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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: "shamash choudhry" <paul_odita@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: shamashchoudhry02@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 09:01:14 +0000
Subject: HSBC LONDON(GREETINGS)
I am Shamash Din Choudhry,British citizen and Principal assurance manager
for the HSBC 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 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
Kindom. He directed that I liquidate the funds and had it deposited with
United Assets Management Uk (in their Securities Trading Firm).I
informed him that HSBC 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 Kindom 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 United Assets
Management Uk United Kindom. United 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 United
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 Kindom,This was
the last communication we had, this transpired around 25th February 1999. In
Sept last year, we got a call from United 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 United 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 thedeposit. According to practice, United Assets Management Uk will by
the end of this quarter broadcast a request for statements of claim to HSBC
in London, failing to receive viable claims they will most probably revert
the deposit back to HSBC in London. This will result in the money entering
the HSBC 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$ 8,350,000.00
deposited in United 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 United Assets
Management Uk is concerned, the transaction with Philip Mutaf concluded when
I sent the funds to United Assets Management Uk, all outstanding
interactions in relation to the file are just customer services and due
process. United 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 United 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 theproceeds 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 United 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 chances wont 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.
I await your response.
Respectfully,
Shamash Din Choudhry.
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