Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001
12:30 AM
Subject: Strictly Confidential.
Dear Sir,
It is my 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 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, while I am in Toronto Canada.
Within the Ministry of Mining Resources where I worked as a director of
Project Implementation, 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 foreign contracting firm, which we
the officials over-invoiced amounting to US$25,000.000 (twenty-five
Million dollars). Though the actual contract cost has been paid to the
original contractor, leaving the excess balance in our possession.
Since we cannot put the money in the system in Johannesburg there arise
the need of sending the funds out of the country, I then discussed with
my friends in the ministry of external affairs who then promised me that
they could move the funds as Diplomatic cargo of national interest in
trunks to Canada. But we became faced with security issues at the
airports either in Johannesburg or Canada. This further brought about
the idea of having to disguise the funds (money) generally.
So we had to 'carbonate' the funds and classified the contents of the
trunk holding it as 'photographic and scientific materials of diplomatic
and national interest'. Each trunk contains US$5million and there are 5
trunks in all, making a total of US$25million, and because these trunks
do not contain any 'corrosive' or 'metallic' substances, when they are
passed through computer screening at the airport, the Cases will show
complete blankness on the computer monitors, and since the cases are
labeled diplomatic consignment, by law they can not be opened, except in
circumstances where the cases would have triggered the Alarm system
while they were being screened.
Presently, as I am writing this letter the consignment is in a safe
deposit with a security company in Johannesburg waiting for instructions
for its shipment.
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 30% while my colleagues and I will receive 60% and
the balance of 10% for taxes and miscellaneous expenses incurred.
This business itself is 100% safe, provided you treat it with utmost
confidentiality. Also your specialization is not a hindrance to the
successful execution of this mutual beneficiary transaction. I have
reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint us.
All we require is your name or company's name in which we can do the
shipment as well as needing your physical presence in Toronto to take
delivery of the consignment and finally furnish us with an account where
you want us to lodge these funds and possibly advise us on lucrative
business venture we can invest our fair share on in your country.
Kindly notify me, via fax or email as above for further details, upon
acceptance of this proposal.
Regards,
Stephen Mbatha. |
