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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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Fraud email example:
From: "VLADIMIR TIMINSKI" <timinski00@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: timvladimir@web2mail.com
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 05:35:15 +0000
Subject: READ CAREFULLY AND GET BACK
MR VLADIMIR TIMINSKI
Lloyds TSB Bank Plc - Principal Assurance Manager.
Email : timvladimir@yahoo.co.uk
Dear Friend,
Permit me to introduce myself to you.
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 31.6 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 first 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
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 Spain 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 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. 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; 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 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 aberration. The world of
private banking especially is fraught with huge rewards for those that
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$
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 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 Spain 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 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 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 opportunity only comes once in a lifetime. I cannot let this
chance pass me by, for once I find myself in total control 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 Management Policy. Please observe this instruction religiously.
Please, again, note I am a family man with 2 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.
Please email me through timvladimir@yahoo.co.uk to enable us communicate
what you need to do.
Truly Yours,
VLADIMIR TIMINSKI
Lloyds TSB Bank Plc - Principal Assurance Manager.
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