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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: "STEPHANIDIS ARISTEIDIS" <stefaris@shabgard.org>
Reply-To: stefaris01@myway.com
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:27:40 +0430
Subject: BE FAITHFUL
( OFFICE OF MR.Stephanidis Aristeidis) A LETTER TO
YOU
I am Stephanidis Aristeidis, Greek citizen and
Principal assurance manager for the Lloyds TSB bank in
London. A staff of Yokozona consultancy firm got in
touch with me regarding the estate of Philip Mutaf.
And an investment placed under our
banks 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 subject matter; Philip Mutaf came to our
bank to engage in business discussions 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, 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 first months of operation, the accrued
profit and interest stood at this point at over 10
million united States Dollars, this margin was not
the full potential of the fund but he desired low risk
guaranteed returns oninvestments.In mid 1998, he asked
that the money be liquidated because he needed to make
an urgent investment requiring cash payments in United
Kindom. He directed that I liquidate the funds and had
it deposited with STANDARD Assets Management UK (in
their Securities 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 STANDARD 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 UK
United Kingdom. STANDARD Assets Management UK 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 Uk (in their Securities Trading
Firm).
Philip Mutaf told me he wanted the money there as soon
as he got into the United 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 Uk informing us about the
inactivity of that particular portfolio. 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 Uk, and I could
not understand why Philip Mutaf had not come forward
to claim his deposit. I made futile efforts to locate
Philip Mutaf. Four days later, information started to
trickle in, apparently Philip Mutaf was dead. A person
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 come forward 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 rarely held under a name; depositors use
numbers and codes to make the accounts anonymous. 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. Private banking clients apart from not nominating
next of kin also usually in most cases leave wills in
our care, in this case; 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
is 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 Uk
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
LLOYDS 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
aberrational. The world of private banking especially
is fraught with huge rewards for those who occupy
certain offices and oversee certain portfolios. You
should have begun by now to put together the general
direction of what I propose. There is US$ 8,370,000.00
deposited in STANDARD Assets Management Uk, 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 Uk is concerned, the
transaction with Philip Mutaf concluded when I
sent the funds to STANDARD Assets Management Uk, all
outstanding interactions in relation to the file are
just customer services and due process. STANDARD
Assets Management Uk has no single idea of the history
or nature of the deposit.
They are simply awaiting instructions to 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
investigation has 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 Uk to release the deposit to you as the
closest 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 release
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 Philip Mutaf I will
then officially communicate with STANDARD Assets
Management Uk 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 private banking sector. I am
not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against
good conscience, this may be hard for you to
understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates
that I make this move. Such opportunities only come
ones way once in a lifetime. I cannot let this chance
pass me by, for once I find myself in total control of
my destiny. These chanceswont 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. Lets share the blessing.
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 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 Management Policy. Please observe this
instruction religiously.
Please, again, note I am a family man,I have wife and
children. I send you this mail not without a measure
of fear 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.
Kindly respond
I await your response.
Respectfully,
Stephanidis Aristeidis
urgent respond is needed.Reply via my alternative email address
stefaris01@myway.com
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