419 scam: "John Sekibo" <sekiboj@msn.com> BUSINESS TRANSACTION/FROM DR. JOHN ARZIKA

DR JOHN ARZIKA (BSc, MSc, PhD, MNIM)
Secretary,
Tenders Committee,
South Africa Department of Minerals & Energy,
Ministry Of Mining & Natural Resources,
Johannesburg, South Africa.
E-mail: jarzika@sify.com

       STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT ASSISTANCE REQUIRED.

I am DR. JOHN ARZIKA, A native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am
an Executive Director with a South African Government ministry. I am
also the Secretary of the Tenders Committee set up by the government to
look into contracts under the Department of Minerals and Energy.
We got your contact from a close source and I was mandated to seek your
Confidential co-operation in the execution of the project I am about to
Describe. First, I must let you know the major reason for this project.
This project will be of great benefit to all parties involved and hope
you will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this
transaction.

Within the Department of Minerals and Energy, we (me and two of my
colleagues) discovered and we have in our possession as overdue payment
totaling $15.45M (Fifteen million, four hundred and fifty thousand US dollars)
which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and cooperation of a
foreign company/individual to receive the said fund. More so, we are
handicapped in the circumstances, as the South Africa Civil Service Code
of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore accounts hence your
relevance in the whole transaction. Also we cannot access the funds,
because indigenous companies cannot carry out contracts of this magnitude.
This amount US15$.45M represents the balance of the total contract value
executed on behalf of this Department by a foreign contracting firm,
which was over-invoiced deliberately. Though the actual contract cost
have been paid to the original contractor, leaving the balance in the tune
of the said amount which we have in principle 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 Justice Ministry
here in South Africa for the transfer of rights and privileges of the
former contractor to you.

I have the authority of my partners to propose the following: SHOULD
YOU BE WILLING to assist us in this transaction, your share of the sum
will be 25% of the total sum, 70% for us and 5% for reimbursable expenses
(taxation and miscellaneous Expenses incurred.) This is after all
expenses have been refunded and taxes have been paid. The transaction itself is 100%-SAFE for all involved.

This is possible if on your part you treat it as confidential and with
the utmost secrecy it deserves. Please note that your area of
specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this
transaction. Hope that you will not disappoint us. I want to assure you that my
partners and I are in a position to make the payment of this claim possible provided you can give us a very strong assurance and guarantee that
the funds will be secured.

Please remember to treat this matter as very confidential, because we
will not comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in active
government service and will want to retire honorably.
DO FURNISH ME WITH YOUR CONTACT PHONE/FAX NUMBERS SO THAT WE CAN PROGRESS FURTHER.

I wait in anticipation of your cooperation.

Yours faithfully,
DR. JOHN ARZIKA.

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