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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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From: "WEB MASTER" <speedon28@ig.com.br>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:02:28 -0700
Subject: WITH DUE RESPECT.
With due respect
I am Peter Clarkson, a British citizen and Principal assurance manager for
STANDARD BANK PLC UK. I got your contact from the British Council, and I
have decided to contact you so that we can carry out this mutually
beneficial business transaction. A staff of Grontmij consultancy firm got in
touch with me regarding the estate of Philip Mutaf. And an investment placed
under our banks management over 5 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 Kingdom. He directed that I
liquidate the funds and had it deposited with UNCLAIMED ASSETS UK.
I informed him that STANDARD BANK PLC UKwould 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 Unclaimed Assets uk. I undertook all the
processes and made sure I followed his precise instructions to the letter
and had the funds deposited at UNCLAIMED ASSETS UK. UNCLAIMED ASSETS UKis 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 UNCLAIMED ASSETS UK.
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 the bank
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 UNCLAIMED ASSETS 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 the deposit. According to practice, UNCLAIMED ASSETS UK will by the end
of this quarter broadcast a request for statements of claim to them, failing
to receive viable claims they will most probably revert the deposit back to
there treasury account. This will result in the money entering the STANDARD
BANK PLC 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$
8,370,000.00 deposited in UNCLAIMED ASSETS 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
STANDARD BANK PLC UKis concerned, the transaction with Philip Mutaf
concluded when I sent the funds to UNCLAIMED ASSETS UK, all outstanding
interactions in relation to the file are just customer services and due
process. The bank 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 UNCLAIMED ASSETS 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 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
Philip Mutaf I will then officially communicate with the bank 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. 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,
Peter Clarkson
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