Scamblog

Rufus Six,

I can understand what you are trying to protect,but i don't think the money your grandmother left for you in your account is up to half of this money we planning to transfer into your account.

Now, to solve the problem, will be possible for you to open a new account specifically for this transaction. By this way, your mind will be at rest.

Why not give me a call now on this my mobile number so that we can delibrate this issue. +234-8038150685.

I await your call now.

Regards,
Dr Kenneth Rogers.

Wow. I never thought of that- opening up a new bank account for the Nigerian scamsters!

It's probably a bad idea, so I better take some time and come up with something good.

Scamblog,

I think i am the one who surposed to request for your passport and other personal information from you. This is because of the huge amount of money we want to put into your care. If you truely want to help us in this issue, please send your bank information to me first. Thereafter, i will send to you whatever you request from me as well.

Be kind enough to send also your private telephone and your fax numbers to me in your next reply.

Regards,
Dr Kenneth Rogers.
+234-8038150685.


This one's a nugget:

Dear Mr. Rogers-

Thank you very much for your response. I can certainly understand your concern, but I am hesitant to give out my bank account information until I know more about you. My grandmother recently passed away and left a large sum of money which is in my bank acount until I can convert it into stock and take care of all the legal fees that came with the inheritance.

Until I can trust you as a business partner I would prfer to know more about you before giving out my bank and account number.

Thank you very much for your understanding,
Rufus

Dear Scamblog,

Thanks for your urgent response to my proposal.

However, you are to act as the Original / Real Contractor that had executed the contract worth the sum of USD$27.6 million to my company Nigeria National Petroleum corporation (NNPC), and this money we are planning to transfer into your account is for the payment of the contract. So, you are to claim the funds on our behalf as the Original Beneficiary only. If you have understood the kind of help I require from you, and you can act well to claim the USD$27.6 million on our behalf, Then you have to send your bank account information to me. Immediately you send your bank account information to me, I will use it to prepare some legal documents which will actually show that you truly executed a contract worth the sum of USD$27.6 million to my company,NNPC. Meanwhile, here is my mobile/ cell phone number: 234-8038150685. Do call me immediately you receive this particular mail. Be kind also to send your TELEPHONE & FAX numbers to me in your nextreply. NOTE: Please keep this issue very secret until the money gets into your account.Thanks for your understanding. Again, from now on, be communicating with me via this particular email address: drkennethr44@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks for your understanding.
RGDS,DR KENNETH ROGERS.
234-8038150685.
drkennethr44@yahoo.co.uk


Hmmm...

I gotta get some photos to adorn this blog. Maybe some pdf documents. Perhaps Kenny Rogers can provide me with what I need...

Thank you for responding. I am very interested, however how do I know I can trust you? Please send me a copy of your passport and copies of the documents involved in either .pdf or jpg so I know that we can work together on this. Afterwards, I will e-mail you all my bank acount information.

Thanks, Scamblog

I guess playing country Music hasn't been too good to Kenny Rogers. He's having to pay the bills by playing the old 419 fraud game these days.


Dear Friend,

URGENT AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.

Reaching you is courtesy of my favourite international business directory, which vividly tells your position and capability to execute this business presently with me in my office.I am an Accountant and the chairman of the tender committee which awards contract in the department of The Nigeria National petroleum corporation.(NNPC).We have Twenty Seven Million, Six Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only, (USD$27,600,000.00) which we want to transfer into your account. This funds originated from an Over-invoiced contract sum which was awarded to a foreign firm in 1999. I and my three (3)other colleagues in the tender Board purposely inflated the actual cost of the contract to the tune of USD$27.6 Million.However, the original contractor has fully executed the contract, the project commissioned and the contractor paid his actual contract worth, leaving behind the over-invoiced sum. So, it is based on this that we now want you / your company to come forward to claim this sum on our behalf. We are Civil Servants, and we are not allowed to operate foreign account while still in office, so you are therefore to act as one who had executed a contract worth the sum of USD$27.6 million for my Company and you now want your payment This money will be shared between you and we (Colleagues) over here in Nigeria.We have agreed to share the funds as follows:I. 30% of the total sum for you (Account Owner)II. 65% of the total sum for us (The officialinvolved)III. 5% of the total sum for setting all financial expenses been incurred by you and us in the course of this transaction.We will visit you immediately we conclude this transaction to collect and invest part of our shares of total sum into any viable business you may advise in your country.Please, let me know if you are interested in this business by replying urgently.You can as well send your bank information for this purposeFull details of this business will be sent to you upon receipt of your reply. For the purpose of communication in this matter, please give us your telephone and fax numbers including your private hometelephone numbers.We await your urgent reply and be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free, there is no risk involved on both sides.

