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From: mark baraka <markbaraka1234@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 04:19:19 -0700 (PDT)
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Auditting And Acountance unit
Foreign Remittance Dept,
Standard Bank Of South Africa (SBSA)

phone 27 835 882 487
E-mail markbaraka1234@yahoo.com

Dear: DIRECTOR/C.E.O

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we do not know each other before, but for the purposes of introduction, I am DR. MARK BARAKA.,the chief auditor of STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (SBSA) There is an Account that was opened in this Bank since 1980, and up till 1990 nobody has operated this account. This situation attracted my attention, and after some preliminary investigation into the account, I discovered that the owner of that account died long time ago in a plane crash accident with his immediate family who could have been his next of kin included in this same accident, and further investigation showed that he has no other next of kin nor any living relative that has knowledge of this account. His name is Mr. Smith B. Andreas, a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger Gold Co. The entire amount in question is $26,000,000.00 (USD TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS) Against the background of this development; I decide to urgently remit this money out before it is
declared forfeited to the Bank My reason for contacting you is to seek for your assistance in removing this money. This assistance becomes necessary for obvious reasons.

First of all, this money cannot be approved to a local Bank because it is U.S Dollars, so it must be accredited to a foreign account. Secondly Mr. Smith who is the Beneficiary is a foreigner, so anyone that must claim this money as next of kin to Mr. Smith must not be a citizen of South Africa. At this moment, I have made necessary arrangement to ensure easy approval of this amount to any foreigner who presents valuable information regarding this account, and I am the only one that knows the truth behind this account and all the necessary information that may be required from you. I will supply you with this information with which you will write application to the Bank for the release of the money in your favour.

I will further use my good connections in the Bank to make sure that you secure approvals for the release of the amount into any nominated foreign bank account you will supply in the application you will write. I want you to confirm your interest in this proposal immediately via As soon as I get your response, I will inform you on the next step to take to start the process. Meanwhile, I have decided to give you 15% of the entire amount at the conclusion of the transfer for your assistance, 75% will be for me and some other people I will use to facilitate the process. The remaining 10% has been mapped out to settle any expenses that might be incurred by any of the both parties in the course of the transaction. Thanks for anticipated co-operation.
Urgent response awaited

Best regards

DR. MARK BARAKA.











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