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. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn