Received this email today - scam or not? DEAR FRIEND,
HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY I HOPE ALL IS WELL
YOU WILL BE SURPRISE TO RECEIVE THIS LETTER BUT WHEN
YOU GO THROUGH IT YOU MIGHT NOT BE SURPRISE AGAIN IF
THE INFORMATION HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOU I AM THE CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY FOR THE INVESTMENT
CONTROLLER OF A SOUTH AFRICAN BASED INVESTMENT
CORPORATION MY BOSS PARTNER INSTRUCTED ME TO
CONTACT
YOU IN RESPECT OF A CLAIM DIVIDEND WHICH MATURED
SINCE
2000THE INVESTOR AFTER COLLECTING THE SAID RETURN
OF INVESTMENT FROM OUR
FIRM AND DEPOSITED THE CASH WITH A SECURITY COMPANY
DIED AFTER ONE WEEK IN A MOTOR ACCIDENT IN NOVEMBER
2000 AND FROM THE CONTENT OF HIS FILE WITH US WE
NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO NEXT OF KIN IN HIS DETAILS
AS HE PROMISED TO FORWARD THE INFORMATION LATER TO
US BUT THIS HE DID NOT PROVIDE UNTIL HE DIED
WITH FURTHER INVESTIGATION TO TRACE THE ROOT OF THE
INVESTOR THIS MADE THINGS MUCH COMPLEX AS THE
INFORMATION WE GOT CONFIRMED THAT HIS WIFE AND ONLY
SON DIED IN RUSSIA IN AN AIRCRASH IN THE YEAR 1998 HOWEVER MY BOSS HAS TAKING IT UPON HIMSELF TO TRACE
THE NEXT OF KIN IF POSSIBLE TO CLAIM THE
US$14,600,000.00 (FOURTEEN MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS)
WHICH IS THE
TOTAL SUM PAYABLE TO THE NEXT OF KIN AS ALL THE LOCAL
TAXES HAS ALREADY BEEN DEDUCTED AND THE CASH ALREADY
WITHDRAWN FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK AND
BOXED.
THE INVESTOR HAS DEPOSITED THIS AMOUNT CASH WITH A
SECURITY COMPANY WITHOUT THE COMPANY KNOWING THE
CONTENT OF THE BOX FOR SECURITY REASONS BEFORE HIS
DEATH THE CONTAINS WAS DECLEARED TO BE COMPANY
TREASURE DOCUMENTS PAPER AND THE
CORPORATION HAS
PAID THE SECURITY COMPANYUS$20,000 ON
BEHALF OF
THE BENEFICIARY AS THE INITIAL DEPOSIT FOR THE SAFE
KEEPING OF THE BOX AS THEY HAVE CHARGED US$100 PER
DAY FOR THE SAFEKEEPING I AM CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE YOUR LAST NAME AND THAT OF
THE INVESTOR IS THE SAME WHICH MY BOSS SUSPECTED
THAT YOU MIGHT BE THE INVESTOR'S RELATION. PLEASE
RECONFIRM TO US IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAVE ANY BROTHER
WHO WAS 78YEARS OLD BEFORE HE DIED IN 1998 IF IT IS
TRUE WE WILL ARRANGE FOR YOU TO MAKE THIS CLAIM AS
SOON AS POSSILBE BUT IF NOT WE HAVE NO OTHER OPTION
THAN TO
PROCESS IT WITH YOUR NAME AND COLLECT THE MONEY TO
AVOID THE CASH BEING RETURNED TO THE SOUTH AFRICA
GOVERNMENT AS UNTRACABLE FUND CLAIMED DIVIDEND AS WE
CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT AND SEE SUCH AMOUNT OF MONEY
WASTE INTO THE GOVERNMENT POCKET
FOR YOUR INFORMATION IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ASSIST
IN CLAMING THIS FUNDS.PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
BEFORE THE SOUTH
AFRICAN GOVERNMENT TEAMS GET TO KNOW ABOUT IT PLEASE DISREGARD MY PROPOSAL TO USE YOUR NAME TO CLAIM
IT IF THE INVESTOR IS REALLY YOUR BROTHER BUT IF NOT
WE WILL SHARE THE MONEY ON 50% EACH AFTER THE CASH HAS
BEEN PAID TO YOU. NOTE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS 100% LEGAL AND RISK FREE
PLEASE TREAT THIS AS MOST URENT AND CONFIDENTIAL BEST REGARDS
PETER MBEKI
(I'm NOT responding, and no, I don't have a brother!)
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