And the email said this. Download the attached file and kindly get back to me. This is not a scam or a virus.
Yeah, it was a bad attempt, and just thought I would share it with you all.attached file wrote:NEDBANK PRIVATE BANKING
I am Mr. Bill Brown, the Chief Auditor of the Ned Bank of South Africa
(Ned Bank).I got your contact address from the Trade and Exhibition
Centre here in Johannesburg and you are the only person that I have
contacted in this business with believe that you will not let me down
and we will work together to develop trust and confidence in this
business.
After going through some old file in the records department, I
discover that there is an account opened in 1980 belonging to the late
Mr. Jerome N. Snaga a foreigner and a miner at Kruger Gold Company a
geologist by profession and since 1990 nobody has operated the account
following Mr. Snagas death in 1990. Since then, no other person knows
about this account, and the amount involved is US$82 million (EIGHTY
TWO MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS).
I would like to first transfer US$12 million into your overseas
account as a foreigner because Mr. Snaga was a foreigner then later I
will transfer the remaining US$70 million before joining you in person
for disbursement and investment opportunity which you will be an asset
to it. I am only contacting you because of your foreign status as
this money cannot be approved to a local bank here, but can be
approved to any foreign account because the money is in a foreign
currency (US dollars) and former owner of the account, Mr. Snaga was a
foreigner.
Because of the need to involve a foreign account, I need your full co-
operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to
approve the payment to whoever has the correct information to this
account, of which I will give you later, if you are able to handle
such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instruction
and advice for our mutual benefits because this opportunity will never
come again in our lives. I need a trustworthy person in this business
because I don't want to make a mistake and I need your strong
assurance, trust and reliability.
With my position now in the office and the influence of the top bank
director of the South African Reserve Bank, I will make sure that this
money is transferred into any reliable account, which you can provide
with the assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical
arrival in your country for my sharing. Your physical presence is also
welcomed in South Africa in which the transfer will be done in your
presence. I will destroy all the documents of the transaction
immediately you receive this money, leaving no trace in any place.
I have the tendency to invest my own share of the money in your
country in expectation to a sound management and a good capital
returns according to your advice. Rest assured you stand no risk of
any kind as the fund belong to us now, therefore after the eventual
stage of the transfer of this fund, I am offering you 30% of the total
fund, 65% will be for my investment while 5% will be set aside for
expenses that might be incurred during the cause of this transaction.
I strongly believe that associating with you to embark on this fund
transfer and other business ventures will derive a huge success there
after. I will use my position to effect approvals for onward transfer
of this money to your account with appropriate clearance form from the
ministries and foreign exchange department. I am counting on your
sense of confidentiality, as it is my desire that you keep this to
yourself and endeavor to furnish me with your private telephone
(mobile preferably), fax numbers and your bank details where you would
like the first payment to be transferred into for a quickly
arrangements and approval.
Looking forward to your urgent respond.
Yours truly,
they really tried. Joanes Neto is so much more believable than Bill Brown.
