To tell you the truth it has been pretty slow.  With the girls feeling a little under the weather and running in and out of the house for errands, the day wasn't that bad...it has not even ended yet.  They are sleeping, thank god for the medicine!

First, the closing for the house in Houston, Texas!  Waiting for the notary settlement agent to come to do the courtesy closing here at the house was pretty nerve racking!  But just going through the process was okay.  Finally we have a house to call our own, the main thing now is when to move.  YAAAY for our Little family!

Second, I was just checking my mail and deleting through all the spam/junk mails.  Then I opened up this email about a business proposal....as I read down the email, it finally dawned on me it's one of those fraud emails from Africa.  Well, it has been doing a lot fraud to ppl through the phone but now we're getting it with emails!  I remember talking to an old friend of mine who is from Nigeria.  He told me that he received one of those phone calls!  There were always reminders for us not to give out our bank accounts numbers and social security number and sometimes now we get reminders not to give out our email addresses and so on and so on.  Well, this is WHY!

IT'S A FRAUD I TELL YA!

here's the email i got:

FROM:MR STEVEN GABRIELTELL  :+0027-739-443-557FAX    :+0027-865-294-929

E-MAIL:steven_gabriel1960@yahoo.com

 

              PRIVATE  AND CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL
 Dear
Sir/Madam,

Hello,

Compliments of the day to you. Obviously this message might come as a surprise to you, but please consider it as a high priority issue, which will definitely change our destiny.

I am STEVEN GABRIEL, The Chief Internal Auditor for the Amalgamated Bank of South Africa (ABSA BANK) for duration of 16 years now, with about 10 months left for an over-due retirement.

There is a Draft Account opened in this bank in 1992 by longtime client of mine Mr. Smith Andre, who was a foreigner and a miner at Kruger Mining Company, he was also a geologist for several other mining conglomerates in Africa, before he passed away in 1995 due to severe cardiac arrest in a South Africa Hospital, leaving nobody as the next of kin or beneficiary of the money after his death. As his financial auditor before his death, I am fully aware of every details of his account from 1992-2006.

 

As a matter of fact the amount in this account is currently EIGHT MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$8M) waiting to be approved for immediate payment by the bank to any foreign account holder with proof of Andre Smith beneficiary and next of kin. In other words No withdrawal or deposit has been made since 1994 to date into this account.

I am contacting as foreigner because this money cannot be approved for payment into a local account, but can only be approved for a foreign account because it was insured and there is clause in the depository agreement by the Bank and Mr. Smith Andre which states that on No condition can any local withdrawal be made from this account unless the money is transfer into a foreign account. In effect withdrawals can be made only when the money has transferred from the vaults of the bank to a foreign bank account.

If you are willing and capable of handling such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefits, because this opportunity will never come my way again. I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money into your nominated overseas bank account with the appropriate clearance certificate from the Ministries and Foreign Exchange Department.

I will physically be in your country for Sharing as soon as you confirmed the money in your bank account, but agreement will be signed by both parties concerning the sharing modalities to avoid misunderstandings.

Endeavor to contact me immediately through my private email address, whether or not you are interested in this deal. Within two weeks I am 100% sure and confident our lives could change forever. Please note that secrecy and confidentiality is of paramount importance for and effective and successful completion of this major transaction. Please keep this secret.

 

I look forward to your earliest reply.

 

I will hang-on until I hear from you.
 
Regards,
Mr.STEVEN GABRIEL.

To whom they got this msg to....don't do anything else but SPAM it!