[Cumbria] Urgent Assistance from South Africa.

[Luke Antins]

Nice bit of spam there.

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Kind Regards
Luke Antins

On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, MR.TAMBO wrote:

>                      STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT.
>
> TEL: 871 - 762535915
> FAX: 871 - 762535916
> TEL: 27  - 835948129
>
>
> Alternative e-mail address:  tu_tu26@latinmail.com
>
> Dear Sir,
>
> I am Mr.Tambo, a native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am an Executive
> Accountant with the South Africa Department of Mining & Natural Resources.
> 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. Be informed that a member of the
> South Africa Export Promotion Council (SEPC) who was at the Government
> delegation to your country during a trade exhibition gave your enviable
> credentials/particulars to me. 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 - Six
> Million, Five Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars ($26,500,000.) 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 $26.5m 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 Telegraphic Transfer (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 $26,.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 through my above
> Tel/Fax number or
> my e-mail address, whether or not you are interested in this deal. If you
> are not, it will enable me scout for another foreign partner to carry out
> this deal 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.
>
> Yours faithfully,
>
> Mr. Tambo
>
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