Warren Edwardes is CEO of Delphi Risk Management, the London-based financial product creativity, communication and control consultancy.
Edwardes was previously on the board of Charterhouse Bank and has worked in the treasury divisions of Barclays Bank, British Gas and Midland Bank. He first researched into what were later to be called "derivatives" in 1975 and was part of the team that executed one of the world's first currency swaps in 1981. Since then he has devised and transacted numerous structures that form part of the history of derivatives. Edwardes can be contacted via we@dc3.co.uk
"Nigerian" Scams
The "Nigerian" letter fraud has existed for over 20 years
as faxes and posted letters and in the online
version of the con, people claiming to be from the "Government of
Nigeria" request use of the recipient's bank account to deposit millions of
dollars in money. They are also known as "advance fee scams" or "419 frauds" after the Nigerian
Government legislation to prevent this spate of frauds.
The "dignitaries" including two purportedly from the widow to the
Former Military Head of State, Late General Sanni Abacha, explain, that the funds have been misappropriated by
the Nigerian government, often as over-invoiced contracts and remain
untraceable.
They promise that recipients can keep about 10 per cent of the cash for their
trouble. The con artists then make electronic withdrawals to clean out a
victim's savings or ask for small and increasing advanced contributions towards
"expenses" .
What is amazing is that people are still falling for the scam. A clerk at a Michigan law firm stole USD 2.1m from her employers and transferred the money to her Nigerian 'contact'. Needless to say, the money disappeared and she never got her commission and she faces criminal proceedings and lifelong embarrassment for her extraordinary gullibility. The UK's National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) believes there are as many as five Americans connected with the 419 scam waiting in hotel lobbies every day.
Just in case you have been feeling left out and wanted to see a typical scam letter, here are several confidential and top secret ones I have received by email including some, purportedly, from Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo and Zimbabwe, one each, again purportedly, from the offspring of the late Presidents of Congo, Mobutu and Kabila, one from an aide to Angola's Jonas Savimbi and even one claiming to be from the "Director Foreign Payment Liaison Office, Seattle branch, Washington". I feel disappointed not to have heard from "one of the sons of Saddam Hussein". Who knows where they are actually from but the authorities in Nigeria and South Africa are rightly concerned about the damage to their reputations. A giveaway is that many of them are in BLOCK CAPITALS and have numerous spelling errors.
They make interesting but perhaps repetitive reading but be warned! Don't be tempted by the "opportunities" and don't bother to report them to the Nigerian or your local police. Just delete the emails! And as you can see I stopped uploading them some time ago. They are easy to spot and are best ignored.
But at the end of the day, the real criminals are not the "Nigerian" senders of the emails but those who seek to commit crimes by participating in the apparently stolen funds. They are not gullible innocents. They are eager crooks who have just been out-crooked. As for this scam financing drug-traffickers, this would not be an issue if the degenerates using drugs stopped using them, stopping the demand and killing the supply chain - but that's another discussion!
CENTRAL BANK OF
NIGERIA PRESS STATEMENT ON ADVANCE FEE FRAUD/SCAM
Warren Edwardes
is author of "Key Financial Instruments:
understanding and innovating in the world of derivatives" Feb. 2000, Financial
Times Prentice Hall ISBN 0273 63300 7 London 
link
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I AM MR KAREEM BELLO Director, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural
Resources (MPNR) Lagos, and have been delegated by my colleagues to seek
the assistance of a reliable foreign company or individual into whose bank
account we can transfer the sum of $36,560,000.00 USD (Thirty Six Million
Five Hundred and Sixty Thousand U.S. Dollars Only). This sum arose from
a deliberate over-invoicing of contract bills of some contracts, which
were awarded by us (MPNR) during the administration of the former military
dictator late, General Sanni Abacha who died on 7th June 1998. Since then
the money has been lying in our suspense current account of MPNR with the
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)(our Apex Bank).
However, the current favorable Political/Economical climate in the country
now presents an opportunity for this money to be Transferred out of our
country without any hitches as we hope and believe it would be of mutual
benefit to both of us. Already, we have put in motion the complete machinery
and modalities to enhance successful commencement and completion of this
transaction and further actions will commence the moment we hear from you.
