SUBJECT: Dear Sir Madam I am Mr James &NAME Bank Manager of &NAME Bank of &NAME &NAME I have an urgent and confidential business proposition for you  On June &NUM &NUM an American &NAME Consultant Contractor with the South African &NAME &NAME &NAME &NAME &NAME made a numbered time &NAME Deposit for &NUM &NUM calendar months valued at US $ 282C0002C000 00 &NUM Million Dollars29 in my branch  Upon &NAME I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no &NAME After a &NAME we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract &NAME the South African &NAME Corporation that &NAME &NAME &NAME died from an automobile &NAME On further &NAME I found out that he died without making &CHAR WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless  I therefore made further investigation and discovered that &NAME &NAME &NAME did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents2C including his Bank Deposit paper work in my Bank  This sum of $ &NAME &NAME is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each &NAME No one will ever come forward to claim it  According to &NAME African Law2Cat the expiration of &NUM 28five29 &NAME the money will revert to the ownership of the South African Government if nobody applies to claim the funds  Consequently2C my proposal is that I would like you to stand in as the next of kin to &NAME &NAME &NAME so that the fruits of this old man 's labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials  This is &NAME I will like you to provide immediately your full names and address so that the Attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits which will put you in place as the next of &NAME We shall employ the service of an &NAME Attorney for drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of Probate Administration in your favour for to transfer  &CHAR bank Account in any part of the world which you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary next of &NAME The money will be paid into your Account for us to share in the ration of &NUM for me and &NUM for you  There is no risk at all as the paper work for this transaction will be done by the Attorney and my position as the &NAME Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction  If you are &NAME please reply immediately email  &CHAR and the attorney as agree to move this fund out of the south &NAME to one of the west &NAME country so that there will not be any trace of this fund and the west &NAME country we agree on was &NAME The attorney told me that he as a strong connection there and he as a friend that can introduce us to one of the top offical in that country and with that everything will be ok and he also said that all documentation will be from that country and the fund will now be declare as contract payment and that is the document that is going to be issue for backing up this transaction  Please observe utmost &NAME and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country  Awaiting your urgent reply  Mr James &NAME