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From: Fred Shabalala <[email protected]>
Reply: <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 06:29:56 -0700
Subject: CAN YOU ASSIST ME ?
Dear friend,
It is nice and wonderful to contact you today. I am Mr. Fred Shabalala, I am a South African and a Bank Branch Manager in South Africa. I want to entrust you with the sum of US$20 million for investment in your country.
Presently, I am in grip of these funds (Twenty million United States Dollars) which is securely available for you and I to receive and share. And I am seeking for your cooperation and assistance to transfer this money to your place.
I secured these money from an unclaimed deposit made in our Bank since 2009 by a dead foreign customer who deals on Gold and Precious stones here in South Africa before his death. And all efforts to find any of his relatives have been to no avail. Also,nobody else knows about these money in my bank because Immediately I found out about these US$20 million, I placed it in an Escrow Account here in our bank without any beneficiary's information.
The reason I am contacting you now is for you to assist me to receive these $20 million from our Bank as the beneficiary. If you accepts this my proposal, I will submit your names and other details to our Bank head-office as the beneficiary of these funds. And I will send you every documents that establishes you as the beneficiary of these money to enhance your claim.
Honestly, I am ready to share these US$20 million equal with you. That's 50% for you and 50% for me. But you and I will bear the expenses for these money to be process and the transfer to you. And I want you to know that these $20 million will be transfer to you through bank to bank wire transfer. Hence,there will be no problem or breach of law in this transaction.
Do get back to me immediately to let me know if you are willing to work with me as proposed and send me this your details below.
1. Your complete names.
2. Your contact address.
3. Your Personal telephone numbers.
I await your prompt response soon.
Best regards,
Mr.Fred Shabalala.