Reply to me via this email addresses:
drkr44@maktoob.comYours faithfully,
DR KENNETH ROGERS,
234-854975422
drkenr55@sify.com
drkr44@maktoob.com

Dear Friend,I am Mrs. Suha Arafat, the wife of Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader who died recently in Paris. Since his death and even prior to the announcement, I have been thrown into a state of antagonism, confusion, humiliation, frustration and hopelessness by the present leadership of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the new Prime Minister. I have even been subjected to physical and psychological torture. As a widow that is so traumatized, I have lost confidence with everybody in the country at the moment.You must have heard over the media reports and the Internet on the discovery of some fund in my husband secret bank account and companies and the allegations of some huge sums of money deposited by my husband in my name of which I have refuses to disclose or give up to the corrupt Palestine Government.In fact the total sum allegedly discovered by the Government so far is in the tune of about $6.5 Billion Dollars. And they are not relenting on their effort to make me poor for life. As you know, the Moslem community has no regards for woman, more importantly when the woman is from a Christian background, hence my desire for a foreign assistance.I have deposited the sum of 21 million dollars with a Security financial firm in whose name is withheld for now until we open communication. I shall be grateful if you could receive this fund into your bank account for safe keeping and Investment opportunity. This arrangement will be known to you and I alone and all our correspondence should be strictly on email alone because our government has tapped all my lines and are monitoring all my moves.In view of the above, if you are willing to assist for our mutual benefits, we will have to negotiate on your Percentage share of the $21,000,000 that will be kept in your position for a while and invested in your name for my trust pending when my Daughter, Zahwa, will come off age and take full responsibility of her Family Estate/inheritance. Please, if you are honest, I am going to entrust more funds in your care as this is one of the legacy we keep for our children. In case you don't accept please do not let me out to the security and international media as I am giving you this information in total trust and confidence I will greatly appreciate if you accept my proposal in good faith and send to me your complete personal contact information.May God bless you and your household.

Yours sincerely,Suha Arafat
Reply to : ssha_43@yahoo.it

I'm telling "her" the same thing I told Oney- come visit Scamblog!

Hello,I have a proposal for you, this however is not mandatory nor will I in anymanner compel you to honor against your will.I am Mr. Ponfa Oley, an auditor with a bank (one of the African leadingbanks in South Africa). Here in this bank existed a dormant account for thepast 4 years, which belongs to an American national who is now late, Mr.Morris Thompson who died on Alaska Airlines Flight 261. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/More details about the deceased himself, you can check onhttp://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.htmlWhen I discovered that there had been neither deposits nor withdrawals fromthis account for this long period, I decided to carry out a systeminvestigation and discovered that none of the family member or relations ofthe late person is aware of this account. This is the story in a nutshell. Now I want an account overseas where the bank will transfer these funds.There after, I had planned to destroy all related documents for thisaccount. It is a careful network and for the past eleven months I haveworked out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation. The amount is not somuch at the moment and plus all the accumulated interest the balance in thisaccount stands at- (US$18.6 million US dollars).Now my questions are:-

1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I trust you for the confidentiality of this transaction?
3. What will be your commission? If you can sponsor this transfer.

Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.Finally, it is most important that the information as contained herein beaccorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy itdeserves.I Expect your urgent response if you can handle this project, to my email.After which I will explain the details and information for your claims asthe next of kin.I am expecting your urgent response as soon as you receive my message.

Respectfully yours,Ponfa Oley


My response?

Thank you very much for writing! I notice you are using the same style as Smith Bowani and Cole Smith. You really are a very talented writer and I would like to post your e-mail if you don't mind. You can see your work at http://escam.blogspot.com and if you would like me to take it down, just let me know and I'll delete it from my site.

Thanks again, and have a wonderful day!
-Rufus

I haven't checked out these particular links, but I suspect they're the same type ones from whoever's behind Cole Smith and Smith Bowani a little further down the page. Same style anyway.


