The UK National Lottery have written to me again. Seemingly I have won another £2.5M in the space of 2 days!

What utter tosh!

Batch No: WD18/0065/04RN
Our Ref: UKNL/255457004/04
Our Ref: UK-NL/0627/04

Dear our treasured lucky winner,

RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to notify you of the release today as dated of the "UK's National Lottery International
Promotions programme held on the 14th,of October,2004.Participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 50,000 names and email addresses from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New
Zealand, Middle-East, Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions
programme conducted annually to encourage
prospective overseas entries.

We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots. The result
of our computer draw 844 of this day selected your names and email address attached to Ticket Number
034-22478556 with serial number 129 drew the lucky number 16-25-27-32-35-43-42 which consequently
won the lottery grand prize awards in the 2nd category.

Therefore, you have been approved a lottory jackpot lump sum prize awards winning of £2,500,000.00
(Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling Only) in cash prize credited to file Ref. No:
UKNL/255457004/04. This is from the total prize of £125,000,000. 00 (One Hundred and Twenty Five
Million, British Pounds Sterlings) shared among the Fifty (50) lucky winners in this category as part of our
promotional programme for this year 2004. This is your opportunity!Your prize awards has been insured in
your names and ready for claim.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public
notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year (2004) high stakes £2.6
billion International Lottery.To process your claim, please contact our foreign payment center claim agent
immediately;

MR ANTHONY DOGLAS
COASTAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD
EMAIL :

For due processing and mailing out of your prize check you.Remember, you must contact our foreign
payment center agent not later than two weeks from today. After this date, all funds will be returned as
unclaimed.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

MARY BRIGGS
THE GENERAL MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY DEPARTMENT

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not
reply to this mail. Contact your claims agent.

14349

I have won $2.5M, no I haven't.

Today I received another fake lottery scam, this time purporting to come from the UK National Lottery.

As usual "there has been a mix up with the numbers", and I am asked not to disclose my win; OOPS!

In the interests of wasting their time, I have written to them claiming my money.

They will write back pointing out that there is a transaction fee.

Don't fall for it, it is a scam.

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
183 RUPERT GROOVE
SE14 ERN LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: DLS/5181/7390007/04
BATCH: 2101/14/LPP

DEAR SIR/MADAM

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,09TH OCTOBER,2004 of winners of the
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, held on 28TH AUGUST 2004.You/Your
company, attached to ticket number 025-1146-1992-750, with serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky
numbers 7, 16, 22, 31, 3, 58, and consequently won in the Third Category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2,500,000.00 in cash credited to file
REFNO.DLS/5181/7390007/04.This is from total prize money of US$125,000,000.00 shared among the
Fifty(50)international winners in the Third category.Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 100,000 Names/Email Addresses from Africa, America, Asia, Australia,Canada,
Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our International Promotions Program.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public
notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year (2004) high stakes US$1.3
billion International Lottery.To process your claim, please contact our foreign payment center claim agent
immediately;

AGENT: MR. WILSON ROBERTSON
Email:

For due processing and mailing out of your prize check you.Remember, you must contact our foreign
payment center agent not later than one weeks from today. After this date, all funds will be returned as
unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your
reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with our foreign payment center
claim agent.Furthermore,should there be any change of your address, do inform our foreign payment
center claim agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

STACY GRANT
THE MANAGER,
UKNATIONAL LOTTERY

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not
reply to this mail. Contact your claims agent.

Our friends from Nigeria have branched out from "business propositions", to begging letters.

This one received today, contains all the heart rending nauseating gush; so well designed to pull the heart strings of the charitable and gullible.

It includes dead parents, and a person trying to complete their education. The writer even uses the phrase "I will surely die in pain", tosh!

I have nothing but contempt for the scum that send these. They are trying to take advantage of those people who try to help the less fortunate.

Do not fall for it.

