This is a copy of an e-mail that I just recieved from some "Man" claiming to be from South Africa and in need of financial help. Tell me, should we all pitch in and help? :D
I THINK NOT :eek:


Dept. of Mineral and Energy
Johannesburg, South Africa

Dear Friend,

I write to seek your cooperation as my foreign partner and your
assistance
to enable us to own properties and invest in the stable economy of your
country. I apologize if this mail does not suit your personal or
business
ethics.

My names are Mr.Victor Zandile.We are making this venture proposal to
you in
strict confidence. As senior civil servants in the South Africa
Government,
the South African civil service laws(Code of Conduct bureau)forbids us
to
own a foreign account. The money we have in our possession is an
overdue
payment bill totaling Eighteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand US
Dollars
(US$18,500,000.00) which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance
and
co-operation of a company/ or an individual to receive the said
funds,via a
reliable Bank Account.

If you will like to assist us as a partner, then indicate your interest
after which we shall both discuss on the modalities. All other
information
to facilitate the remittance of the funds will be revealed to you in
due
course. For your assistance, your share of the entire sum will be 30%
amounting to Us$5.55Million of the US$18.5Million, 60% amounting to
US$11.1Million for us and 10% amounting to US$1.85Million will be used
to
settle taxation and other miscellaneous expenses in the course of
transferring the funds to your account.

Please indicate your direct telephone and direct fax number when
replying
this business proposal I will call you when necessary. If you are not
interested, please also indicate so that it will enable me to contact
other
foreign partner with recommendations to carry out this deal.

A swift acknowledgment on the receipt of this mail will be appreciated.

Thank you and God bless you.
Best regards,
Mr.Victor Zandile.

I get these all the time I tell them to send me the money and I'll "try" to let them know when I get it. I will spend it on things I like and even give them the receipts.

I've been getting these for three years. Is there something special about this one?

When something seems too good to be true,
it is.

dunkirk, please give him my email address. I want to become filthy rich and will gladly do anything he says. I am sure Mr. Zandile is a nice man and only wants to share some of his immense wealth.

The old Nigerian banking scam...I think Dunkirk, that this is better off in Chat Central...it certainly isn't World News...:)

This is actually a very old scam, older than internet - it was spread by fax in the 80's and 90's.
The crooks make you believe you're going to benefit from the transaction. Once you're hooked, they inform you that you will have to pay a small amount of money (I don't remember the exact pretext, taxes or something like that) in order for the transaction to take place. The amount is so small as regard to the supposed benefit that it seems a very small risk.But of course this is the only real money anuone will pay !

I believe the perpetrators of this were jailed by the Nigerian government for such activity.

I have not read a single scam or junk mail for more than 2 years. It is my habit to have my email filter on the highest priority level, and never bother checking any mail that got blocked. This results in my only getting emails from people I actually know, my bank, or shops/organizations/newsletters I authorized to send me stuff. I don't know what scam mails or junk mails look like anymore. :cool: