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From: "Emmanuel Eleganza" <emmanueleleganza16@msn.com>
Reply-To: cbngov777@myway.com
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 03:35:19 +0000
Subject: Accept in good faith
--ZulberZulberg Closeoff
Ernest Oppenheimer
Road Bruma Lake,
Johannesburg,2196
South Africa.
( RE: TRANSFER OF ($125,000.000.00 USD)
ONE HUNDRED & TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARSDear Sir,
I want to transfer ($125,000.000.00 USD) One Hundred & Twenty five million United
States Dollars from a Prime Bank here in South Africa to an oversea account. First, I
must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction. This is by virtue of
it's nature as being utterly confidential. I am sure and have confidence of your ability
and reliability to prosecute a transaction of this great magnitude.I solicit your assistance to enable us transfer the said amount into your safe account
for unward investment.You can either provide us with an existing account or to set up
a new Bank account immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve to
receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this
important business trusting in you and believing that you will never let me down either
now or in future.I am the personal account officer to the great late INDUSTRIALIST who has an
account in one of the top banks here in South Africa. The account was opened in
1998 and he died in 2003 without a written or oral WILL and since 2003 nobody has
operated on this account again hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this
money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.
The owner of this account is a foreigner and no other person knows about this account
or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and until his death he
was the manager of the company.My investigation through the National immigration
department proved to me as well that he was single as at the time of his entry into the
Republic of South Africa. The amount in this account is USD$125 Million
( One Hundred & Twenty five Million United States Dollars ) only.As a matter of fact, I have decided to transfer this fund abroad for investment. Your
assistance as a foreigner is necessary because the management of the bank will welcome
any foreigner who has correct information to this account which I will give to you
immediately, if you are interested to do this business with me.There is no risk in this
business.With my position and my personal contact with the manager of the bank, the money can
be transferred to any account you can provide with assurance that this money will be
intact pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing.We will start the first transfer with Twenty five million [$25,000.000]. Upon successful
transfer without any disappointment from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of
the remaining balance of $100 Million to your account. I am only contacting you as a
foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person here, but can only be
approved to any foreigner who has the correct information of the account which I will
provide for you.1 So you should provide me with your correct account detail where you will like the fund
to be transferred or you can set up a new account for the transfer even an empty account
is ok. At the conclussion of the transfer you will take 35%,5% will be for any expenses
both parties incurred in the process of this business and the remaining 60% will be for me.
As soon as I hear from you and upon your strong assurance that you will not let me down
once the fund goes into your account I will then start the processing of the transfer of
the fund to your account without further delay.2 make sure you furnish me with your direct phone and fax no.for easier communication
Thanks.Yours Faithfully,
Emmanuel Eleganza
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