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An Email with the Subject "SIR/MADAM, WITH DUE HONOUR AND RESPECT," was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:13:41 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "MR. PETER MOKOENA"<petermokoena@firstnatbank.org>.
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ATTN: SIR/MADAM, WITH DUE HONOUR AND RESPECT, I AM MR. PETER MOKOENA, THE DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS UNIT, FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA. I GOT YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS THROUGH THE SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU TO ACT AS THE ORIGINAL BENEFICIAL ON A 100% RISK FREE BUSINESS TRANSACTION. HOWEVER WE REGRET THE UNCONVENTIONAL WAY WE GOT IN TOUCH WITH YOU. DURING OUR AUDITING AND INVESTIGATIONS IN THIS BANK, MY DEPARTMENT CAME ACROSS THE SUM OF TWELVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$12,500,000.00) ONLY BELONGING TO AN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSMAN MR MORRIS THOMPSON WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS WIFE THE NEXT OF KIN AND HIS ONLY DAUGHTER IN THE FEBUARY 4TH, 2000 AIR PLANE CRASH, YOU CAN CONFIRM FROM THIS WEBSITE PUBLISHED BY www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ . BEFORE OUR DISCOVERY OF THIS DEVELOPMENT THERE WAS NO TRACE OF CLAIM FROM ANY PERSON, AS THE FUNDS REMAINS DORMANT IN HIS ACCOUNT WITH THIS BANK SINCE YEAR 2000. ALTHOUGH, I KEEP THIS INFORMATION SECRET WITHIN MY JURISDICTION TO ENABLE US PUT CLAIMS AND TRANSFER THE SAID AMOUNT THROUGH A TRUSTWORTHY FRIEND OVERSEAS WHOM WE SHALL PRESENT TO THE BANK AS THE BONAFIDE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE DECEASED FOR A PROFITABLE AND SUCCESSFUL PROJECT. MEANWHILE, ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS TO PUT CLAIMS AS THE BONAFIDE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE DECEASED TO GET THE REQUIRED APPROVAL AND TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE THE DIRECTIVES AND THE NEEDED INFORMATION WILL BE RELAYED TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU INDICATE YOUR INTEREST AND WILLINGNESS TO BENEFIT YOURSELF FROM THIS GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. IN FACT, WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS DEAL ALONE BUT BECAUSE, AS CIVIL SERVANTS WE ARE NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED TO OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNT AND IT WOULD EVENTUALLY RAISE EYEBROWS ON OUR SIDE DURING THE TIME OF TRANSFER BECAUSE WE ARE STAFF OF THE BANK THESE ARE THE ACTUAL REASONS WHY IT REQUIRES A SECOND FELLOW WHO WILL FORWARD CLAIMS BY OUR SUPPORT AS THE BONAFIDE NEXT-OF-KIN WITH SOUTH AFRICAN COURT AFFIDAVIT TO THE BANK AND ALSO PRESENT A FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE RETRANSFERRED INTO. ON CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION, YOU WILL BE ENTILTLED TO 30% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS GRATIFICATION 10% OF THE TOTAL SUM WILL BE USED TO REINBURSE EXPENSES THAT MIGHT ARISE FROM TELEPHONE BILLS AND OTHER EXPENSES DURING THE TRANSACTION, WHILE 60% WILL BE FOR MY PARTNER AND I PLEASE YOU ARE ADVICED TO KEEP THIS A TOP SECRET AS WE ARE STILL IN ACTIVE SERVICE AND INTEND TO RETIRE FROM SERVICES AFTER WE CONCLUDE THIS PROJECT WITH YOU. I WILL BE MONITORING THE WHOLE SITUATION HERE IN THIS BANK UNTIL YOU CONFIRM THE MONEY IN YOUR ACCOUNT. WE SHALL THEN COME DOWN TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR SUBSEQUENT SHARING OF THE FUND ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGES PREVIOUS INDICATED AND FOR INVESTMENT IN ANY COUNTRY YOU MAY ADVICE US TOO. ALL OTHER NECESSARY INFORMATION WILL BE SENT TO YOU WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU. I SUGGEST YOU GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, STATING YOUR INTEREST IN THIS PROJECT ON. THANKS FOR ANTICIPATION OF YOUR RESPONSE DO HAVE A GREATDAY. PLEASE REPLY TO (EMAIL: petermokoena2000@hotmail.com) YOURS FAITHFULLY, Mr. P. Mokoena