Hello,

I have a proposal for you, this however is not mandatory nor will I in anymanner compel you to honor against your will.I am Mr. Ponfa Oley, an auditor with a bank (one of the African leadingbanks in South Africa). Here in this bank existed a dormant account for thepast 4 years, which belongs to an American national who is now late, Mr.Morris Thompson who died on Alaska Airlines Flight 261. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/More details about the deceased himself, you can check onhttp://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.htmlWhen I discovered that there had been neither deposits nor withdrawals fromthis account for this long period, I decided to carry out a systeminvestigation and discovered that none of the family member or relations ofthe late person is aware of this account. This is the story in a nutshell. Now I want an account overseas where the bank will transfer these funds.There after, I had planned to destroy all related documents for thisaccount. It is a careful network and for the past eleven months I haveworked out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation. The amount is not somuch at the moment and plus all the accumulated interest the balance in thisaccount stands at- (US$18.6 million US dollars).Now my questions are:-1. Can you handle this project?2. Can I trust you for the confidentiality of this transaction?3. What will be your commission? If you can sponsor this transfer.Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.Finally, it is most important that the information as contained herein beaccorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy itdeserves.I Expect your urgent response if you can handle this project, to my email.After which I will explain the details and information for your claims asthe next of kin.I am expecting your urgent response as soon as you receive my message.

Respectfully yours,
Ponfa Oley

My response?

Thank you very much for writing! I notice you are using the same style as Smith Bowani and Cole Smith. You really are a very talented writer and I would like to post your e-mail if you don't mind.

You can see your work at http://escam.blogspot.com and if you would like me to take it down, just let me know and I'll delete it from my site.

Thanks again, and have a wonderful day!

-Rufus

Hello,

My name is Mrs.Jennifer Wilson I am a dying woman who have decided to donate what I have to you/ church. I am 59 years old and was diagnosed forcancer about 2 years ago,immediately after the death of my husband, who had left me everything he worked for.

I have been touched by God to donate from what I have inherited from my late husband to you for the good work of God,rather than allow myrelatives to use my husband's hard earned funds ungodly.Please pray,that the good Lord forgive me my sins.I have asked God to forgive me and i believe hehas because He is a merciful God. I will be going in for an operation,and i pray that i survive the operation.

I have decided to WILL/donate the sum of $1,500,000 (One million five hundred thousand dollars) to you for the good work of the lord, and to help themotherless,less privileged and also for the assistance of the widows.

At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls, due to the fact that my relatives are around me and i have been restricted by my doctor from taking telephone calls.presently,my WILL have been adjusted and my lawyer has been notified.

I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you abundantly, and please use the funds well and always extend the good work to others. Contact me through this email address jenniferwilson59@rushpost.com if you are interested,so that i can feed you with the information on how to claim the funds of($1,500,000.00).I know I have never met you but I have been directed to do this by God,and i hope you act sincerely.

NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the task is accomplished,as I don't want anything that will Jeopardize my lastwish, due to the fact that i do not want relatives or family members standing in the way of my last wish.

Regards,
Jennifer Wilson



My response?

Dear Mrs. Wilson:

My name is Rufus and I am a representative of Fastrak Investments. We specialize in finding global investment opportunities, but as corporate citizens, charity is a very important part of doing business.

I am terribly sorry to hear of these great trials God has placed in your path, yet I know that His will is divine and good. Please send me some documentation of your identity- a passport or other ID and I would be more than happy to assist you in divesting for charity.

Thank you and God Bless,
Rufus

Well, I can't resist. This is the first time I've ever seen them pull this boner- not even bothering to change the letter before changing names! Here's my response:

I am terribly sorry Mr. Cole, but I am already in communication with Mr. Smith Bowani, one of your colleagues, on this matter. Please give him my regards, and if you have any questions about our transaction, please e-mail them to him at smith-bowani@pnetmail.co.za. Thank you and god bless you all in these trying times.

Sincerely,
Artemus Henderson
Fastrak Investments

I'm not going to respond to this guy because he can't even take the time to keep track of his scams- he can't even spell his own name acuurately and consistently! See, Smith Bowami already let me in on the very special business opportunity involving Timothy Chung- I'm not going to fall for that scamster Cole Smith trying to use the same gag on me when I know Bowani is telling the truth!


