Merlot Awaits Funding, and Entertains a Joint Venture

In a message dated 10/23/2005 5:13:57 AM Central Daylight Time, fernad_01@yahoo.com writes:

JOINT VENTURE INVITATION
Fernando Ayanua 412,
Trambo Ln.,Fayettsburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

Tel: +27 73 446 7341 E-mail: fernad_za@hotmail.com

Dear Sir,
As stated above, my name is Fernando Ayanua. I am 30 years of age, and a stepson of the Angolan warlord and rebel leader, Dr.Jonas Savimbi.

My mother and I are interested in relocating to your country, and venturing all of our funds in excess of some US$32 million, all in US$100 bills; in your line of business, and under your auspices. All funds having being earmarked for the purchase of arms in South Africa, and accrued from the sales of precious stones.

You are to take home 25% of the gross for all your anticipated assistance by the time the funds are successfully lodged in your nominated accounts overseas. But first all we will need to know you more, and also we would need to move the funds and of course ourselves out of this place as soon as we can possibly arrange that to be. My mother and I have carefully worked out the modalities for the eventual transfer.

You are to participate as our foreign partner in the scheme of arrangement. My mother personally requested that I send this mail to you. If this proposal should be of interest to you, kindly signify your interest by replying through my Email address, or better still give me a call on my direct number, which is +27 73 446 7341, for a more detailed insight.

Kindest regards,
Fernando Ayanua.


Greetings, I am Merlot.

Your offer is most excellent Fernando. Moreover, it arrives at a time when my partner, Voignier and I are pursuing business venture and can use the capital. We are leading boxed wine experts, and ultimately shall be boxed wine merchants.

And so, as we begin this journey of retail store empire building, it is good fortune that bringssomeone such are yourself to us, willing to invest in our dream. It is only fitting that these funds, which were earmarked for the purchase ofweapons, should be used to make boxed wine several times more popular. We believe that boxed wine has the power to change lives in many more productive and redeeming ways than weapons.

While it may be true that, "an armed society is a polite society", as Charlton Heston might put it, we believe that boxed wine in society is the oil that lubricates such a society, if you will. And so, you joint venture invitation appears most excellent, and a suitable means to our efforts. However, we can only accept 10 million dolllars, the result of certain agreement we have with our bankers to limit the interest we can extend to outside parties. With this in mind, we look forward to planning a trip to your magnifiecent land and shall wait for your directions as to the modalities.

I must disclose in the interest of fairness that we have been approached by several other offers to finance our enterprise, and shall be bound to accept the first funding that makes its way to our door with actual funding.

Regards,
I remain,
Merlot