Stupid Punts!

This pile of garbage comes from the improbably named Mr Churchill West.

He claims to work for the South African Department of Mineral and Natural Resources.

I am told, by Mr West, that he was given my "enviable particulars" by a member of the South African Export Promotion Council; "B***s**t!".

Mr West has a lump sum of $8.5M which he needs to transfer abroad.

How did he come to get his sweaty little hands on this large amount of money?

Answer, he deliberately over-invoiced a foreign contractor by that amount. In other words he is telling me that the money (which of course doesn't really exist) is stolen, and that he wants me to be party to a criminal act.

Needless to say he needs to get the stolen money out of the country quietly, and needs me to act as a "patsy".

He very kindly notes that my area of specialisation is "not a hinerance to the transaction". I doubt that he knows that I am in fact a specialist in the fields of internal auditing and fraud investigation (see my resume).

He assures me that this is 100% safe etc.

Therefore, to recap, he wants me to take part in the illegal transfer of money that has been stolen; does this give me confidence in the security of this scheme?...

NO!

MR CHURCHILL WEST (B.Sc/M.Sc).
DIRECTOR OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.
SOUTH AFRICA MINERAL & NATURAL RESOURECS.
E-MAIL:


I am MR Churchill West a native of Cape Town in South Africa and Director of
Project Implementation with the South Africa Department of Mineral & Natural
Resources.I apologize using this medium to reach you for a transaction/business
of this magnitude but this is due to Confidentiality and prompt access reposed
on this medium.Be informed that a member of the South Africa Export Promotion
Council(SEPC)who was on the Government delegation to your country during a trade
exhibition gave your enviable particulars to me.I have decided to seek a
confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described
Hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it as a top
secret because of the nature of this
transaction.

Within the Department of Mineral & Natural Resources where I work as Director
and with the cooperation of four other top officials,we have in our possession
as overdue payment bills totaling Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars($8.5M)which we
want to transfer abroad with the assistance and cooperation of a foreign company
/individual to receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign
non-company account to receive such funds.More so we are handicapped in the
circumstances as the South Africa Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow
us to operate offshore account hence your
importance in the whole transaction.

This amount $8.5million represents the balance of the total contract value
executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm which we the
officials over invoiced deliberately.Though the actual contract cost have been
paid to the original contractor leaving the balance in the tune of the said
amount which we have in principles gotten approval to
remit by Key tested Telegraphic Transfer to any foreign bank account you will
provide by filing in an application through the Ministry of Justice here in
South Africa for the transfer of rights and privileges of the former contractor
to you.

I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you be
willing to assist us in the transaction,Your share will be 30% of
$8.5million,60% for us and 10% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses.
The business itself is 100% safe on your part provided you treat it with utmost
secrecy and
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 me,Endeavor to contact me immediately through
my email address to confirm if 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 very confidential
because we will not comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in
active Government Service.

Once again remember that time is of great essence in this transaction,Positive
response should be accompanied with your most private telephone and fax numbers
so I can reach you immediately with more informations.

Yours Truly,
MR Churchill West.