My name is Kelvin Adewale, I am a student of UNN(university of
Nigeria,Nsukka)Along the time I have had series of stories to tell,my latefather
was a civil Engineer, mum was a nurse,she died last year jenuary,my dad
collected laon from the bank before he died we are three in numbers,I am the
first of the children,we are two boys and agirl,my immediate  younger
brother is in high school,the other girl is  still in elementary,she is
about 10years old,after since my mum and dad died,I have been the bread winner
of my family,/younger ones,I work and school and some times do hared labour just
to meet up with our demandi do not realy to boarder any one with my burden but
now , I have vo choice left for me,but now I have to,cos I have been droped out
of school becos I could not meet up with the demand of my school.i only have
twoyears and three months to graduate out of school and my younger ones might be
dropping out of school If i am unable to pay there school fees and other
requirement,it is often said that no man is an island of his own,some body may
wonder if I can not sell my father properties to cover up my expencses,the truth
is that , we only have few properties left,cos most of our father properties has
been ceased by the bank,also my relatives has refused todo something about our
case(I and my bro. and my sister),so u can see that I have no choice than to
tell  it to the world,cos I keep silent,I will surely die in pain,I have no
help,except God.Now; we hardly feed this days,things are fallen apart,I am
begging in thename of God, to please help me in any way u can,I do not mind,I
have to get back to school,please try and show brotherly love,may God almighty
reward you in all ways of understanding

Just faithfully

Kelvin Adewale.

Here is rather an alarming statistic, that I came across yesterday.

It relates to a variation of the Nigerian scam, known as "phishing".

Phishing is an email that purports to be from a bank, or credit card company; it states that they need, for security reasons, to check you security details such as pin code etc. It often redirects you to a site, that looks like the genuine site of the bank; it is not!

This of course is a con; no genuine bank, or credit card company, would ask for pin codes or passwords via the net or via a phone call.

All that happens in these cases, is that the fraudster takes the passwords and raids the victim's bank account.

Apparently, although it seems to be an obvious con, some people have fallen for it.

In the USA last year there were over 57 million known phishing emails sent out, and a reported level of theft from peoples' bank accounts and credit cards of over $1BN.

I find it very worrying that people are so easily conned.

Remember, if your receive a "phishing" email asking for your details:

-Report it.

-Do not respond to it.

-Never give out your password or PIN details, to anyone.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

My thanks to Celestine for sending me this scam.

It follows the "we have a dead person with your surname" format.

They scammers try to get the recipient to commit fraud, by asking the recipient to pretend to be related to a dead person who didn't really exist anyway.

There is no dead body, there is no money; it is just a scam.

Mr. Alex Chiromah
Foreign Operations Office,
International Trust Bank Plc.,
ICON House, 6th Floor, Idejo Street,
Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
Email:

Dear Young Compilment

I am Mr. Alex Chiromah, Divisional Head, Foreign Operations Office with
the International Trust Bank Plc. I was personal account manager to one
late Engineer Walter Young, of your country, who till his death was a contractor
with Impressario Nigeria Limited, Moenier Oil & Gas Consult and Nigerian
Ports authority. On the 28th of November 1999, Engr. walter, his wife and
their two children were involved in a car accident along Gwagwalada express
road and all occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.


At the time of his death, Walter had a deposit of $15.6 Million which was
proceed of a contract work he just concluded with the Nigerian Ports authority.The
payment was made with an Ecobank cheque which I personally cleared.


Unfortunately, till this moment no one has come as his relation for his
deposit with us. My colleagues and I humbly request your attention to this
matter so that we can present you as his next of kin or beneficiary to his
deposit.

It is not a very difficult thing to do especially as you share the same
last name with him and it will not take time too. All we need is to change
the name and particulars of his next of kin to yours in our computer database
and we file in an application for the release of the fund through the Probate
Office in your name.

It does not necessarilly mean that you must be here to conclude the deal,we
may request that the money be sent to Europe or even the United States for
payment. Please contact me as quickly as possible on email;.We
will talk about the sharing ratio as soon as you get in touch with me.PLEASE
MAKE SURE THAT YOU USE GIVEN EMAIL ADDRESS Email;

Kind regards,

Mr Alex Chiromah.

