I've been receiving these letters for over ten years now. Back at the beginning
they would send snail mail letters.  They've come into the 21st century and are
now sending them via the internet.  These letters are death traps for greedy
people.  I personally know of two separate incidents where recipients followed
up, one a husband and wife team actually ended up in Nigeria where they were
shaken down.  The husband ended up dead, and the wife barely made it back to the
States.  Another involved a greedy businessman who went to Nigeria following
receipt of a similar letter.  He ended up in jail, stripped of all his personal
possessions including identification and clothing.  One of his jailers took pity
on him, gave him a pair of shorts and helped him escape to a neighboring country
hidden on a cargo truck under tarps.   There he went to the US embassy with
nothing to prove his identity, however a few phone calls back home helped him to
come up with proof of US citizenship.

If it sounds too good to be true, beware it usually is.  Caveat emptor.

jwm

supermario wrote:

> I just received this one.  Please forward to everybody
> you know.....
>
> People Beware!...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "FRANK NKULU" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 1:53 PM
> Subject: mutual business
>
> > STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT.
> >
> > I am Mr FRANK NKULU a native of Cape Town in
> > South Africa and I am an Executive Accountant with
> > the South Africa  DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY
> > First and foremost, I apologized using this medium to
> > reach you for a transaction/business of this magnitude, but this
> > is due to Confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium.
> >
> > 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 a top secret because of the
> > nature of this transaction.
> >
> > Within the Department of Mining & Natural Resources where I work
> > as an Executive Accountant and with the cooperation of four other
> > top officials, we have in our possession as overdue payment bills
> >  totaling Twenty - One Million, Five Hundred Thousand U. S.
> > Dollars ($21,500,000.) which we want to transfer abroad with the
> > assistance and cooperation of a foreign company/individual to
> >  receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign non-company
> >  account to receive such funds. More so, we are handicapped in
> > the circumstances, as the South Africa Civil Service Code of Conduct
> > does not allow us to operate offshore account hence your importance
> > in the whole transaction.
> >
> > This amount $21.5m represents the balance of the total contract
> > value executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting
> > firm, which we the officials 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 principles
> >  gotten approval to remit by Key tested Telegraphic Transfer (K.T.T)
> > to any foreign bank account you will provide by filing in 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 involved to propose that should you
> >  be willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be
> 25%
> > of the $21.5 million, 70% for us and 5% for taxation and miscellaneous
> > expenses. The business itself 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.
> >
> > Endeavor to contact me immediately on my private  e-mail address  whether
> > or not you are interested in this business. I want to assure you that my
> > partners and myself are in a position to make the payment of this claim
> >  possible provided you can give us a very strong Assurance and
> > guarantee that our share will be secured and please remember to treat
> >  this matter as very confidential matter, because we will not comprehend
> > with any form of exposure as we are still in active Government
> > Service and remember once again that time is of the essence in this
> business.
> >
> > I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.
> >
> > Kindly send all correspondence to [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Yours faithfully,
> >
> > FRANK NKULU.
> >
> >
>
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