We have agreed that after the transfer of the money into your account, you
shall be entitled to 20% of the total sum. My two colleagues and I shall
take 70% while 10% is being mapped out for reimbursement of minor expenses
that may be incurred
during the course of this transaction. Conclusively, the nature of your
business is not particularly relevant for the success of this transaction.
All we require is your willingness to co-operate with us, and also an assurance
that ourShare of the funds will be given to us when the money arrives your
account.Most importantly, we have taken all necessary precautions to ensure
a no risk situation on the side of both parties as this transaction is expected
to be through within 10 to 14 working days. Please if the proposal is acceptable
to you, contact me immediately through this email addresses. However, if
you are not interested, kindly let us know and do not disclose the content
of this letter to any third party. Kindly include your private Telephone
and Fax numbers while replying for easy and effective communication.
The trust we have reposed in you at this point is enormous and cannot be
over-emphasized. We await your prompt response to this proposal, so we can
commence immediate release proceedings with our good positions.
Best Regards.
Kareem Bello.
From: "james vorgan" <jamesvorgan@zapo.net>
1.BOTH PARTIES WILL NOT FOR ANY REASON CHEAT EACH OTHER.
2.BOTH PARTIES WILL WORK TOGETHER TO SEE THIS TRANSACTION THROUGH.
3.A HIGH DEGREE OF TRUST AND CONFIDENTIALITY WILL BE APPLIED FOR THE SAKE OF OUR WORK.
4.I AND MY PARTNER WILL STRONGLY BE BY YOUR SIDE AS YOU CLAIM THIS FUND AND I AND MY PARTNER WILL ARRAGE AN ATTORNEY(LAWYER)WHO WILL WORK ON YOUR BEHALF TO GET THE NECESSARY PAPERS NEEDED FOR A SMOOTH TRANSACTION.
5.YOU WILL NOT DISAPPEAR WITH OUR FUND AFTER YOU HAVE CLAIMED IT.
6.DISBURSEMENT RATIO WILL BE 70 FOR ME AND MY COLLEAGUE,15 FOR YOU, 5% WILL BE DONATED TO
CHARITY,WHILE 10% WILL TAKE CARE OF OUR MUTUAL EXPENCES.
There is need for you to respond to this offer immediately
I must let you know that a high degree of trust is required and also we will like to use our own share to go into any lucrative business with your help/assistance.
Awaiting your urgent response now.
Yours Faithfully
Mr. James Vorgan.
From: "karimu savimbi" <karisav@ecplaza.net>
FROM: MR.KARIMU SAVIMBI.
E-MAIL:karisav@ecplaza.net
With warm heart I offer my friendship and greetings,
and I hope this mail meets you in good time.However
strange or surprising this contact might seem to you
as we have not met personally or had any dealings in
the past,I humbly ask that you take due consideration
of its importance and immense benefit.I also sincerely
seek your confidence in this transaction,which I
propose to you as a person of integrity.First and
foremost I wish to introduce myself properly My name
is KARIMU SAVIMBI, I am a nephew and Personal Assistant to Late Jonas Malheiro Savimbi,leader of UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of
Angola).As led by my instinct I selected your email
address from the online business directory in my
search for a partner hence this proposal.
My Uncle(Mentor)was killed in a battle with government
forces of Angola,led by President Dos Santos,on Friday
22nd February 2002.After his death Mr. Antonio Dembo
who was his second in command assumed office as leader
of UNITA due to lack of the Charisma my Uncle had
carried the party with in Dembo there was chaos and
struggle for leadership.Prominent members like Carlos
Morgado lobbied to depose him and assume office as
leader to enrich themselves and some of them who saw
me as a threat to their ambitions including Mr.Dembo
(planned to kill me).
The tension and confusion in UNITA become
uncontrollable when Mr.Dembo died 10 days after my
Uncle's death,As I lost my mentor in this struggle
which has been on for three decades now,not so much of
this struggle interests me anymore as there is now no
sense of direction. I now
desire a peaceful life as I am no more interested in
conflicts and wars for this reason I secretly left
Angola and came to (Holland) to seek political asylum.
