Posted by Baron Greenback [216.54.16.205 - ip-216-54-16-205.coxfiber.net] on 14 July 2003 at 01.55.47 ZuluTime:

Well, as usual, I'm the last person this kind of thing gets to. Remember way back in the day, when someone was still setting up us the bomb, and the president of South Africa wanted to send us fourteen million dollars? Well, much to my surprise, he STILL hasn't found a reliable account to put it in! This CAN'T be what has literally become the oldest trick in the book! After all, his yahoo profile, http://profiles.yahoo.com/information_business1, was so informative. This is a male/female of undeterminate age I can trust!

If you haven't gotten the e-mail, highlight the following.

MR,HARFORD.

18 Independence Close,
     Johannesburg,
     South Africa.
     PHONE NUMBER:874763427980
     FAX NUMBER:874763427981

Dear,Sir\Madam.

We want to transfer to overseas the sum of One hundred
     and Forty Two
     Million United States Dollars
     (U.S.$142,000,000.00) from a in Africa.

I want to ask you to kindly look for a reliable and
     honest person who
     will be capable and fit to provide
     either an existing bank account or to set up a new
     bank account
     immediately to receive this money,
     though an empty bank account could serve this purpose
     as long as you
     will remain honest to me till the end of this
     important business trusting
     in you and believing in God that you will never let
     me down
     either now or in time to come.

I MR,HARFORD.,the external auditor of a Bank.During
     the course of our
     auditing,I discovered a floating fund in an account
     opened in the bank
     in 1990 and since 1993 nobody has operated on this
     account again.After
     going through some old files in the records, I
     discovered that the owner
     of the account died without a “Heir apparent to the
     throne” hence the
     money is floating and if I do not remit this money
     out urgently it will
     be forfeited for nothing.

The owner of this account who is Mr.Eshed.B.Willey, a
     foreigner and an
     industrialist died, since
     1990,until now no other person(s) knows about this
     account or could
     give any documentary evidence
     concerning this account. As such this account has no
     other beneficiary
     and my investigation proved to me as well that
     Eshed.B.Willey until his
     death was the manager Oriental Diamond Company,in
     South Africa.

However, if you are interested in this business we
     will start the
     first money transfer with Forty Two
     Million U.S.Dollars(U.S.$42,000,000.00) upon
     successful transaction
     without any disappointment from
     you. We shall also re-apply for the payment of the
     remaining amount to
     your account.

While the total amount involved is One hundred and
     Forty Two Million
     United States Dollars
     (U.S.$142,000,000.00)only. I would want us to make a
     first transfer of
     [Forty Two Million United States
     Dollar.(U.S.$42,000,000.00)from this money into a safe
     Foreigners
     account abroad before the rest. I am only contacting
     you as a foreigner
     because this money can not be approved to a local
     account, without valid
     international foreign “Agreement”, but could only be
     approved to any
     foreigner with valid international credentials:
     passport or drivers license
     and foreign account because this sum is in U.S.
     dollars and the former
     owner of the account Mr.Eshed.B.Willey is a foreigner
     too, thus the
     money could only be approved into a foreign account.

However, knowing all this, we will reach a binding
     agreement in this
     regards.
     
     As a matter of urgency, I will inform you the next
     step to take, while
     you Send your private telephone
     and fax number including the full details of the
     account to be used for
     the deposit.

I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and
     to sign a
     binding agreement that will bind us
     together before transferring the money to any account
     of your choice
     where the fund will be safe. Before we fly to your
     country for
     withdrawal, sharing and investments,I need your full
     co-operation to make this
     business a success, because the management is ready to
     approve this
     payment to any foreigner who has correct information
     of this account,
     which I will give to you,upon your positive response
     and once I am
     convinced that you are capable and will meet up with
     the instructions of a key bank official who is deeply
     involved with me
     in this business. I need your strong
     assurance that you will never let me down.

With my influence and the position in the bank we can
     transfer this
     money to any foreigner's
     reliable account which you can provide with assurance
     that this money
     will be intact pending our physical
     arrival in your country for sharing. And to build
     confidence that you
     can come immediately
     to discuss with me face to face after which I will
     make this remittance
     in your presence and three of us
     will fly to your country at least two days ahead of
     the money going
     into the account.

I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately
     I hear from you
     that you are ready to act as directed.

To prove the authenticity of the business I will use
     my position and
     influence to obtain all legal
     approvals for onward transfer of this money to your
     account with
     appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries,
     foreign exchange
     departments, embassy and Board of Internal Revenue
     Services.At the conclusion
     of this business, you will be given 35% of the total
     amount, 60% will
     be for me,
     while 5% will be for expenses both parties might
     haveincurred during
     this process.

I look forward to your earliest reply through my
     email address.

Yours

MR,HARFORD.
     

This was my response.

Mister Harford,

I regret to hear that after all these years, you still
     have not been able to find a reliable american to hold
     your money.

I would be more than happy to. Unfortunately, my
     mother (who I will refer to as "mommy" for the
     remainder of the conversation) still has control over
     my funds and bank accounts. Please don't take the fact
     that I live at home as a strike against me; I assure
     you that this is a common practice in America while
     attending school. I dream of being a professional
     Transformer collector, and already am in possession of
     Galvatron and Soundwave, as well as several Go-Bots,
     and am studying economics to further my career.

She suggested I request you send the money to me
     through a service she called "Western Union". Is that
     possible? Believe me, I am more than happy to hold on
     to your large assets with both hands. No one is going
     to touch your assets but me, and I assure you, my
     hands are clean. If this is possible, please send me a
     reply. I am not allowed to use the computer for more
     than an hour per day, but I do check my e-mail
     regularly. If You do not have a western union, maybe
     you have an eastern one that will serve our purposes.

Thank you for this wonderful oppurtunity to grab hold
     of your assets. I plan on not letting go of your
     assets until you tell me otherwise, and have no problem with inserting my own funds between the checks of your assets.

Greenback