Hello,I am Mr. Cole Smith an auditor of a reputable bank in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province in the Republic of South Africa. I have an urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.We had a foreign client named Mr. Chung Timothy, who deposited a huge sum of money (18.6 Million United States Dollars), with our bank. Eventually, this client died in a plane crash and since his death we have not had anybody come up for the claims as the next of kin.You may want to take a look at other passengers, who were on the same plane; here is a site for your perusal. http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list/A situation I have monitored closely with my position in the bank. Now having monitored this deposit and managed it overthe years before his death, and hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the past years I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next of kin as every other arrangement/ processes will be monitored by me and my partner involved. However I got your contact from a trade consultant here in South Africa, though I did not disclose the purpose of my seeking for a foreign business partner to him. Although we will still have to sign some agreement before the final transfer of the fund into any of your designated bank account.I have involved a very senior official in the operational department, and we have agreed that after the transfer of the money into your account, you shall be entitled to 30% of the total sum, my colleagues and I will have 65% while 5% will be used to reimburse any expenses incurred. All necessary precautions have been taken to ensure a risk free situation on the side of both parties. Please note that this deal can only take place on the following conditions;1. Absolute confidentiality and sincerity will be required and guaranteed, considering our positions in the bank.2. Assurance that our own share will be released to us in good faith when this money finally gets into your account.Please treat with utmost confidentiality. Contact me as quickly as possible through my e-mail.Expecting your urgent response,Best Regards,Mr. Cole Smithi

I'm really not in the mood to respond to these today. Eventually these things get old, the joke isn't funny any more, and it just doesn't seem worth the time to keep pestering Nigerian e-mail scammers. Howvere, I'll follow up with a standard request for some sort of documentation.

Hello,

I am Mr.Smith Bowani, an auditor of a reputable bank in Johannesburg,Gauteng Province in the Republic of South Africa. I have an urgent andvery confidential business proposition for you.We had a foreign client named Mr. Chung Timothy, who deposited a hugesum of money (18.6 Million United States Dollars), with our bank.

Eventually, this client died in a plane crash and since his death wehave not had anybody come up for the claims as the next of kin.

You may want to take a look at other passengers, who were on the sameplane; here is a site for yourperusal.http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list/A situation I have monitored closely with my position in the bank. Nowhaving monitored this deposit and managed it over the years before hisdeath, and hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the pastyears. I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next ofkin as every other arrangement/ processes will be monitored by me and mypartners involved. However I got your contact from a trade consultanthere in South Africa, though I did not disclose the purpose of myseeking for a foreign business partner to him. Although we will stillhave to sign some agreement before the final transfer of the fund intoany of your designated bank account.I have involved a very senior official in the operational department,and we have agreed that after the transfer of the money into youraccount, you shall be entitled to 20% of the total sum, my colleaguesand I will have 75% while 5% will be used to reimburse any expensesincurred. All necessary precautions have been taken to ensure a riskfree situation on the side of both parties. Please note that this dealcan only take place on the following conditions;

1. Absolute confidentiality and sincerity will be required andguaranteed, considering our positions in the bank.

2. Assurance that our own share will be released to us in good faithwhen this money finally gets into your account.Please treat with utmost confidentiality. Contact me as quickly aspossible through my e-mail.

Expecting your urgent response,

Best Regards,

Mr.Smith Bowani


My response:

Dear Mr. Smith Bowani-

Thank you very much for your interest in selecting me as a business partner. As you may know, I recently inherited a large sum of money and am interested in investing it in international businesses. Please send me a photo of yourself (preferrably a passport) and we can begin discussing how we can help each other.

Again, thank you very much for your interest, and I look forward to meeting you!

God Bless,
Artemus Henderson.

With a name like Aliyu Ahmed, you'd think he'd say "Allah bless you" or something to that effect. I guess not. Let's see what Ahmed has to say:

Goodday,

I know this letter will come to you as a surprise; but this letter is borne out of my desire to establish a mutual business relationship with you,please keep it confidential!.

I am Mr Aliyu Ahmed the son of Dr Ibrahim Ahmed the former deputy finance minister under the ousted civilian government in Sierra Leone.My father was killed and mutilated by the military junta led by Major Paul Koroma after over throwing the elected government of President Tejan Kabba.

Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events disturbances in Sierra leone, but the,pressure of war drove me and my mother out of Sierra Leone into exile in South Africa.Where we have been living under political asylum for three years.

Sadly, my mother died of cancer three [3] months ago and was buried here in South Africa. Prior to her death, she handed over to me a certificate meant for a secret deposit which my father made in a security/finance company in South Africa.

This deposit is worth [US $ 9.000.000.00] Nine Million United States Dollars only. And this money is in cash.

My father made this deposit in the heat of the conflict then in my country, with the hope to convert it[money] to his personal use at the end of the war, unfortunately he was killed when the conflict intensified as result of his opposition to the rebel forces.

