Fw: Business Assistance Required

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger L. Schaaf" <rschaaf@xxxx>
To: "Chrysler 300 list service" <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:07 AM
Subject: Fw: Business Assistance Required


> I received via Spam. Reminded me of the scams to purchase auto's
advertised
> for sale recently posted to our Listserv. Some folks must actually sign
up
> for these offers or they probably would not continuously offered.
>
> I thought that this one was particularly humorous.
>
> Roger Schaaf
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dr. James Butanga" <jabutanga4@xxxx>
> To: <rschaaf@xxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 2:07 PM
> Subject: Business Assistance Required
>
>
> >
> >
> > STRICTLY PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL
> >
> > Dr James Butanga
> > Pretoria
> > South Africa.
> > 27th Jan, 2003
> >
> >
> > Sir,
> >
> > It is my great pleasure to write you this letter on behalf of my
> colleagues. Your information
> > were 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 during a
> bilateral conference
> > talk to
> > encourage foreign investors. I have decided to seek a confidential
> co-operation with you in
> > execution of a deal hereunder for the benefit of all parties, and hope
you
> will keep it
> > confidential
> > because of the nature of this business.
> >
> > Within the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources where I work as a
> Director of Project
> > Implementation, and with co-operation of four other top officials, we
have
> in our
> > possession, an overdue payment in US funds. The said funds represent
> certain
> > percentage of the contract value executed on behalf of my Ministry by a
> foreign contracting
> > firm, which we the officials over-invoiced to the amount of
> US$20,500,000.00 ( Twenty
> > Million,
> > Five Hundred Thousand United States 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 relations with foreign
> > governments and non-governmental financial agencies. As a result we
> included ours bills
> > for approvals with the co-operation of some officials at the
> > Department of Finance and the Reserve Bank of South Africa (RBSA). We
are
> seeking
> > your assistance as the beneficiary of the unclaimed funds,
> > since we are not allowed to operate a foreign account.
> >
> > I have the authority of my colleagues involved to propose that, should
you
> be willing to
> > assist us in this transaction your share as compensation will be
> > 20% while my colleagues and I receive 70%, and the balance of 10% for
> taxes and
> > miscellaneous expenses incurred.
> >
> > It does not matter whether or not your company does contract projects of
> the 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 and firms of unrelated fields wins major
> > contracts and subcontract to more specialized firms for execution.
> >
> > I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not
disappoint
> me. Endeavor to
> > contact me immediately through my above USA efax
> > number or my e-mail address, to indicate whether or not you are
interested
> in this deal. If
> > you are not, it will enable me scout for another foreign partner to
carry
> > out this deal I want to assure you that my partners and myself are in a
> position to make the
> > payment of this claim possible provided you can give us a
> > very strong assurance and guarantee that our share will be secured and
> please remember
> > to treat this matter as very confidential matter, because we
> > will not comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in active
> Government Service
> > and remember once again that time is of the essence to
> > our successful execution of this transaction. I wait in anticipation of
> your fullest co-
> > operation.
> >
> > This business itself is 100% safe, provided you treat it with utmost
> confidentiality. 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 by fax for further details, upon your acceptance of
this
> proposal.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dr. James Butanga
> >
> > NB: PLEASE SEND YOUR RESPONSE BY FAX TO MY DIRECT AND CONFIDENTIAL
> > USA EFAX: 1 707 202 0352
> >
> >
> >
>