I received this email earlier today and after a quick look realized that it was just another version of the "Foreign Officer Payment Scam". The scam where someone asks you to cash a check or handle a money transfer for them and they will pay you some large amount of money. Don't do it!!!! These folks are professional scammers and will take your money and you will have nothing to show for it.

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Here is the content of the email message I received. I have taken all the misspelled and incorrect words that I found and highlighted them by making bold and italicized.

HUMBLE ASSISTANCE/FOREIGN INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP

DEAR:Sir/Madam

This letter is not intended to cause you any embarrassment in whatever form, rather compel to
contact your esteemed self, following knowledge of your high repute and trust worthiness is borne out of this difficult situation that my family has been engulfed in since my husband and read winner of our family was forced to relinquish his position in the State, and our family driven out of our country into exile.

I am Mrs. Monica Martins, the wife of Brigadier Arnold Martins from Angola. As a widow, I looking for an individual / company who can assist me and my son in transferring a reasonable sum of money abroad to a company / private account. I on behalf of my only son Ron Martins decided to solicit for your assistance to transfer the sum of 5 Million united States Dollars
( five Million United States Dollars) deposited by my late husband in a private security company in Johannesburg South Africa.

Before the death of my husband he was a brigadier in charge of arms and ammunitions procurement for the Angolan Army. In his Will he specifically drew my attention to the sum of US$5. Million, which he deposited in the safe box of in private security company in Johannesburg, South Africa. In fact he said and I quote " My beloved son, I wish to draw your
Attention to the sum of US$5 Million. I deposited the box containing the fund in a security company in Johannesburg, South Africa. During the war I was dedicated and committed to winning the war against the rebels until I found out that some senior army officials and government functionaries were busy helping themselves with government funds and
Properties and sending them to foreign countries.

Due to this, when the former Special Adviser to the President and I were assigned by the President (Jose Eduardo Santos) to purchase arms in South Africa, we saw this as a golden opportunity to divert the money For our personal use. When we saw shared the money, I
got a total sum of US$5 Million). I did this incase of my absence due to death so that you Ron Martins, your two sisters Grace& Anne and your mother wouldn't suffer. Do not disappoint me, bye for now and God bless you."

After the burial of my husband me and my children decide to move to south africa where this money was deposited and withdraw it and put to use and was disappionted as it is against the human right law SECTION 22 OF THE REFUGEES ACT NO.130 OF 1998 that aslyum seekers in the country do not have the right to operate a bank account or to run an enterprise in the
country,after much consdiration we arrive at a piont that it will be of intrest for us to contact a partner who we will trust and insure him or her the beneficiary of this fund.

From the words of my husband's, you will understand that the lives and future of my family depend on this fund, and as such I would be very grateful if you can assist us. Now what I would like you to do for us as an international partner is to help us clear this sum
From the security company using your name as the beneficiary of the fund. You can contact my son RON MARTINS on this number :+27-71564 382.

We have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum for your assistance, 5% for the expenses that might be incurred in the course of the transfer and the remaining 75% for the family's investment abroad, which you will assist us to materialize Please, your utmost trust, sincerely and confidentiality is highly needed in this transaction, Because of my position, be
free to ask question you consider necessary and be kind to provide me with your communication facilities for smooth and confidential link, should this meet your utmost consideration, please give me your earliest reply and call my son he is in possition to tell you the next step to follow .

Call my son 0n +27-73 1564 382.
REPLY TO familymail_letter1@yahoo.com
Thanks and God bless.
Best regards,
MRS. MONICA MARTINS.
[FOR THE FAMILY]

As always, if you receive a message like this, don't call any of the phone numbers, don't reply to it, just deleted it.