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From: "Mr. Masilela Sipho"<[email protected]>
Reply: <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 08:44:13 -0700
Subject: Very Urgent Attention Please
Dear Trustee,
I know this email will reach you as a surprise, but you need not to
worry as I'm using this as only secured and confidential medium
available to seek for foreign assistance and partnership in a business
transaction which is of a great benefit to both of us. It is with
trust that I wish to contact you on this matter concerning transfer of
Fifty One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
(US$51.500, 000.00)
I am Mr. Masilela Sipho ,a member of the Armaments Corporation of
South Africa (ARMSCOR) Contract Award Committee. Some time ago, a
contract was awarded to a foreign firm in South Africa by my
Corporation. The contract was deliberately over invoiced to the tune
of US$51.5m. The over-invoicing was a deal to benefit from the
project.
The foreign contractor had completed the contract and has been paid.
I now want to transfer this money to overseas bank account. I assure
you that this transaction is 100% risk free as I have concluded every
arrangement to protect the interest of everyone involved, Likewise all
modalities for the successful transfer of this fund have been worked
out with Ministry of finance and a commercial bank here in South
Africa to facilitate the remittance of this fund to overseas bank
account.
For your assistance, you will be offered 30% of the total sum as i
receive your Positive response I will make a formal application for
the transfer of the fund into your overseas bank account. It does not
matter whether your company or not does project of this nature
described here. The assumption is that your company won the major
contract and subcontracted it to other companies. More often than not,
big trading companies or firms of unrelated fields win major contracts
and subcontract to more specialized firms for execution of such
contracts. Do not feel it strange about this business proposal, in
Africa that is the means by which big government officials get their
money for future hope of their families. Reply to this email via email
address: [email protected]
Sincerely Yours
Mr. Masilela Sipho