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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: "Vladimir Timinski" <vladimir_timsk55@msn.com>
Reply-To: vladimir_timsker@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:11:47 +0000
Subject: Good Day
Dear friend,
I am Vladimir Timinski, Rusian citizen and Principal assurance manager for
the Lloyds TSB in Scotland. A staff of MASER (M) SDN. HHD, MALAYSIA got in
touch with me regarding the estate of Mr. Philip Mutaf. And an investment
placed under our bank management 3 years ago.
I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail
confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a
result of this mail. I contact you independently of our investigation and no
one is informed of this communication.
I would like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of
interest to you. In 1997, the subjects matter; Mr. Philip Mutaf came to our
bank to engage in business a discussion with our private banking division.
He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of 8.35 million United
States dollars, which he wished to have us turn over (invest) on his behalf.
I was the officer assigned to his case, I made numerous suggestions in line
with my duties as the de-facto chief operations officer, and especially
given the volume of funds he wished to put into our bank. We met on numerous
occasions prior to any investments being placed. I encouraged him to
consider various growth funds with prime ratings.
The favored route in my advice to customers is to start by assessing data on
6000 traditional stocks and bond managers and 2000 managers of alternative
investments. Based on my advice, We spun the money around various
opportunities and made attractive margins for our firs months of operation,
the accrued profit and interest stood at this point at over 51 million
United States Dollars. This margin was not the full potential of the fund
but he desired low risk guaranteed returns on investments.
In mid 1998, he asked that the money be liquidated because he needed to make
an urgent investment requiring cash payments in United Kingdom. He directed
that I liquidate the funds and had it deposited with Standard Assets
Management Spain (in their Vault Trading Firm).I informed him that Lloyds
TSB London would have to make special arrangements to have this done and in
order not to circumvent due process, the bank would have to make a 9.5 %
deduction from the funds to cater for banking and statutory charges. He
complained about the charges but later came around when I explained to him
the complexities of the task he was asking of us.
Cash movement across boarders has become especially strict since the
incidents of 9/11. I contacted my affiliate in United Kingdom and had the
funds available in United Assets Management. I undertook all the processes
and made sure I followed his precise instructions to the letter and
had the funds deposited at Standard Assets Management United Kingdom.
Standard Assets Management Spain is a specialist bank that accepts deposits
from high net worth individuals and blue chip corporations that handle
valuable products or undertake
transactions that need immediate access to cash. In Line with instructions,
the money was deposited with Standard Assets Management Spain (in their
Vault Trading Firm).
Mr. Philip Mutaf told me he wanted the money there as soon as he got into
theUnited Kingdom; this was the last communication we had, this transpired
around 25th February 1999. In Sept last year, we got a call from Standard
Assets Management Spain informing us about the inactivity of
that particularportfolio. This was an astounding position as far as I was
concerned, given the fact that I managed the International private banking
sector I was the only one who knew about the deposit at Standard Assets
Management Spain.
And I could not understand why Mr. Philip Mutaf had not come forward to
claim his deposit. I made futile efforts to locate Mr. Philip Mutaf. Four
days later,information started to trickle in, apparently Mr. Philip Mutaf
was dead. Aperson who suited his description was declared dead of AUTO
ACCIDENT TRAUMA in Birmingham England. We were soon enough able to identify
the body and cause of death was confirmed. The bank immediately launched an
investigation into possible surviving next of kin to alert about the
situation and also to comeforward to claim his estate.
In the field of private banking, opening an account with us means no one
will know of its existence, accounts are rarelyheld under a name; depositors
use numbers and codes to make the accountsanonymous. This bank also gives
the choice to depositors of having their mail sent to them or held at the
bank itself, ensuring that there are no traces of the account and as I said,
rarely do they nominate next of kin. Privateban! king clients apart from not
nominating next of kin also usually in most cases leave wills in our care,
in this case; Mr. Philip Mutaf died in testate.
In line with our internal processes for account holders who have passed
away,we instituted our own investigations in good faith to determine who
should have right to claim the estate. This investigation has for the past
months been unfruitful. We have scanned every continent and used
our private investigation affiliate companies to get to the root of the
problem.
