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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" <vera108g@msn.com>
Reply-To: vera1979@gawab.com
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:28:34 +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 o ne 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 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 o f 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 Manageme nt
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 come
forward to claim his estate. In the field of private banking, opening an
account with us means no one will know of its existe nce, accounts are
rarelyheld 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.
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 relat ive 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 over see
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 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
privatebanking 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 tow ards 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 am a 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.
I await your response.
Respectfully,
Vladimir Timinski.
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