Subject: CONFIDENTIAL

From: "Mrs Susan Shabangu" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 18:39:32 -0000

From: Mrs. Susan Shabangu.

Greetings to you,

With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings,
and I hope this mail meets you in good time. However
strange or surprising this contact might seem to you
as we have not met personally or had any dealings in
the past, I humbly ask that you take due consideration
of its importance and the immense benefit it will be
to you.

After careful consideration with my children, we
resolved to contact you for your most needed
assistance in this manner. I duly apologize 
for infringing on your privacy, if this contact is not
acceptable to you, as I make this proposal to you as a
person of integrity.

First and foremost I wish to introduce myself properly
to you. My name is Mrs. Susan Shabangu, mother of
three and the Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy 
of The Republic of South Africa for seven years running.
 
You may view my profile on the following link;
http://www.gov.za/profiles/shabangu.htm

I will now give you a general overview of the
situation. When I was sworn in as Deputy Minister of
Minerals and Energy in 1996, with my influence, my
husband Mr. Ndelebe Shabangu a very successful
businessman was awarded several contracts in my
ministry and had direct dealings with foreign
investors in this field. Due to my political
status, I was not involved in my husband's business
which was very vast and successful. My beloved husband
died whilst on an official trip to
Trinidad and Tobago in February 2001.

When my husband died, I was contacted as next of kin
by a private security firm in Europe to come forth
with the Certificate of Deposit and claim a safety
deposit my husband has in their Vault in his name. At 
that time, my children and I did not have an idea
where the Certificate might be. We then instructed the
security firm to continue holding the safety deposit
until further instructions from me. Whilst preparing
for the second remembrance of my beloved husband, I
was going through his library collection and to my
astonishment I discovered a Certificate of Deposit for 
the safety deposit with this private security firm, and 
other documents relating to the safety deposit in a book. 
The safety deposit which is a trunk, is stocked with hard 
currency (US Dollars) totalling $18,500,000 which was 
generated from cash payments from his business associates 
in the diamond trade from Antwerp, Belgium.

Though I knew my late husband was in the diamond
business, I did not have the knowledge that he moved
funds in cash. This has came as a shock to me and my
children, and we have decided to have this fund
invested immediately in commercial and residential
properties abroad as well as profitable ventures, as
any member of my family cannot hold such a huge
amount in our name due to my political status, hence
we sincerely propose to you to render us your most
needed assistance in this regard.

If you agree to render us your assistance, your role
in this project will be to act on my behalf as a
trustee to receive the safety deposit containing the
funds from the Security firm. Though I believe this
transaction should be based on mutuality, my family's
interest will be protected by a family associate, who
is a lawyer(attorney) attached to the South African 
Embassy in the country where the security firm is located.
 He is now aware of the safety deposit, and
I have informed him that I am locating one of my
husband's business associates (you) to handle the
funds and invest on our behalf, as he might be opposed
to our decision if he found out 
that I barely know you.

For your reliable assistance, we are offering you 15
%($2,775,000) of the funds. I thank you in advance as
we anticipate your assistance in enabling us achieve this goal.
 On hearing from you, I will forward your contact to the gentleman 
lawyer who will be representing us, and also give you his contact 
for both of you to communicate and proceed with the transaction. 

He will be working with you for a mutual conclusion of
the process and I look forward to a long lasting
business relationship with you. As you may  understand, 
due to my sensitive position in the present government, it is 
not safe to communicate with me via phone or fax. 

This is why I have communicated with you with my
private email address, and I like us to keep this way,
for the safety of this transaction.

Please contact me on my private email address; 
[email-masked]

whether or not you are interested in assisting us.
This will enable us make alternative plans, in the
event of non-interest on your part.

With warm regards,
Mrs. S. Shabangu.