text: "DearI am Dr. M. Z. Erick a native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am anExecutive Accountant with the South Africa Department of Mining & NaturalResources. First and foremost I apologized using this medium to reach youfor a transaction/business of this magnitude but this is due toConfidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium. Be informed thata member of the South Africa Export Promotion Council (SEPC) who was atthe Government delegation to your country during a trade exhibition gaveyour enviable credentials/particulars to me. I have decided to seek aconfidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal describedhereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it as atop secret because of the nature of this transaction.Within the Department of Mining & Natural Resources where I work as anExecutive Accountant and with the cooperation of four other top officialswe have in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Twenty - SixMillion Five Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars which we want to transferabroad with the assistance and cooperation of a foreign company/individualto receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign non-companyaccount to receive such funds. More so we are handicapped in thecircumstances as the South Africa Civil Service Code of Conduct does notallow us to operate offshore account hence your importance in the wholetransaction.This amount (Twenty - Six Million Five Hundred Thousand) represents thebalance of the total contract value executed on behalf of my Department bya foreign contracting firm which we the officials over-invoiceddeliberately. Though the actual contract cost have been paid to theoriginal contractor leaving the balance in the tune of the said amountwhich we have in principles gotten approval to remit by TelegraphicTransfer (T.T) to any foreign bank account you will provide by filing inan application through the Justice Ministry here in South Africa for thetransfer of rights and privileges of the former contractor to you henceprovide me with your private/direct fax number for the form to be sendacross to you.I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you bewilling to assist us in the transaction your share of the sum will be 25%of the Twenty-Six Million Five Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars 70% for usand 5% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses. The business itself is100% safe on your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy andconfidentiality. Also your area of specialization is not a hindrance tothe successful execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidencein you and hope that you will not disappoint me. Endeavor to contact meimmediately through my above Tel/Fax number or my e-mail address whetheror not you are interested in this deal. If you are not it will enable mescout for another foreign partner to carry out this deal I want to assureyou that my partners and myself are in a position to make the payment ofthis claim possible provided you can give us a very strong Assurance andguarantee that our share will be secured and please remember to treat thismatter as very confidential matter because we will not comprehend withany form of exposure as we are still in active Government Service andremember once again that time is of the essence in this business.I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.Yours faithfully"