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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: Dr Robert Allen <raball1973@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: raball2001@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 09:42:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GOODAY
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: raball1973@yahoo.ca
I am Dr Robert Allen,principal assurance manager Citi Bank Nigeria. A
staff of Yokozona consultancy firm got in touch with me regarding the
estate of Stephen Tunku. 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 subject matter; Stephen Tunku 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 omy 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 . He directed that
I liquidate the funds and had it deposited with
Distributive Finance services in europe (in their Securities Trading
Firm).
I informed him that Citi 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 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 and had the funds
available in Distributive Finance services in Europe.
I undertook all the processes and made sure I followed his precise
instructions to the letter and had the funds eposited at Distributive
Finance serviceseurope with a parent company in europe.Distributive Finance
serviceseurope 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 Distributive Finance
services europe(in their ecurities Trading Firm).
Stephen Tunku told me he wanted the money there as soon as he got into
the country, This was the last communication we had, this transpired
around 25th February 1999. In Sept last year, we got a call from
Distributive Finance services in europe 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
Distributive Finance services in europe, and I could not understand why Stephen
Tunku had not come forward to claim his
deposit. I made futile efforts to locate Stephen Tunku. Four days
later, information started to trickle in,apparently Stephen Tunku was dead.
A person who suited his description was declared dead of AUTO ACCIDENT
TRAUMA. 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
alsogives 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, Stephen Tunku 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,
Distributive Finance services in europe will by the end of this quarter broadcast
a request for statements of claim to Citi Bank,failing to receive
viable claims they will most probably revert the deposit back to Citi Bank.
This will result in the money entering the Citi Bank 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 8,370,000.00 BPS (BRITISH BOUNDS STARLING) deposited in
Distributive Finance services in europe, 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
Distributive Finance services in europe is concerned, the transaction
with Stephen Tunku concluded when I sent the funds to Distributive Finance
services in europe, all outstanding interactions in relation to the
file Are just customer services and due Process.
Distributive Finance services in europe has no single Idea of the
history or nature of the deposit. They are simply waiting 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 Distributive Finance services in europe 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 Stephen Tunku I will then officially communicate with
Distributive Finance services 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 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.
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,
Dr Robert Allen.
M.D.L +234-8029802397
- Dr Robert Allen
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