I am sincerely proposing to you to render me your
highly needed assistance in respect to safekeeping of
some of my Uncle's money that arose from Diamonds
sales.This money (US$12 million) which was already
on its way to my Uncle's Swiss Bank account,through
the Diplomatic means we use to move money abroad and
was on transit with a private safe deposit security
company here in Amsterdam-Holland in February when
the tragic incident of my Uncle's death occurred. I
then instructed the company to secure the consignment
containing the money pending on further instructions
from me.I have waited for sometime now for security
reasons and have now deicded to act with your reliable
assistance, As a matter of fact the reason I came to
Holland and sought for political asylum here is the
safe deposit.
President Dos Santos has lobbied the International
Community to freeze my Uncle's assets and accounts
abroad to ground UNITA and has already done this in
Angola.Hence I cannot lodge the funds in my name also
I did not declare the funds to them here.I plan to use
this money to safeguard my future it is very essential
that you understand that the kind of trust and
confidence I want to put in you is extraordinary and
an act of desperation on my part in order not to lose
this money, Please ensure that this contact with you
should be treated with utmost secrecy.
Your role in this project,is clearing the safety
deposit containing the money which is deposited in my
name from the Security company after which the money
will be lodged into an account preferably a new
account you should open for this transaction.My share
of the money will be returned to me when my asylum
application in this country (HOLLAND)is granted and I
have permission to do business and open an account
here.I have with me the Certificate of Deposit for the
consignment containing the funds which will be used
for claiming the funds from the security company and
the release codes of the vaults,Also everything will
be legally processed for transfer of ownership to you
and this transaction should be completed immediately
depending on your prompt response.
Please contact me whether or not you are interested in
assisting me by sending your most private
telephone/fax numbers,To understand the struggle to
liberate from communists more click on the link below
and read.
http://www.the-idler.com/IDLER-02/3-16.html
Yours Sincerely,
KARIMU SAVIMBI.
From: "MR.MIKE KALIM" <mikekalim123@netscape.net>
Dear friend,
This very confidential request should come as a surprise to you but because of the nature of what is happening to me and my family urged me to contact you, and I quite understand that this is not the best way to contact you because of the nature of my request and the attention it requires. I got your contact information from your country's information directory during my desperate search for someone who can assist me secretly and confidentially in relocating and managing some family fortunes.
My name is Mr. Mike the second son of Mr. Kalim Uzaka in Zimbabwe. At the height of the present political crises in our country, in which the white farmers in our country are being murdered and ripped off their belongings by the supporters of our President, Mr. Robert G. Mugabe, in their efforts to reclaim all the white owned farms in our country, my father and my elder brother were brutally slained to a painful death on the 13th of february, 2002, in their struggle to protect some white farmers who ran to take refuge in our house. My father, during his life on earth was a prominent business man who trades on diamond and gold from some foreign countries.
He publicly opposes the crude policies and crime against humanity on the white farmers by Mr. Robert Mugabe and his followers, which they enforced media law restrictions to protect their wicked acts. That not being enough, the President and his followers after winning the last undemocratic elections decided to block and confiscate all accounts and assert. During my fathers life on earth, he had deposited the sum of EIGHT. FIVE MILLION United States Dollars [$8.5 MILLON U.S DOLLARS], in a trunk box with a Finance and Security Company in the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire for a cash and carry Diamond and Gold business with some foreign business customers. Due to the escalation of this problem, we decided to move this fund to the security company's oversea office in Europe.
In view of this and as the only surviving son of my father, and with the present clamp down, killing and confiscation of his assets as one of those who render support to the white farmers in our country, I therefore humbly wish to inform you of my intentions to you to the security company's office in Europe where this money is currently deposited to avoid it being confiscated by president Mugabe. And also seek for your honest and trustworthy assistance to help me clear and accommodate this money over there because we are unable to move out of Africa due to the restriction of this Government. Also, I will try and move down to meet you after which you have claim this fund into your custody.
Now this is what I actually want you to do for me;
1. I want you to be presented to the Finance and Security company as the person I contacted to assist my family for this purpose, with whose name and address myself will forward to them their office in Europe as the person that will clear this money that is being deposited in Europe.
2. To finally assist me in accommodating and managing this money in any lucrative business in your country for at least ten years. Please, I hope you will grant and view this very request with favour and much understanding of our situation now, and will be a very honest and reliable person to deal with. And also bearing in mind the confidential nature of this my request. I emphasize please that you keep every bit of it to yourself so as to protect my familys future and the safety of this fund.
