From zimbasmith4@telstra.com Tue Feb 10 16:31:10 2004 Return-Path: Received: from freya.let.rug.nl (freya.let.rug.nl [129.125.8.12]) by mista.let.rug.nl (8.11.3/8.11.3/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id i1AFWQi16722 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:32:26 +0100 Received: from mta01ps.bigpond.com (mta01ps.bigpond.com [144.135.25.155]) by freya.let.rug.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA06377 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:32:24 +0100 (MET) Received: from lerc-daemon.mta01ps.email.bigpond.com by mta01ps.email.bigpond.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) id <0HSV00E6PKG1FX@mta01ps.email.bigpond.com> for nerbonne@let.rug.nl; Wed, 11 Feb 2004 01:31:16 +1000 (EST) Received: from email.bigpond.com ([172.26.103.16]) by mta01ps.email.bigpond.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HSV00FI4KFYGK@mta01ps.email.bigpond.com>; Wed, 11 Feb 2004 01:31:11 +1000 (EST) Received: from [192.168.115.141] by mailms7ps.email.bigpond.com (mshttpd); Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:31:10 +0100 Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:31:10 +0100 From: zimbasmith4 Subject: Re-FOREIGN CO-OP. To: zimbasmith4@telstra.com Message-id: <10825b10bed5.10bed510825b@email.bigpond.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: iPlanet Messenger Express 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Oct 29 2003) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal Status: R X-Status: N MR.ZIMBA SMITH(B.Sc/M.Sc). DIRECTOR OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION. SOUTH AFRICA MINERAL & NATURAL RESOURECS. E-MAIL:zimbasmith4@telstra.com. I am MR.ZIMBA SMITH a native of Cape Town in South Africa and Director of Project Implementation with the SouthAfrica Department of Mining & 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 Mining & 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 saidamount 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.ZIMBA SMITH. ---------------- Powered by telstra.com