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Posted: 5/31/2003 7:36:39 PM EDT
From: SIBUSISU  ZUMA GBUBEMI [[email protected]]


DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS
AND ENERGY,
PRETORIA.
SOUTH AFRICA.

Partner,

It is my great pleasure to write you this letter on
behalf of my colleagues .Your information was given to
me by a member of the South African Export Promotion
Council (SAEPC) Who was with the Government delegation
on a trip to your country for a bilateral conference
talk to encourage foreign investors.

I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation
with you in the execution of the deal hereunder for
the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it
confidential because of the nature of this business.

Within the Department of Minerals & Energy where I
work as a Director of Audit and Project Implementation
and with the co-operation of two other top officials,
we have in our possession an overdue payment in US
funds.The said funds represent certain percentage of
the total contract value executed on behalf of my
Department by a foreign contracting firm which we the
officials over-invoiced to the amount of
US$26.500,000.00 (Twenty Six Million Five Hundred
Thousand US Dollars).Though the actual contract cost
has been paid to the original contractor, leaving the
excess balance unclaimed.Since the present elected
Government is determined to pay foreign contractors
all debts owed, so as to maintain good relationship
with foreign governments and non-government agencies,
we included our bills for approvals with the
Department of Finance and the Reserve Bank of South
Africa (RBSA). We are seeking your assistance to front
as beneficiary of the unclaimed funds, since we are
not allowed to operate foreign accounts.

Details and change of beneficiary information upon
application for claim to reflect payment and approvals
will be secured on behalf of you/your company.I have
the authority of my partners involved to propose that
should you be willing to assist us in this transaction
your share as compensation will be Twenty five
percent(25%), while my colleagues and I receive Sixty
Five percent (65%) and the balance of Ten percent
(10%) for taxation and miscellaneous expenses
incurred. The business is completely safe and secure,
provided you treat it with utmost confidentiality. It
does not matter whether you/your company does contract
projects as a transfer of powers will be secured in
favour of you/your company. Also, your area of
specialization is not a hindrance to the successful
execution of this transaction.

I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you
will not disappoint us.Kindly notify me via email, for
further details upon your acceptance of this
proposal.Thanks for your co-operation.

Regards,
Sibusiso Zuma Gbubemi

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Looks like my ship finally came in!!! [;)]
Link Posted: 5/31/2003 7:41:31 PM EDT
[#1]
Link Posted: 5/31/2003 7:42:17 PM EDT
[#2]
RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!
Link Posted: 5/31/2003 7:59:15 PM EDT
[#3]
Do they take paypal? [thinking]
Link Posted: 5/31/2003 8:52:07 PM EDT
[#4]
I got one today that was very similar.  It supposedly came from an official of a bank in Germany.
Link Posted: 5/31/2003 8:55:04 PM EDT
[#5]
Congrats. Can I borrow 50 bucks?
Link Posted: 5/31/2003 8:57:16 PM EDT
[#6]
Good Luck.
Link Posted: 5/31/2003 9:03:02 PM EDT
[#7]
I get at least three of those per day.
Link Posted: 5/31/2003 9:05:58 PM EDT
[#8]
Quoted:
Do they take paypal? [thinking]
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I wonder if SIBUSISU ZUMA GBUBEMI has a PayPal account? I recieved this email the other day. Maybe I should forward it to him?[:)]


[i]Dear PayPal Customer
       
This e-mail is the notification of recent innovations taken by PayPal to detect inactive customers and non-functioning mailboxes.

The inactive customers are subject to restriction and removal in the next 3 months.

Please confirm your email address and and Credit Card info number by logging in to your PayPal
account using the form below:


           Email Address:

           Password:

           Full Name #:

           Credit Card #:

           Exp.Date(mm/yyyy) #:

           ATM PIN (For Bank Verification) #:

                       
This notification expires May 31, 2003          Thanks for using PayPal! [/i]

(rest of crap deleted)
Link Posted: 6/1/2003 12:39:17 AM EDT
[#9]
sounds like a good deal.
Link Posted: 6/1/2003 12:56:49 AM EDT
[#10]
Shit, only 26 mil that guy's small time.  

One dude offered me a piece of about 40 mil before.
Link Posted: 6/1/2003 3:11:48 AM EDT
[#11]
Soon there will be an iraqi version of this, I bet.
Link Posted: 6/1/2003 5:46:10 AM EDT
[#12]
Forward this to your local PD's High Tech Unit or to the nearest FBI Office. They really do investigate this stuff.
Link Posted: 6/1/2003 5:56:33 AM EDT
[#13]
Quoted:
Forward this to your local PD's High Tech Unit or to the nearest FBI Office. They really do investigate this stuff.
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ditto
Link Posted: 6/1/2003 6:06:24 AM EDT
[#14]
My first rule of commerce is to NEVER do unsolicited business with ANYONE who resides in a foreign country.

The second rule is to never do unsolicited business with ANYONE who does not speak fluent English, no matter where they are from.
Link Posted: 6/1/2003 7:30:42 AM EDT
[#15]
Quoted:
My first rule of commerce is to NEVER do unsolicited business with ANYONE who resides in a foreign country.

The second rule is to never do unsolicited business with ANYONE who does not speak fluent English, no matter where they are from.
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Perhaps just important, if not moreso, is to [b]never, under any circumstances, no matter how tempting the product or offer[/b] make any purchase from unsolicited commercial email.  

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