3. For your noble assistance of safeguarding the fund under your custody, i will offer you 15% of the total fund and 10% of every annual turnover from any business which you intend to invest the other 85% into for a consecutive period of ten years.
Thanking you in anticipation of your urgent response as soon as you read this request.
Best Regards,
Mr. Mike Kalim.
From: "joseph Bucknor" <njoebuck@navy.org>
A REQUEST FOR YOUR EXPERTISE
I am Dr. Joseph Bucknor, chairman Invitation for Foreign Events
Commission (IFEC) of Nigeria sports council (NSC) here in Africa. Presently, my commision is saddled with the responsibility of improving sporting activities in my country to measure up to olympic standards. We have been mandated to look for a foreign coordinator or
contractor to handled such events like; consolidation of foreign football club to train our teenage footballers , athlects, field events participants and any other sorts of games that we need to develop our young and talented people on, like the gymnastics and table games, to be able to make a tremendous impact in the next international competitions.
In this respect, Nigeria sports council has earmarked the sum of USD35m for the initial take-off of these projects from the total budget of USD132million by the federal Government, as soon as my commision issues an order for the money to be released. The funds will be tranfered directly into your private/club's account upon meeting with the requirements of the council. On this basis ,I and my colleaques shall confidentially assist you on the condition that an agreed percentage of the money will be for us.
Meanwhile, you most indicate your area of expertise or interest amongst the aforementioned activities and get back to me as soon as possible. Thereafter, I shall, give you a comprehensive detials on how your application should be drafted to the sports council.
Hope to hear from you soon.
J. Bucknor
From: <aroujoo1@xzapmail.com>
Please,
I know that this letter will come to you as a surprise due to the fact that
we have not yet met each other before, but please be rest assured that
there is going to be no cause for alarm. I have decided to notify you to
ask for your assistance,because of your integrity and goodwill. In bringing
this message to you, I have to say that I have no Intention of causing you
any personal pains or discomfort. I am Mr. Aroujo Savimbi, son of the late
rebel leader Jonas Savimbi of Angola who was killed on the 22nd of February
2002. Presently, I am desperately looking for a trustworthy person to
assist me in this confidential business, We have decided to look for
assistance outside with those that will not capitalise on present conditon
to purnich us, Because those we used to call our friends and family friends
over here have all deserted us with almost all our properties and
belongings we entrusted with them.
My late father, Jonas Savimbi lodged huge sums of money realized from the
sales of diamonds and other precious stones / metals in different banks in
overseas. My father is presently no more, and the movement of his family
members (including me) is highly restricted, all his bank accounts and
properties have been frozen and seized. We are forbidden to either travel
abroad or out of our immediate localities. Presently, I have just
discovered a huge deposit made by my father from the money realized from
the last sales of diamonds before is death amounting to US$28,500,000.00
(TWENTY EIGHT MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, my father had
deposited this money as diplomatic consignment with a security firm in
Netherlands whos head quaters is in America and Canada, I have called the
security firms and they have confirm to me that the consignment is with
them. I have all the documents with me right now that is be needed to
collect the consignment from the security firm, my father has instructed
the security firm in his deposit request to release consignment to any
three family members which includes myself, my mother and only sister who
is also dead incase of emergency or death. Right now my family has given me
the authority to do everything possible to get the consignment out as this
is the only hope we have now to bring the family out of its present poor
financial state.
I am therefore soliciting your help to have this consignment collected by
you and the funds transferred into your account. I will give you all the
necessary documentations to facilitate your collection of the consignment
personally in Amsterdam Amaerica and Canada. The government has no or will
never have knowledge of this business, so there is no need to be worried
about your safety. I guarantee you your safety during this transaction.
Once I have your complete assurance that you can handle this, I will
immediately send to you the relevant documents that will enable you take
possession of the consignments. This will include certificate of deposit
and shipment airway bill and all other relevant documents. Meanwhile all I
need from you now is as follows:
1. Your confirmation of your ability to handle this.
2. Your word that you will keep this business as confidential as possible
at all times until we conclude this business.