After my mother's funeral, I contacted the security company to confirm this deposit and establish ownership as well made an arrangement for this deposit to be moved through diplomatic channel to United Arab Emirates Presently, this sum of U.S$9,000,000.00 (nine million dollars) is currently being deposited in a security vault in Dubai. I am seeking for your honest and sincere participation in the retrievement and reinvestment of this money.

I cannot do it alone due to my complete ignorance of the business world, more over I am only 27 years old I will give you a negotiable percentage of the principal sum in deposit if you assist me to retrieve and reinvest this money in any profitable area of business in your country.

Please, I need your assistance urgently, because the more this consignment is still with the company, the more the demurrage accumulates.Contact me through the same email address.

God Bless You,
Thanks yours
Aliyu Ahmed.

And Artemus' response?

Thank you for contacting me Mr. Ahmed. I am Artemus Henderson of Fastrak Investments and we are very interested in your situation. However, in recent years, we have run in to several groups operating fraudulently under similar circumstances as yopurself. It is for this reason that we require copies of all parties' passports and other identification before making any investment decisions.

Kindly e-mail me your identification and we can quickly move on to doing business together as friends.

Thank you, and God bless,

Artemus Henderson
Fastrak Investments

How rude! I don't care how much more literate the South African scamsters are than the Nigerians, blowing off my information request like that is just plain uncouth! Apparently Wayas doesn't pay too much attention to detail, as I specifically asked him for names and documents that could facilitate this transaction.

Attn:Artemus Henderson.

I am in receipt of your mail in response to my proposal. Thanks for your prompt reply and acceptance to participate in this operation. You shall never regret your involvement in this transaction because it is going to be of immense benefits to all parties concerned.

First of all we shall need your full name/age , company's name/address and other details to enable us file in your favour official application for claims/payment in Head of the Petroleum Agency, South Africa. Once the application is approved in this office, it would be forwarded to Federal Ministry of Finance for another approval and allocation of foreign exchange to South African Reserve bank which is the apex bank that will give final approval and transfer of the money to your nominated bank account.

We have contacts in these government establishments to influence these approvals. My colleagues and I in my ministry would present you to ministry of finance and South African Reserve Bank as a sub-contractor to the original contractor awarded the project. That is to say, we are presenting you to have been sublet part of the contract, you successfully completed the project for my ministry and you are now due for outstanding contract fee owe to you by Head of the Petroleum Agency, South Africa. (my office).You should understand that this is a bank to bank transaction between your bank and South African Reserve Bank(SARB).

On transfer of the money to your account by SARB, The apex bank would forward along to your bank all documents clearing the money from being money laundering, terrorism/drug related. So you do not need express any fears about the source/purpose of the money when transferred to your account because the transferring bank would take care of that. You should therefore have no need to inform your bankers at this time about this incoming fund because you are not yet with the proving documents about the source and purpose of the money.

Please note that you should keep this transaction top secret. You are not expected to portray any thing that can make authorities in South Africa know that senior officials of my ministry are involved in this claim or have interest in the payment. Otherwise every arrangement would be jeopardised. As soon as we succeed in securing these documents in your name, you can then say and claim with authority that the money belongs to you.As soon as the transfer is completed, I would arrange with my colleagues to visit your country for the sharing in agreed ratios. We hope that you cannot betray the trust we are about to repose in you.

I am expecting your urgent response as regards the required personal details to enable us file application for the claims.

Thank you & Best Wishes,

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Jose Wayas

This guy's actually pretty literate. I guess the literacy rate is higher in South Africa than it is in Nigeria. But still, just like the Nigerian scamsters, South African scamsters apparently don't pay attention to detail either. I specifically requested information and he blew me off, asking for my info. instead of giving me what I asked for. How rude!

Attn:Artemus Henderson.

I am in receipt of your mail in response to my proposal. Thanks for your prompt reply and acceptance to participate in this operation. You shall never regret your involvement in this transaction because it is going to be of immense benefits to all parties concerned.

First of all we shall need your full name/age , company's name/address and other details to enable us file in your favour official application for claims/payment in Head of the Petroleum Agency, South Africa. Once the application is approved in this office, it would be forwarded to Federal Ministry of Finance for another approval and allocation of foreign exchange to South African Reserve bank which is the apex bank that will give final approval and transfer of the money to your nominated bank account.

We have contacts in these government establishments to influence these approvals. My colleagues and I in my ministry would present you to ministry of finance and South African Reserve Bank as a sub-contractor to the original contractor awarded the project. That is to say, we are presenting you to have been sublet part of the contract, you successfully completed the project for my ministry and you are now due for outstanding contract fee owe to you by Head of the Petroleum Agency, South Africa. (my office).

