Attention: Beneficiary
The Reserve Bank of South Africa is pleased to comment on the final payment release of your blocked funds, through the Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS).
Basically, this message is to notify you that your blocked funds, $12.5million, which has been erroneously held up by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) since April 2008, has been unblocked and authorized for immediate wire transfer into your receiving bank account by the Clearing House.
We at the bank's Clearing House received a certified payment instrument from the Financial Services Authority in your favour but with a new receiving account in the name and favour of your financial representative and partner, Mr. Richard Salazar. In lieu of the issued payment mandate from the OFAC, the Clearing House conveyed a payment message through CHIPS, which will affect the transfer of the funds via S.W.I.F.T MT2O2 COV into the account of Mr. Salazar in the next 72hours after a confirmation to proceed from you as the original beneficiary. Though Mr Salazar provided every satisfactory paper works indicating that you authorised the payment into the account below, it is still imperative as a matter of system operational protocol that you Please kindly confirm the account information below are correct to receive the funds,
Bank Name: U.S Bank Trust, N.A, MN;
Swift Code: USBKUS4TCOR;
Routing #: 121122676;
Account Number: 153459581457;
Account Beneficiary Name: James .L. Andrews
Beneficiary Address: 5021 Laguna Blvd, Elk Grove, CA 95758.
The funds will be available in the above bank account the next 72-hours as soon as we get a permission to proceed from you.
We hope this letter is understood, if not, kindly contact Ramsay Gareth, the senior vice president(chipspayment@webmail.co.za) or call the Clearing House as we would be pleased to give all relevant clarifications and/or further briefing.
Thanks for your Co-Operation.
Sincerely,
Miss. Margaret Cole
SWIFT Transfer Manager
The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C.
5 simmonds street Johannesburg,
SOUTH AFRICA