3. Your confidential telephone and fax numbers for communication.
4. Your full Name and Permanent address. As soon as I get the above
information from you, I will also send to you a LETTER OF AUTHORITY and
AGREEMENT to enable you clear the consignment on my behalf. Note that this
is a very safe transaction as the Angola government has no knowledge that
such money is still in existence.
However, in return for all your assistance and troubles we have decided to
offer you 15% of the total amount of money as your share and 5% for all
your expenses which will include your travel expenses to Amsterdam and
every other expenses you incur in the cause of this transaction, such as
your telephone bills etc, this makes a total of 20% my family has agreed to
give to you for helping us secure the money.
I am waiting for your response to enable us proceed.
Regards,
Aroujo Savimbi .
PLEASE REPLY ME THROUGH MY CONFINDENTIAL EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW FOR
CONFINDENTIAL REASONS
aroujojos@hknetmail.com
From: "MR. MARTINS EWA" <ewamartins01@razormail.com>
FROM THE DESK OF: MR MARTINS EWA
REPLY TO : ewa_martins01@zwallet.com
Good day,
I am MR MARTINS EWA, head of the accounts/operations dept. of one of the leading merchant banks in Nigeria..I have an urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.
On December 8, 1998, an American Oil consultant/contractor with the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mrs.Ann Barbara Myers made a
numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at
US$25,000,000.00(Twenty-five Million Dollars) in my branch.Upon
maturity, I sent a routine notification to her forwarding address but
got no reply.After a month,we sent a reminder and finally we
discovered from her contract employers, the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation that Mrs.Ann
Barbara Myers died from a ghastly automobile accident.On further
investigation,I found out that she died without making a WILL, and
all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mrs.Ann
Barbara Myers did not declare any next of kin or relations in all her
official documents, including her Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.
This sum of US$25,000,000.00
is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over
with the principal sum at the end of each year.No one will ever come
forward to claim it.According to Nigerian Law, at the expiration of 5
(five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian
Government if nobody applies to claim this fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foriegner to
stand in as the next of kin to Mrs.Ann Barbara Myers so that the
fruits of this woman's labor will not get into the hands of some
corrupt government officials.This is simple, I will like you to
provide immediately your full names and address so that the Attorney
will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits which will put
you in place as the next of kin.
We shall employ the services of two Attorneys for drafting and
notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary
documents and letter of probate/administration in your favor for the
transfer.
We would need you as a Foreigner acting as the next of kin and sole
benefactor to the inheritance of Mrs.Ann Barbara Myers to travel and
claim this money in a SECURITY COMPANY based in Europe which is used
by my bank as an offshore payment center to the bank.The money will
be paid to you for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for
you.
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction
will be done by the Attorney and my position as the head of the accounts/operations dept. guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.
If you are interested, please reply immediately via the private
email address below. Upon your response, I shall then provide you
with more details and relevant documents that will help you
understand the transaction.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall
require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
Awaiting your urgent reply via my email: ewa_martins01@zwallet.com
Thanks and regards.
MR MARTINS EWA
From: <keneth.madembe@caramail.com>
Best Regards,
>KENETH MADAMBE
From: "John Kabi" <johnkabi@mail.co.za>
Dear Beloved in Christ,
It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, knowing the truth and the
truth have set me free. Having known the truth, I had no choice than to do
what is lawful and right in the sight of God for eternal life and in the sight
of man for witness of Gods mercy and glory upon my life.
I have the pleasure to share my testimony with you, having seen your contact
from the Internet. I am Barrister John Kabi, the legal adviser to late Mr. and
Mrs. Bright Williams, a British couple that lived in my Country Nigeria for 25
years before they both died in the plane crash late last year. These couples
were good Christians, they so dedicated their live to God but they had no
child till they died.
Throughout their stay in my country, they acquired a lot of properties like
lands, house properties, etc.As their legal adviser, before their death, Mr.
Bright Williams instructed me to write his WILL. Because they had no
child,they dedicated their wealth to God. According to the WILL, the
properties have to be sold and the money be given out to a ministry for the
work of God.As their legal adviser, all the documents for the properties were
in my care.He gave me the authority to sell the properties and give out the
fund to the Ministries for the work of God.
In short, I sold all the properties after their death, as instructed by Mr.
