Next email from him

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Good Day Eric J. Sunquist ,
I am in receipt of your email in response to mine
soliciting assistance and I want to you for
your positive disposition towards assisting in this
endeavor.As a devout Christain for more than 45yrs and
friend as it were, I would be very frank and open up to
you.My brother Augusto, is the past President of my country
Chile and is presently on exile.
During his tenure in office, he did stash away some money
running into Hundreds of Millions of Dollars to secure our
future on leaving office. Unfortunately, these funds were
discovered intheir various accounts and the accounts
consequently frozen as they were in his name and most
others in my name.
Conseqently, on the advice of close family members we
moved the sum of fifty million Dollars from RIGGS BANK OF
AMERICA to a finance Institution in Europe to avoid the
funds being frozen and the money deposited on behalf of a
foreigner. All This was done so as not to have any link to
the family.Please see the website below:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2004Jul14.html

Hence I contacted you just as an individual without any
connections to my family .We have intentions of investing
in properties with your assistance and cooperation. But
firstly For us to be able to lay claim to these funds and
put to use, we will need to transfer all rights of
beneficiary to you .If you are properly disposed to
assisting, which I hope you are, I will instruct my family
lawyer to perfect all documentations in your name and
secure in your favor the Certificate of Deposit from the
Finance Institution in Europe. Once this is in place, you
will now have the legal powers to act as beneficiary of
the funds to enable you contact the Finance House in Europe
for payment of the funds to you for our investment in
properties.
You will only contact the Finance Institution when you have legal powers
(Certificate of Deposit) to do so and I will furnish you
with the deposit code which was used to deposit the funds.
Please take note that this transaction will be legitimate.
Note that the aim of this initial business transaction is
to protect our future. In this regard as mentioned
earlier,I have a desire to invest in the international
real estate sector with your assistance.
I am proposing a 15% compensation to you for your
assistance in this initial stage. I hope this is okay by
you. Your contribution as beneficiary will see us through
to success. So your full cooperation and commitment is
required and nothing less.The second stage of this
transaction as mentioned earlier involves investment.
Please note that I intend to invest my share of the total
amount transferred in a profitable venture. If it is
convenient, I will need you to come on board as the
managing partner of that future venture in your country
and will therefore be needing your investment advise. For
this future business venture,I am proposing 20% of accrued
profit as your share.
Please let me know if these terms are okay by you Lastly, I
hope that you will not disappoint me or take advantage of
my situation here, It takes a lot to entrust such an
amount into a strangers care considering the fact that we
have not met before, but please understand that I do not
have any choice for I do not want the funds to be frozen or
deal with anybody that has the remotest of connection with
my family or friends.For this assistance, I will forever
be grateful. My greetings to your family. Please
endeavour to call me here in Port Elizaberth for further
briefing. I urgently await your call.
Thank you and God Bless.
Best regards
Colonel Alfonso Pinochet (Rtd)

DIRECT TELEPHONE:+27739114065

Please endeavour to keep the informaions disclosed to you
in this e-mail letter confidencial and take note that
this transaction is risk free and on the succeessful
conclusion of this transaction we shall make arrangments
for a face to face meeting in YOUR COUNTRY.We shall like
to buy lake,equine and residencial properties,condos, inns
and possible hotels.

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I sent this back

Only way to counter someone playing hardball is to play hardball right back.

BTW nothing I typed in this post is true. Tell me what you think.


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Dear sir;

I would be more than happy to help you invest in foreign real estate and help you in your current situation. But investing in real estate as a foreign investor has changed dramatically as of recently. Let me explain…

I’m sure you’re aware that the United States housing market has been at full force recently. People have been investing like no tomorrow. It’s been crazy! Houses, investment properties, and commercial properties have sold within hours of being listed in the last 5 years.

But because demand was so high, legislators passed a law under RESPA/HUD earlier this year requiring brokers (like myself) to establish an earnest money deposit to be held in an escrow account by law. It must be held in this account for 12 months until foreign investors can move forward in the purchasing of property.

For investments of $100,000 to $359,650 the deposit amount is $3500.

For investments of $359,650 to $999,950 the deposit amount is $7000.

And finally, for investments of $999,951 to ∞ the deposit amount is $14000.


You see, the demand is so high for local investors that in order for foreign investors to compete, they must show interest by withholding deposit funds in an escrow or brokered account for no more than 12 months worth of seasoning. This is even true if the foreign investor has enough money to buy the subject property free & clear.

The legislation was designed to help local economies flourish during the troubled Bush years. This 12 month seasoning period helps weed-out serious investors from the non-serious ones.

So there CANNOT be any legal performance on my part until a deposit is received from you, sir. Unfortunately, times have changed in the investment community. I hope you understand.

Good luck & Godspeed to you, Colonel.

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sounds and looks good. I think there should be a broker comisson in the deposit

 

this looks AWESOME

 

he wont bite, to much money to throw down.. good idea tho..

maybe slime it up with a bit of "i know this guy who works down at the local HUD shop, he said for some under the coutner money (bribe) of 500 dollars that he would let us slip this under the radar.. Im not so sure about it tho cause i know this guy has connections to the local russians mob (i think im not sure, but he sure does drive a nice car for someone who only makes 30k a year). So let me know if you want to go down this path, he will of course require a percentage of the investment as a fee for his services beyond the 500 dollar charge). I think this is great because it will end up saving you a few grand up front!!"

haha use it if you want, but only if he replies that those fees are to steep.. you could even send up spinning it like that guy wants your cell phone number, address etc to secure the investment before he allows the bribe thru..

see if you can get a picture of the guy as well, ask for todays newspaper to be held up, just to make sure that he isnt a scammer..

these guys will jump thru hoops to build relationship with you, just act some what dumb, but a bit untrusting.. make him work for that trust a bit.. then use it against him haha

 

You and Scott think the same. He IM'd me a similar idea.

If I don't get a reply by morning i'll send out something like that.

 

damn... that is brilliant.