Nigeria is suspect! Quck switch countries! OR New Scam email

[Faustus]

Dunno, maybe I'm the last to get this but I just laugh when I see these:

Good Day
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business
relationship with you. I am THEMBA MULATO, The first son of late Mr. and Mrs.DANTATA MULATO.My father was a very wealthy GOLD and COCOA merchant who based in ACCRA GHANA and ZAIRE respectively, He was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business outings. When my mother died on 1st October 1994,My father took me and my brother so special because we were motherless. Before the
death of my father on the 29th November 2000 in a private hospital in
ZAIRE, he sincerely called me on his bedside and told me that he had a sum of U.S$35,000,000.00 US DOLLARS (THIRTY FIVE MILLION US DOLLARS) kept in a security company in Johannesburg, South Africa. He also said that the security company does not know the content of the
safe box. He also used my name to Deposit the money as his first son
for next of kin. He explained to me that it was because of his wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice were l will transfer this money and use it for investment purposes, I want you to assist me in clearing this fund into your account overseas as a beneficiary of the fund, and also use it for investment purpose, such as real estate management. My interested areas of investment are, REAL ESTATE, HOTELS,PETROLEUM INDUSTRY, and MANUFACTURING. Am honorably seeking for your assistance in the following ways.
(1)To assist me to clear this fund from the security company and
transfer to your account successfully.
(2) To provide a bank account into which this money would be
transferred to.
(3)To serve as the guardian of this fund since l am a boy of (28)yrs.
Moreover, I am willing to offer you 19% of the total sum as compensation for your effort and input after the successful transfer of this fund to your nominated account.
Furthermore, you can indicate your opinion towards assisting me as l
believe that this transaction would be concluded within 14 days from the day you signify interest to assist me. I await to hear from you as soon as possible. Thanks and God bless you for your anticipated cooperation. Call me at TEL.: 27826947612 for more information.
Best Regards,
THEMBA MULATO

[Capmaster]

Puhleeese! That's my first reaction. On the other hand, they must be getting suckers or they'd have given up by now.

Anyone who falls for this deserves to have their life savings part company

The fact that his last name is a slightly different spelling from the old, outdated slave term should raise a red flag.

[Grimey]

Poisoned by his business associates eh? sounds more like a soap opera.

[Ironballs]

Sounds OK to me

[Rookie64]

I get those type of e-mails weekly...the names change but the wording is the same.

Gee, how lucky can one get

[sterno]

That poor boy, orphaned at the tender young age of 28 with only $35M....

A while back I got one of these variants where they'd put too many zeros in the amount of money. They were offering some percentage of $21,000,000,000.00.