Bright Williams before his death. And as matter of fact,after I sold all their
properties, I realized more than $10,000,000.00 (Ten million US dollars plus),
and what supposed to be the percentage interest of my right legal fee was
firstly deducted by me out of the total amount realized from the sold
properties, this was base on the initial agreement between me and the owner of
the properties. Therefore the total amount left to be invested into Gods work
as instructed by the owner, is $10,000,000.00 (Ten million US dollars) only.
But, instead of giving the main fund out for the work of God then, as
initially instructed to me by the owner before his death;I converted the fund
to myself with the intention of investing the fund abroad for my personal use
instead of giving the money out as intructed by the owner before his death. I
was afraid of putting the fund in the Bank, because I have to give account to
the bank on how I got the money. I then packaged the fund in consignments and
deposited the consignments with a security company.
I did not want the management of the Security Company to know the content of
the consignments, therefore I registered the consignment as Diplomatic
consignment while the contents of the consignments was declared as Gold
Bars.And upon my authority given to the security company then, the consignment
has since then been air lifted to their affiliated security company in
Holland.Now the affiliated security company in Holland believes that the
contents of the consignment deposited with them was Gold Bars.
However, I later had encounter with Christ when Pastor Benny Hinn was
preaching on television concerning Ananias and Saphira in Acts 5:1-11.After
hearing the word of God, I gave my life to Christ and became a born again
Christian. As a born again Christian, I started reading my bible and one day,
the Lord opened my eyes to Ezekiel 33: 18 and 19 where the word of God says:
"When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and committ iniquity, he
shall even die thereby. But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do
that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby". From the scripture, I
discovered that the only way I could have peace in my life is to do what is
lawful and right by giving out the fund as instructed for the work of God by
the owner before his death.
I have asked God for forgiveness and I know that God have forgiven me.But I
have to do what is lawful and right in the sight of God by giving out the fund
to the chosen ministry for the purpose of Gods work as instructed by the owner
before his death.After my fasting and prayers, I asked God to make his choice
and direct me to a honest Christian or the chosen ministry that deserves this
fund by his Grace. I then came across your address on the Internet as I was
browsing through a Christian site, and as a matter of fact, it is not only you
or your ministry that I picked on the Christian site initially, but after my
fervent prayer over it,you were chosen to me through divine revelation from
God, so I then decided to contact you for the fund to be used wisely for
things that will glorify the name of God.
I have notified the Security Company where I deposited the consignments that
contained the fund, that I will soon move out the consignment from their
company, and their affiliated security company in Holland has since been
waiting for me to come and clear the consignment from their company.
So if you know that you will use this fund honestly and wisely for the things
that will glorify Gods name, then do urgently contact me back first through
this my alternative email address only (deaconkabi@tiscali.co.uk) and the
details will be given to you on how you will be able to receive the fund in
your country through the affiliated security company in Holland.You should
also forward to me your telephone and fax number for easy communication and to
fax you the documents concerning the consignments.
Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.
Yours in Christ,
Barrister John Kabi
deaconkabi@tiscali.co.uk
From: Jeff Maluleke
Attorney at Law
South - Africa
Dear Friend,
My greetings to you and your family and I hope this letter meets you
in good health. I hope my letter does not cause you too much
embarrassment as I write to you in good faith based on the contact
details given to me by a friend who works at the South African
Embassy in your country. Please excuse my intrusion into your private
life.
I am Barrister Jeff Maluleke, I represent Winnie Madikizela Mandela,
former anti-apartheid campaigner and wife of ex-South African
President, Nelson Mandela. My client has been losing a lot of money
due to vindictive government officials who are bent on dealing with
her. Based on this therefore, she has asked me to look for a foreign
partner who can work with us so as to move out the total sum of
US$22,000,000 (Twenty Two Million US Dollars) presently in her
possession. This money was of course acquired by my client and is now
secretly in her possession. The bid by some government officials to
deal with my client has made it necessary we seek your assistance in
receiving this money and investing it on our behalf.
This must be a joint venture transaction and we must all work
together. Since this money is in cash, extra security measures have
been taken to protect it from theft or seizure pending when agreement
is reached on when and how to move it to you. I have personally
worked out all modalities for the peaceful conclusion of this
transaction.
My client is willing to give you a reasonable percentage of this