Hooray!, or as the ill written email I received today says, Hurray!..I have won $1M.

No I haven't, it is just another scam from a non existent lottery company; the Total Links Lottery company.

Same old shit, same person; just a different company.

One slight change to the normal format, they actually admit that they will charge $695 "processing" fee. This "fee" is not normally mentioned until you get in contact with them.

Needless to say, once you have paid your fee you will never hear from them again.

Don't fall for it, it is a con.

TOTAL LINKS LOTTO INTERNATIONAL B.V.
LAAN VAN HOORNWIJCK 55,
2289 DG RIJSWIJK.

AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION.
Hurray! You have been selected as one of the five lucky winners in the second
edition of the TOTAL LINKS LOTTO INTERNATIONAL B.V. promotional draws. You have
therefore been approved for a huge payout of $1,000,000.00(USD) One Million
Dollars Only.

How was the selection process done?

Winners were randomly selected from an initial database of 500,000 e-mails which
was eventually downsized to 5,000 from which we eventually selected the final
and lucky five. The process was done through the computerized email balloting
system selecting e-mails from The Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA
and South America.

The process of collecting your winnings is to be handled by our agent ADVOCATE
DON PETERS JOHN LAW FIRM. To ensure a smooth collection of your grand prize, You
are to contact our filing Officer accredited Attorney by email or fax within a
week of receiving this notice. Please find full contact details below:

ADVOCATE DON PETERS JOHN,
LEGAL ADVISER,
GUBTERHOF 45 2324HJ,
AMSTERDAM-NETHERLANDS.
TEL: .
E-mail:

In contacting your filing agent please provide him with the following
information below:

REFERENCE NO: TCL/31251231-04
BATCH NO: 12001
S.C.F.N: 7769066
SERIAL NO: 1021940/AB

Furthermore you are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery information
and numbers from the public in line with our company security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous
individuals. Please contact your claims agent as instructed above.

Please be informed that you are expected to send the
Administrative/Legal/Processing fees between (€695:00) EUROS for the processing
of your winning sum of $1,000,000.00(USD).

On behalf of all our staff in TOTAL LINKS LOTTO program, we Congratulations!

Note: Any Winner under the age of 18 years is automatically disqualified.

Mr. Stella Van Bosch.
(Lotto Co-Ordinator).
TOTAL LINKS LOTTO INTERNATIONAL B.V.

I have won $2.5M on yet another lottery, and I didn't even enter!

How lucky is that?

In reality it is yet another scam.

This particular scam isn't even particularly well written. To begin with the writer claims the date to be 5 August, it is in fact 7 October; he then goes on to say that the draw was held on 10 August, 5 days ahead of the alleged date of the email.

It then follows the usual line of saying that there has been a "mix up with the numbers".

I have put the mail in the trash can, as should you.

INTERNATIONAL LOTTO CO-OPERATION S.A
APARTADO CORREOS NO361,
AYENIDA DE ANDALUCIA NO1,
29080 MALAG ESPANA (0)
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: OYL /2551256003/22
BATCH: 14/0017/IPD
ATTENTION: HONOURABLE WINNER,
RE:AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today been
the ,5TH
Of August 2004 winners of the multi Famous INTERNATIONAL
LOTTO CO-OPERATION
S.A of the INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 10th of August
2004. You
were,attached to ticket number 025-1146-1992-750, with
serial number
2113-22 drew the lucky numbers 13-15-22-37-39-43, and
consequently won the
lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been
approved for a
lump sum pay out of US$2.500,000.00 credited to file REF
NO.OYL/2551256003/22.
This is from total prize of US$20,400,000.00 shared among
the seventeen
international winners in this category. All participants
were selected
through a
computer ballot system drawn form 15 million names from
Australia, New
Zealand, America, Europe and North America and Africa as
part of
International Promotions Program, which is conducted
annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a company insured in your
name. Due to
the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep
this award
strictly from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your
money remitted to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid
double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of
this program.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent
Mr pecious david FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER, GLOBAL
CROSSING,
SOUTH WEST S.A
EMAIL:mr_pecious@mail2agent.com
For due processing and remittance of your prize .
Remember all prize money must be claimed not later than
30 Days after today
After 30 Days, all funds
will be returned as unclaimed.
Sincerely,
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every
one of your
correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there
be any change
of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.
Congratulations! again from all our staff and thank you for
being part
of our promotions program. We hope with a part of you
prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3 billion
International
Lottery

