STRICTLY PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL
Dr. James Vizumzi
South Africa.
8th September 2002.


Sir,

It is my great pleasure to write you this letter on behalf of my colleagues. Yo
ur information 
were given to me by a member of the South African 
Export Promotion Council (SAEPC) who was with the Government delegation on a tr
ip to 
your Country during a bilateral conference talk to 
encourage foreign investors. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation
 with you in 
execution of a deal hereunder for the benefit of all parties, 
and hope you will keep it confidential because of the nature of this business.

Within the Department of Mining Resources where I work as a Director of Project
 
Implementation, with co-operation of four other top officials, we 
have in our possession, an overdue payment in US funds.  The said funds represe
nt 
certain percentage of the contract value executed on behalf of my 
Ministry by a foreign contracting firm, which we the officials over-invoiced to
 the amount of 
US$29,600,000.00 (Twenty Nine Million Six Hundred 
Thousand United States Dollars). Though the actual contract cost has been paid 
to the 
original contractor, leaving the excess balance unclaimed.

Since the present elected Government is determined to pay foreign contractors a
ll debts 
owed, so as to maintain good relations with foreign 
governments and non-governmental financial agencies. As a result we included ou
rs bills 
for approvals with the co-operation of some officials at the 
Department of Finance and the Reserve Bank of South Africa (RBSA). We are seeki
ng 
your assistance as the beneficiary of the unclaimed funds, 
since we are not allowed to operate a foreign account. 

I have the authority of my colleagues involved to propose that, should you be w
illing to 
assist us in this transaction your share as compensation will be 
25% while my colleagues and I receive 70%, and the balance of 5% for taxes and 
miscellaneous expenses incurred.

It does not matter whether or not your company does contract projects of the na
ture 
described here. The assumption is that your company won the 
major contract and subcontracted it to other companies. More often than not, bi
g trading 
companies and firms of unrelated fields wins major 
contracts and subcontract to more specialized firms for execution.

I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me. E
ndeavor 
to contact me immediately through my above USA efax 
number or my e-mail address, whether or not you are interested in this deal. If
 you are not, it 
will enable me scout for another foreign partner to carry 
out this deal I want to assure you that my partners and myself are in a positio
n to make the 
payment of this claim possible provided you can give us a 
very strong Assurance and guarantee that our share will be secured and please r
emember 
to treat this matter as very confidential matter, because we 
will not comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in active Governm
ent Service 
and remember once again that time is of the essence to 
our successful execution of this transaction.  I wait in anticipation of your f
ullest co-
operation. 

This business itself is 100% safe, provided you treat it with utmost confidenti
ality. Also your 
area of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful 
execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope tha
t you will 
not disappoint us.

Kindly notify me by fax for further details, upon your acceptance of this propo
sal.


Regards,
Dr. James Vizumzi

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