It is this investigation that resulted in my being furnished with your
details as a possible relative of the deceased. My official capacity
dictates that I am the only party to supervise the investigation and the
only party to receive the results of the investigation. You have
unfortunately declared, and I know that you are in no way affiliated with
this individual. What this means, you being the last batch of names we have
considered are that our dear late fellow died with no known or identifiable
family member.
This leaves me as the only person with the full picture of what the
prevailing situation is in relation to the deposit and the late beneficiary
of the deposit. According to practice,Standard Assets Management Spain will
by the end of this quarter broadcast a request for statements of claim to
Lloyds TSB in London, failing to receive viable claims they will most
probably revert the deposit back to Lloyds TSB in London. This will result
in the money entering the Lloyd! s TSB in London accounting system and the
portfolio will be out of my
hands and out of the private banking division.
This will not happen if I have my way.What I wish to relate to you will
smack off unethical practice but I want you to understand something. It is
only an outsider to the banking world who finds the internal politics of the
banking world aberration.
The world of private banking especially is fraught with huge rewards for
those that occupy certainoffices and oversee certain portfolios. You should
have begun by now to put together the general direction of what I propose.
There is US$ 31,600.00 deposited in Standard Assets
Management Spain, I alone have the deposit details and they will release the
deposit to no one unless I instruct them to do so. I alone know of the
existence of this deposit for as far as Standard Assets Management United
Kingdom is concerned, the transaction with Mr. Philip Mutaf, concluded
when I sent the funds to Standard Assets Management Spain,all outstanding
interactions in relation to the file are just customer services and due
process. Standard Assets Management Spain has no single ideaof the history
or nature of the deposit. They are simply awaiting instructionsto release
the deposit to any party that comes forward. This is the situation.
This bank has spent great amounts of money trying to track this man’s
family;they have investigated for months and have found no family. The
investigationhas come to an end.My proposal, I am prepared to place you as
the next of kin in a position to instruct Standard Assets Management
Spain to release the deposit to you as theclosest surviving relation. Upon
receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you in half.
That is: I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have them
released the deposit to you.
We share the proceeds 50/50.I would have gone ahead to ask the funds be
released to me, but that would have drawn a straight line in my involvement
in claiming the deposit. I assure you that I could have the deposit released
to you within a few days. I will simply inform the bank of the final closing
of the file relating to Mr. Philip Mutaf I will then officially communicate
with Standard Assets Management Spain and instruct them to release the
deposit to you.
With these: all is done. I am aware of the consequences of this proposal. I
ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard
this mail. I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer
is of no appeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever contacted you.
Do not destroy my career because you do not approve of my proposal. You may
not know this but people like myself who have made tidy sums out of
comparable situations run the whole privatebanking sector. I am not a
criminal and what I do, I do not find against goodconscience, this may be
hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of myindustry dictates that I
make this move. Such opportunity only comes once in a lifetime. I cannot let
this chance pass me by, for once I find myself in totalcontrol of my
destiny. These chances won’t pass me by.
I
ask that you do not destroy my chance, if you will not work with me let me
know and let me move on with my life but do not destroy! me.!
I am a family man and this is an opportunity to provide them with new
opportunities. There is a reward for this project and it is a task well
worth undertaking. I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here
is from you refusing to work with me and alerting my bank. I am the only one
who knows of this situation, good fortune has blessed you with a name that
has planted you into the center of relevance in my life. Let’s share the
blessing please do not hesitate.
If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards a
conclusion. I wish to inform you that should you contact me via official
channels; I will deny knowing you and about this project. I repeat, I do not
want you contacting me through my official phone lines nor do I want you
contacting me through my official email account. Contact me only through my
private email account and the numbers I will provide for you and also
through this email address. I do not want any direct link between you and
me.
My official lines are not secure lines as they are periodically monitored to
assess our level of customer care in line with our Total Quality
ManagementPolicy. Please observe this instruction religiously. Please,
again, note I ama family man with 2 children. I send you this mail not
without a measure offear as to what the consequences, but I know within me
that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never
come easy or on a platter of gold. This is the one truth I have learned from
my private banking clients.
Do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we should plan a
meeting, soon.
Please email me
I await your response.
Respectfully,
Vladimir Timinski
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