From: "Cristophe Thault" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cristophethault1@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 13:07:55 -0700
Subject: With due respect

Attention Sir/Mandam
Permit me for bumping into your privacy. I am not sure if you will take the content of this email seriously; taking into consideration the manner and medium with which I have initiated this contact, but I will appeal to you to give me the benefit of the doubt. I am Cristophe Thault, a Banker in the France. I got your contact on the internet, while searching for someone that can handle what I am about to bring before you.

It sounds so strange to hear that one will be searching the internet to look for a prospective business acquaintance. That was exactly what I have done, because the situation necessitated it. I am in total and absolute control of a portfolio that could be of mutual benefit to the two of us, if we are able to come to an agreement to work together.

I would like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you. In February 2005, one Mr.Laudencio Garcia came to our bank to engage in business discussions. He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of Twenty-Two million United States Dollars, which he wished to have us turn over (invest) on his behalf.

I was assigned to take care of Mr.Laudencio Garcia considering the fact that he has a big portfolio that he wants to put into investment in our Bank. I made numerous suggestions, 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 accessing 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 year of operation. The accrued profit and interest stood at this point at over one Million United States Dollars. This margin was not the full potential of the fund, but he desired low risk guaranteed returns on investments.

In May of 2008, he asked that part of the investment be liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash payments in Switzerland. Where he said, he is investing with a Developer. He directed that I liquidate part of the investment and deposit the funds with a Safe Deposit Firm in Zurich, Switzerland (obviously to have easy access to the funds). I informed him that the Bank 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 1.5 % 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.

My close relationship with Mr.Laudencio Garcia made me to earn his absolute trust and respect. Within a few months I had concluded arrangements to move two trunks containing the funds realized from the liquidation of part of the investment to a safe deposit firm in Zurich. This was made possible through special arrangements with our affiliates to make the cash available. The cash (US$12 Million) was deposited in two trunk boxes. The trunks were presented before this safe deposit firm as containing United Nations Treasury Documents. This was obviously to protect the actual contents of the two trunks. This deposit was made on 7/08/08, and I informed Mr.Laudencio Garcia that I have concluded the assignment. He asked me to hold the deposit papers, that, he will pick them up and go to the Safe deposit firm to retrieve the trunks upon his arrival from Spain at the end of the month.

Mr.Laudencio Garcia did not come back till this very day, because he and his entire family unfortunately are among the 153 that died in the Madrid Plane Crash of 20/08/08.You can find the information about Mr.Laudencio Garcia and his entire family in the following web link:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/24/madrid.spain

The Bank is still holding about Eleven Million United States Dollars in Mr.Laudencio Garcia’s account. The fate of this money is obvious; because the bank is aware that Mr.Laudencio Garcia died with his entire family. The Bank will most probably close the account and turn the Eleven Million United States Dollars over to the bank's Treasury. I do not want this to be the fate of the Twelve Million United States Dollars deposited in those two trunks.

Nobody except me knew of this deposit in Zurich, Switzerland. I alone made all the arrangements for the deposit, and the Safe Deposit Firm will release the two trunks to anybody I instruct them to release the trunks to. I have the deposit confirmation paper with me. I would have gone ahead to claim it myself, but that would have raised suspicions since I made the deposit on someone’s behalf.

My proposal is, I want to present you to the safe deposit firm as the beneficiary of the two boxes in deposit with them. With the right papers that I am going to give you, the two boxes containing the Twelve Million United States Dollars will be released to you.

I wish to let you know that I am making this proposal to you personally without the knowledge of any staff of my bank. For once in my life, I have found myself in total control of my destiny. I will work with you if you accept my offer. I will provide you with the deposit details including the contact information of the Safe deposit firm if you are able to convince me that you are the right person that I have to work with.

I will expect to receive your response to this proposal so that we can proceed with the claim.


Sincerely,

Mr. Cristophe Thault