This letter, from Nigeria, bids me good tidings then invokes God's blessing rather too freely.

God, I suspect, is less than pleased to be associated with a con trick like this.

In short, the writer claims to be a high ranking civil servant; who has overinvoiced contracts to the tune of $29M.

In other words, he claims to have stolen $29M; he hasn't really, as the money does not exist.

He then claims that he is very poor, er slight contradiction here surely?

Our boy then asks for my help in transferring, helping him to steal, the money. He assures me that he is a man of great honesty.

Now if that were really the case, how is it he is claiming to have stolen $29M?

These stories do not stand up to even the most rudimentary analysis, I fail to understand how people can be so stupid as to fall for these.

Finally, our boy begs me not to reveal his name; tough luck chum, I will let the world know what a thieving scum bag you are.

Hello,
This mail may come to you as a suprise but it is intended to reach you and
bring good tidings to your business and family.Before going futher to introduce
my purpose of contacting you,it is only appropriate to introduce myself.
I am a Director-General in the Federal Ministry of Mineral and Energy in
the Federal
Republic of Nigeria.I am 56years of age married with three children and
will be going
on retirement soon after 30years of service.

This business involves US$29.5M.which i want to introduce to you
and it emanated from over-invioced contract executed on behalf of my ministry
by
foreign contractors.The original contract awarded by me was US$115,000,000,00
which
i over-invoiced to the tune of US$29.5M for my future retirement and
the actual contract value has since been paid to the foreign contractors
leaving
me with the extra US$29.5M.for my retirement plan.

I have decided to contact you because i need a reliable person who can help
me invest this accrued sum of US$29.5M into a profitable foreign venture
because as a civil servant and also because of the position i occupy,I am
not allowed to own foreign accounts or investments.Although,I am highly
placed
but poorly paid hence i need this investments for the future of my family
after
years of meritourous service to my ministry hence i want someone who can
confidentially
invest on my behalf into a profitable business such as real estate for a
brighter future.

To do this,I will register you as a foreign contractor in my ministry in
category A of foreign contractors and make an application for payment in
your favour
which i will approve for payment into the beneficiary account for the sum
of
US$29.5M Once the money is transfered,you will be legally entitled to 20%
of the
US$29.5M for all of your assistance,10%will be set aside for expenses
such as taxes while 70% will go for my investments.

Meanwhile,please send me your confidential telephone and fax so that we
can speak and communicate to know ourselves better considering the amount
of money
involved while you can contact me through my confidential e-mail address.

Finally,I strive for the commitment to operate only on high standards of
intergrity and honesty and i need thesame comittment to this transaction
from you and if however you are not intrested,I plead with you in the name
of God
to kindly destroy this mail due to my position and personality in service.
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.
Remain Blessed,

Dr Philip Adekunle.

Yipee, I have won $750K!

Well, in reality I haven't; in fact all that has happened is that I have received another scam email.

This time the mail comes from a new sweepstake scam, allegedly run by a German company that has an unpronounceable name.

The usual bullshit, "there has been a mix up with the numbers...keep it secret etc etc"

Bottom line, it is a con; do not fall for it.

