Well, nanny, nanny boo-boo - MY latest letter came from a jinuwine PRINCE! I've been having great fun passing these letters on to a Detective in the NIH Police, who's making a collection of Nigerian scam letters sent to NIH email addresses and passing them along to someone in the FBI (where he thinks they go into a circular file...) The detective told me about one elderly woman who gave these creeps $85,000, and didn't want any help from the Feds -she said she expected to get her share of the money any day...Our detective said he was sorely tempted to email the senders back a particularly nasty computer virus...

FROM:PRINCE MOYO SITHOLE
TEL: +27-73-179-4630

DEAR LAMARCA,

               SRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

YOU MAY BE SURPRISED TO RECEIVE THIS LETTER FROM MESINCE YOU DO NOT KNOW ME PERSONALLY.I AM PRINCE MOYO SITHOLE,THE FIRST SON OF CHIEF DAN SITHOLE WHO WAS RECENTLY MURDERED IN THE COURSE OF THE LAND DISPUTE IN ZIMBABWE.

IN MY EARNEST SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE COMPANY / INDIVIDUAL WHO CAN HANDLE A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION OF A LARGE MAGNITUDE IN YOUR COUNTRY,I GOT RESPONSE IN YOUR FAVOUR AMONG OTHERS FROM THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY HERE IN JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA, SO I
DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU FIRST.

BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER, HE HAD TAKEN ME TO JOHANNESBURG TO DEPOSIT THE SUM OF TWENTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$20,000,000.00)IN A PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN JOHANNSEBURG,AS IF HE FORESAW THE LOOMING DANGER IN OUR COUNTRY ZIMBABWE.THIS MONEY WAS DEPOSITED AS GEM STONES TO AVOID MUCH TAX FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY.THIS MONEY WAS MEANT FOR THE PURCHASE OF NEW MACHINERY,EQUIMENTS AND CHEMICALS FOR THE FARMS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW FARM IN RELATIVELY POLITICAL/ECONOMICALLY STABLE SWAZILAND.THIS LAND PROBLEM STARTED WHEN ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT,MR.ROBERT MUGABE INTRODUCED A NEW LAND REFORM ACT WHICH WHOLLY AFFECTED THE RICH WHITE FARMERS AND SOME FEW RICH BLACK FARMERS.IN FACT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS LAND REFORM OF WHICH MY LOVELY FATHER WAS ONE OF THE VICTIMS.IT IS ON THIS BACKGROUND THAT I AND MY FAMILY WHO ARE CURRENTLY RESIDING IN SOUTH AFRICA AS POLITICAL ASYLUM SEEKERS DECIDED TO TRANSFER MY FATHERíS MONEY TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY SINCE THE LAW OF SOUTH AFRICA PROHIBITS REFUGEES/ASSYLUM SEEKERS FROM OPERATING A BANK ACCOUNT OR GETTING INVOLVED IN HUGE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS.

AS THE ELDEST SON OF MY FATHER,I AM SADDLED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SEEKING A GENIUNE FOREIGN ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY COULD BE TRANSFERRED INTO WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF MY GOVERNMENT WHO IS BENT ON TAKING EVERYTHING.

ALL I SEEK FOR IS AN HONEST BUSINESSMAN,WHOM I CAN TRUST FOR MY FUTURE AND THAT OF MY FAMILY.THIS TRNSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE.IF YOU ACCEPT TO ASSIST ME AND MY FAMILY,ALL I WANT FROM YOU IS FOR YOU TO MAKE ARRANGMENT AND COME TO SOUTH AFRICA,SO THAT YOU CAN HELP ME OPEN A NON-RESIDENT ACCOUNT IN YOUR NAME WHICH WILL AID US IN TRANSFERRING THE MONEY TO ANY
ACCOUNT YOU WILL NOMINATE OVERSEAS.I INTEND TO USE THIS MONEY FOR INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY.I HAVE TWO OPTIONS FOR YOU,FIRSTLY YOU CAN CHOOSE TO HAVE CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE MONEY FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND ALSO FOR NOMINATING YOUR ACCOUNT IN THIS TRANSACTION,OR YOU CAN GO INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH ME FOR THE PROPER PROFITABLE INVESTMENT OF THE MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY.WHICH EVER OPTION YOU WANT,FEEL FREE TO NOTIFY ME.I HAVE ALSO MAPPED OUT 5% OF THIS MONEY FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT WE MIGHT INCURE IN THE PROCESS OF THIS TRANSACTION. IF YOU DO NOT PREFER A PARTNERSHIP I AM WILLING TO GIVE YOU 15% OF THE MONEY WHILE THE REMAINING 80% WILL REMAIN FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.IF YOU ARE REALLY CAPABLE AND WILLING TO ASSIST ME,PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY WITH THE ABOVE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.

PLEASE KEEP THIS MESSAGE VERY CONFIDENTIAL. FINALLY,PLEASE TREAT THIS MATTER AS URGENT AS
POSSIBLE,I AM DESPERATE TO LEAVE THIS COUNTRY SOONEST.

THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.

I EXPECT YOUR RESPONSE SOONEST.

BEST REGARDS AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU.

PRINCE MOYO SITHOLE
(FOR THE FAMILY).