[phpBook-devel] INVITATION TO TREAT

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STRICTLY PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL 
ENGR. JUSTIN  MAKELELE 
SOUTH AFRICA

Your Kind Attention.

It is my great pleasure to write you this letter on behalf of my 
colleagues. Your information were given to me by a member of the 
South African Export Promotion Council (SAEPC) who was with the 
Black Economic Empowerment Commission (Government) delegation on 
a trip to the United States 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 the Director 
of Project Implementation, with co-operation of two other top officials, 
we have in our possession, an overdue payment in US funds. 

The said funds represent 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$26,400,000.00 
(Twenty Six Million Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). 
Though the actual contract cost has been paid to the original contractor, 
leaving the excess balance unclaimed. 

The Government of the Republic of South Africa believe that private 
investment in general, and foreign direct investment in particular, 
are the real engines for sustainable economic development, for which 
reason it has continued to encouraged investment in the key growth-oriented 
sector of Mining with sincere determination to pay foreign contractors 
all debts owed to them, so as to continue to enjoy close relationship, 
and mutually beneficial co-operation with foreign governments and 
non-governmental financial agencies. As a result we included our 
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 seeking your assistance to be the beneficiary of the unclaimed 
funds, since we are not allowed to operate foreign account. The 
changing of beneficiary's information/ details and other forms of 
documentation upon application for claim to reflect the contract 
money and its approvals will be secured on behalf of your company or your self. 

I have the authority of my colleagues involved to propose that, 
should you be willing to assist us in this transaction your share 
as compensation will be 20% while my colleagues and I shall receive 
70%, and the balance of 10% shall be used to reimburse all expenditures, 
taxes and miscellaneous expenses so incurred. 

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

This business itself is 100% safe, provided you treat it with utmost 
confidentiality. Also your specialization is not a hindrance to 
the successful execution of this mutual beneficiary transaction. 
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint 
us. Kindly notify me  for further details, 
upon your acceptance of this proposal. 

Regards, 

Justin  Makelele.