STEDELIJK FOUNDATION INC.
S.S.L.F. LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS,
COLOGNE-GERMANY.
Email:

REF NO:SSLF/75553114/06
BATCH NO:18/2006/7X06
WINNING NOTIFICATION.
We are please to inform you that the result of STEDELIJK FOUNDATION INC,SWEEP-STAKE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM held on the 1st of OCTOBER 2004 in conjunction with GERMANY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (D.F.B.)http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/o/. http://www.eifl.org.uk/wc2006/. For the Successful Bid to host the Fifa 2006 Soccer World Cup have been released.Your name with email address attached to ticket number 226-88159-115 with serial number 1966/06 drew the lucky numbers 4-12-25-28-31 which consequently won the lottery in the 2rd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payment of USD$750,000.00(SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY)in cash credited to file REF NO: SSLF/75553114/06.This is from a total cash prize of US$10,500,000.00 (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY)shared among the (14)FOURTEEN International surprise winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now deposited with our partners insured to your name,Due to mixed up of some numbers and names we ask that you keep this award from the public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account as this is a part of our security protocol to avoid claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants.All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 350,000 names as part of our international promotions program.

To begin your claim please contact:
Mrs. MARIA DE BOER.
FOR LOTTERY PROMOTERS.
S.S.L.F. LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS.
E-mail:

Kindly send your telephone/fax number so that you will be sent the processing form, All winning money must be claim not later than 24th OCTOBER 2004.

Note:In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your referenceand batch numbers in every correspondence with us. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address do inform us as soon as possible.
Congratulations for being a part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Maria De Boer.
(FOR LOTTERY PROMOTERS)

Our "friends" in Nigeria have written to me today; this time starting off by addressing me, rather incongruously, as "Dear Bogdan..".

It seems that the idiot writing this is, under the impression that my surname is Bogdan.

He claims to have $7M held in the account of the late Mr Bogdan, who has no surviving relatives.

Needless to say, our boy from Nigeria has tracked me down becaue I have the same surname; er, I don't???

He wants me to come forward as next of kin, to claim the money.

Same old bullshit, just less well presented.

FROM THE DESK OF:
BARRISTER USMAN BELLO
ADVOCATE AND SOLICITOR
GARRY CHAMBERS
16 WILLIAM STREET,SW
IKOYI, LAGOS - NIGERIA.
Alternative E-mail:

PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Bogdan ,

I am Barrister Usman Bello,an advocate and Solicitor.
I am the Personal Attorney to Engr.Fredrick Bogdan ,a
foreigner, who used to work with shell Petroleum Development Company in
Nigeria.On The 21st of April 2000,my client, his wife and their three children
were involved in a car accident along Sagbama Express Road. All occupants
of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.

Since then I have made several enquiries to his
embassy to see if i can locate any of my clients
extended relatives, this has all the while proved
unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful
attempts, I decided to trace his relatives (i.e.same surname) to locate
any member of his family but to no avail, hence I contact you.I have contacted
you to assist in repatriating the money
left behind by my client before it is confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge
deposit were lodged.

Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an
account valued at about 7.3 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide
the next of kin of the deceased or have the account confiscated within the
next ten official working days. Since i have been unsuccessful in locating
the relatives for over 2 years now I seek your consent to present you as
the next of kin of the deceased since you are still a foreigner and share
the same last name,so that the proceeds of this account valued at $7.3 million
USD
can be paid to you and then you and me can share the
money, 60% to me and 35% to you, while 5% should be
for expenses or tax as your government may require. I
have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim
we may make.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us
see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in
touch with me by my email to enable us discuss further.

Best Regards,

BARRISTER USMAN BELLO
ADVOCATE AND SOLICITOR
GARRY CHAMBERS
16 WILLIAM STREET,SW
IKOYI, LAGOS - NIGERIA.

What do these things have in common?

$9M

Two dead bodies

Africa

Cocoa

Modalities

Yes that's right, it's another Nigerian scam letter.

This time from a brother and sister, who address me as "dearest one"...Enjoy!

