Mr. Philip Mabaso - is this a scam??

[btran]

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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:33:29 -0600
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Mr. Philip Mabaso
21 president street germiston 1401
Johannesburg South Africa.

I wish to inform you of my interest to establish a successful business
relationship with you to interchange services in assisting each other in our
diverse business/investments interests in our various countries.

I am a freelancer that is interested in investment research institutions and
I wish to undertake the services of assisting companies and individuals to
satisfactorily meet the needs of their capital investment abroad. In this
view, I wish to solicit for your assistance to explore investment
opportunities in your country in areas of real estate development, Timber,
tourism or investing in your company.

Your advice and recommendations in this respect will be welcomed enabling us
to handle diligently all aspect of our investment operations in your
country. I presently have a client with substantial amount of US Dollars for
this project and the fund will be made available after all negotiations are
completed and agreement signed.

I look forward for your positive response and counting on your anticipated
co-operation.

Thanks and best regards,
Philip Mabaso.

[David Jansen]

Definitely a scam. The purpose is to try to make the target interested in this scheme and the scammer will then ask for some fees to be paid by the target, preferably via western union or money gram.
Just delete the mail.

[btran]

thanks! i get at least one a week of these types of emails

[Jillian]

Welcome, btran.

Please do read the forum to learn about the different types of scams and feel free to post the scam emails you receive. Let us know if you have questions about the best way to post or how the scams work.