member of the South
African Export Promotion Council (SAEPC) who was with the Federal
Government delegation on a trip to your country for a bilateral
conference talk to encourage foreign investors. 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 confidential because of the nature of this business.
Within the Department of Minerals an Energy where I work as a Director
of Audit and Project Implementation and with the co-operation of two
other top officials, we have in our possession as overdue payment in
US funds.
The said funds represent certain percentage of the total contract
value executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting
firm which we the officials over-invoiced to the amount of
US$14.500,000.00<Fourteen Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars>.
Though the actual contract cost has been paid to the original
contractor, leaving the excess balance unclaimed.
Since the present elected Government is determined to pay foreign
contractors all debts owed so as to maintain good relationship with
foreign government and non-government agencies, we include our bills
for approvals with the Department of Finance and the Reserve Bank of
South Africa <RBSA>. We are seeking your assistance to front as
beneficiary of the unclaimed funds, since we are not allowed to
operate foreign accounts.Details and change of beneficiary information
upon application for claim to reflect payment and approvals will be
secured on behalf of you/your company.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should
you be willing to assist us in this transaction your share as
compensation will be US$3.625m (25%),while my colleagues and I receive
US$9.425m (65%) and the balance of US$1.450m (10%) for taxation and
miscellaneous expenses incurred.
The business itself is 100% safe and secure, provided you treat it
with utmost confidentiality.It does not matter whether you/your
company does contract projects as a transfer of powers will be secured
in favour of you/your company. 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.
Kindly notify me at
zuma_anthony@katamail.com
for further details upon your acceptance of this proposal.
Thanks for your co-operation.
Regards,
MR.ZUMA ANTHONY.
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