From: David & Susan Adams

Dearest One,
It is our pleasure to write you after much consideration since we can not be able to see you face to face at first. I am David Junior and my younger sister Susan, Being the only son and daughter of our late father, Mr. Adams. Our late father was a limited liability Cocoa and Gold merchant based in Republic of South Africa before his untimely death. After his business trip to Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire.
A week after he came back from his trip , he was assassinated with our mother by his enemies (business colleages). Which our mother died, instantly, but my father died after five days in the hospital, on that faithful afternoon. I didn't know that my father was going to leave us after we had lost our mother. But before he gave up the ghost, it was as if he knew he was going to die. He our father , (may his soul rest in perfect peace) he disclose to me that he deposited the sum of $9.5 million US dollars
in one of the prime bank here in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire.
That the money was meant for his Cocoa and Gold business he wanted to invest in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire. Though, according to our father, he deposited the money in the bank's suspense account,he disclosed to me where he kept the documents(Lodgement documents) issued to him by the bank and instructed me to seek for a life time investment abroad.
we have succeeded in locating the bank and confirmed the existence with most honest and confidentiality .
Now we are soliciting for your assistance to help us transfer this money out from Abidjan to your account abroad so that we should invest it in any lucrative business in your country because this is our only hope in life. Your handsome reward is negotiable and we promise to compensate you greatly. Awaiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities of this transaction.
If this proposal is acceptable, please kindly contact us through e-mail address immediately for more discussion.
Thanks for your kind attention and mutual understanding .
Best Regards,
David & Susan

The scam boys have written to me again, this time from South Africa.

This guy claims to be in the South African civil service.

He has a shed load of money, allegedly!!!, which has arisen out of over invoicing contractors.

To be quite clear, if this money really existed....which it doesn't, then he is saying that it is stolen.

He wants me to get involved with his grubby lttile scheme, as he wants to make lots of money.

A liar, cheating scum bag...do not fall for it; if you do, then you desrve everything you get.

FROM:THOMAS KWANZI
DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
(MINERALS & ENERGY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY)

CORPORATE TEL/FAX NO:
DIRECT TEL NO:011-
DIRECT FAX NO:011-

Dear Sir/Madam,

I know this email will reach you as a surprise, but need not to worry as we are using the only secured and
confidential medium available to seek for foreign assistance/partnership in a business transaction which
is of mutual benefit.

I am a member of the Federal Government of South Africa Contract Award and Monitoring Committee in
the Department Of Minerals and Energy (DME) Sometime ago, a contract was awarded to a foreign firm
in DME by my Committee. This contract was over invoiced to the tune of US$21.5M. U. S. Dollars. This
was done deliberately.The over-invoicing was a deal by my committee to benefit from the project. We
now want to transfer this money which is in a suspense Account with DME into any Overseas Account
which we expect you to provide for us.

SHARE: -

For providing the account where we shall remit the money into, you will beentitled to 20% of the
money,70% will be for me and my partners while 10% has been mapped out from the total sum to cover
any expenses that may be incurred by us during the course of this transfer,both locally and
international expenses.

It does not matter whether or not your company does contract projects of this nature described here. The
assumption is that your company won the major contract and subcontracted it out to other companies.
More often than not, big trading companies or firms of unrelated fields win major contracts and
subcontracts to more specialized firms for execution of such contracts.

We have strong reliable connections and contacts at the Reserve Bank of South Africa, as well as the
Federal Ministry of Finance and we have no doubt that all the money will be released and transferred if
we get the necessary foreign partner to assist us in this deal. Therefore, when the business is
successfully concluded we shall through our same connections withdraw all documents used from all the
concerned Government Ministries for 100% security.

We are ordinary civil servants and we will not want to miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to get rich.
We want this money to be transferred to the overseas Accounts for us, before the present Democratic
Government starts Auditing all Federal Government owned Parastatals.

Please contact me immediately through my phone numbers above 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. But where
you are interested, kindly call me with these numbers NO: or CORPORATE FAX
NO:,for further details upon your acceptance of this proposal. as time is of the essence in
this business.

I wait in anticipation of your fullest,

Yours Truly,

MR.THOMAS KWANZI