You should understand that this is a bank to bank transaction between your bank and South African Reserve Bank(SARB).

On transfer of the money to your account by SARB, The apex bank would forward along to your bank all documents clearing the money from being money laundering, terrorism/drug related. So you do not need express any fears about the source/purpose of the money when transferred to your account because the transferring bank would take care of that. You should therefore have no need to inform your bankers at this time about this incoming fund because you are not yet with the proving documents about the source and purpose of the money.

Please note that you should keep this transaction top secret. You are not expected to portray any thing that can make authorities in South Africa know that senior officials of my ministry are involved in this claim or have interest in the payment. Otherwise every arrangement would be jeopardised. As soon as we succeed in securing these documents in your name, you can then say and claim with authority that the money belongs to you.

As soon as the transfer is completed, I would arrange with my colleagues to visit your country for the sharing in agreed ratios. We hope that you cannot betray the trust we are about to repose in you.

I am expecting your urgent response as regards the required personal details to enable us file application for the claims.Thank you &

Best Wishes,Yours sincerely,
Mr. Jose Wayas

Jim Swiss may indeed be the king of non sequitur-

"meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary in Benin his name is JOHN ZIK on john_zik2000@yahoo.com ask him to send you the total of $800.000.00 which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much."

Funny thing is, I never lifted a finger except to tell him Artemus and Fastrak Investments were interested in working with him! Let's see what he has to say:

Dear Artemus,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay. Presently i'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary in Benin his name is JOHN ZIK on john_zik2000@yahoo.com ask him to send you the total of $800.000.00 which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get in touched with my secretary JOHN ZIK and instruct him where to send the amount to you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferness at that time. in the moment, I’m very busy here because of theinvestment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with JOHN ZIK, he will send the amount to you without any delay.

Regards, Bar Jim Swiss

That's funny- I thought Jose Wayas was in the gold business!

"I am the chairman of the contract award committee of the Gold and Natural resources ministry here in South Africa, for security reasons, I may not wish to disclose the most important thing for now until I hear from you." (http://lists.wayne.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0503&L=networks&F=&S=&P=1119)

Perhaps he had a career change and decided the "Pertoleum Agency" was a better field to be in than chairman of the fabled "Gold and Natural Resources Ministry."

From: Dr. Jose Wayas
Head Of Pertoleum Agency,
No: 12/14 New Housing Estate,
Pretoria South Africa.

To: President/Director.

Dear Friend,
Compliments of the season to you and your family. This letter will in no doubt reach you as a surprise especially as we have not had any correspondence before. I am the Head of the Petroleum Agency, in the Petroleum, South Africa. Our Agency is in-charge of Awarding Contracts for the Exploration and Drilling of Petroleum in South Africa.

I am mandated to look for an Agent who will assist us in the transfer of (USD$32,400,000,00) [Thrity-Two Million Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars] and subsequently investment in Properties or any viable business in your country. You will be required to:

(1) Assist in the transfer of the said sum
(2) Advise on lucrative areas for investment
(3) Assist us in purchase of properties, etc.

If you are interested to assist us in this regard, you shall be giving 22% of the total sum for giving us your unreserved assistance. However, All modalities have been efficiently and secretly worked out to facilitate the remittance of this amount into your account within 21 working days of receiving the following bank information from you.

The name, address telex, telephone and fax numbers of your bank, your bank account number.Personal/Companys name and address, your personal phone and fax numbers.
On receipt of this bank information, all arrangements shall be perfected here for a successful transfer of this fund to your account. Utmost confidentiality is highly needed. This transaction is 100% risk free.

Please reply me almost immediately you receive this Proposal for more details you can contact me with my private email adderss:(joswayas4@excite.com).

Thanks And God Bless.

Best Regards,
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Jose Wayas

What does Artemus have to say about this latest shot at getting his bank account numbers?

Dear Dr. Wayas:

It's a pleasure to hear from you again! I recently received your e-mail and wanted to find out more details about this transaction. Fastrak Investments is a group of investors dedicated to finding the most lucrative projects in which to invest. Please send me more informnation about the people involved with this transaction, as qwell as copies of passports or other identification so that we can do a standard procedure background check before going any further.

Thank you very much for your cooperation and we look forward to doing business with uou in the very near future.

Regards,
Artemus Henderson