From: "Dr. Paul Thibedi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.paulthibedi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 23:27:05 -0600
Subject: RSA Govt. Contract Offer Notification

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS & ENERGY PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA.
FROM THE DESK OF: Dr. Paul Thibedi (Director Project Allocation)

Attention:

I am Dr. Paul Thibedi, Director of Project Allocation; Department of Mineral and Energy, South Africa.

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business. Though this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest medium of communication. It is indeed my pleasure to request for business partnership with great pleasure, I write to solicit for your assistance in a matter that can be of mutual benefit to us. I only pray that you read through carefully and respond as promptly as possible. Precisely, in this year 2013 - 2015, the Ministry of Minerals and Energy in South Africa where I work as director of audit and project implementation, received presidential irrevocable circular order requesting the ministry to compile and forward the list of all past foreign contractors whose contract payments are pending since the period of past regime of Late Dr. Nelson Mandela till this present regime.

The purpose of this exercise is for the present South African government to pay foreign contractors all debt owed to them as to maintain good relationship with other foreign governments and nongovernmental financial agencies. In light of the above, my colleagues and I decided to include a company’s/Individual name with a bill of US$39,400,000.00 {Thirty Nine Million Four Hundred Thousand United State Dollars} Only alongside other companies and their respective bills for payment. With the co-operation of top senior authorities the lawyer I hired for this project has already met, I am so confident that our claim of US$39,400,000.00 {Thirty Nine Million Four Hundred Thousand United State Dollars} shall be granted being for contract work executed at the Ministry of Minerals and Energy, payment shall then be transferred upon approval to a safe account that would be provided by you in other words, if you accept to be our partner then you shall be considered given the pertinent documentatio
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Please be informed that with the South Africa government monetary policy, Government official employees are not allowed to operate or own bank accounts abroad hence our decision to seek a foreign partner. Furthermore, I want to assure you that the legitimacy of this transaction is well pronounced for which upon your acceptance to this offer I will furnish you with relevant information as to how the funds transfer will be executed swiftly without any hitch.
However, I would want to believe that you are honest enough and will not raise any misgiving attitude in any aspect of the transaction, more importantly, that you will keep this transaction very confidential so as not to tarnish the confidence reposed on these officials by the South African Government.

Further information concerning the transaction shall be forwarded to you upon your response to this letter. Visualize this opportunity as an indirect financial resource; also note that your area of specialization is not a hindrance in the successful execution of this transaction. If interested on this offer, endeavor to contact immediately via e-mail: (dr.paulthibedi@gmail.com) before we establish voice contact on the subject matter.

Finally I want to assure you that this transaction is scheduled to be completed within fourteen working days provided you are willing to adhere to my directives concerning the subject matter. Thank you and God bless, as I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.

Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Paul Thibedi
Director Project Allocation