From: "JACK RUBEN" <jr@connect.net> 
Reply-To: jackruben@post.com 
Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 15:28:38 +0300 (EEST) 
Subject: YOUR REQUEST ATTENTION 
 
 
 
 
 Good-day, 
 
 
I am Jack Ruben of Standard Bank Plc, United Kingdom. I am contacting you 
concerning a deceased customer and an investment he placed under our banks 
management three years ago, and 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 am contacting 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 the year 2004, the subjects matter; came to our bank to engage in 
business discussions. He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of 
Eight Million three hundred and seventy Thousand  British Pounds Sterling, 
which he wished to have us turn over(invest) on his behalf. 
 
I decided to treat his case personally; I made numerous suggestions in 
line with my duties as the de-facto chief Intermediary Sales department of 
the bank, 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 One 
million United States Dollars, this margin was not the full potential of 
the fund but he desired low risk guaranteed returns on investments. 
 
In November 2005, he asked that the money be liquidated because he needed 
to make an urgent investment requiring cash payments in Finland . Where he 
said,he is investing with a Firm that is building a housing estate outside 
Helsinki for the government of Finland . He directed that I liquidate the 
investment and deposit the funds with a security firm. I informed him that 
Standard Bank Plc 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 made the funds available 
to a security firm. I undertook all the processes and made sure I followed 
his precise instructions to the letter and had the funds deposited with 
the security firm The Security Firm is a specialist private firm 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. This small and highly private organization 
is familiar especially to the highly placed and well-connected 
organizations. In line with instructions, the money was deposited with the 
security firm. The Customer told me he wanted the money there in 
anticipation of his arrival from Norway later that week. This was the last 
communication we had, this transpired around 25th February 2006.In June 
last year, we got a  call from the security firm informing us a bout th 
 
e inactivity of that . 
 
This was an astounding position as far as I was concerned, given the fact 
that I managed the private banking sector I was the only one who knew 
about the deposit at the security firm, and I could not understand why the 
Customer had not come forward to claim his deposit. I made futile efforts 
to locate the Customer. I immediately passed the task of locating him to 
the internal investigations department of Standard Bank Plc Four days 
later, information started to trickle in, apparently our client was dead. 
A person who suited his description was declared dead of a heart attack in 
canne, in Southern part of France . The body was identified and the cause 
of death was confirmed. The bank immediately launched an investigation 
into possible surviving next of kin to alert them about the situation and 
also to come forward to claim his estate. If you are familiar with private 
banking affairs, those who patronize our services usually prefer 
anonymity, but also some levels of detachment from conventional processes. 
 
In his bio-data form, he listed no next of kin. 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 kin. Private banking clients apart from not nominating next 
of kin also usually in most cases leave wills in our care, in this case; 
the deceased died without a t estate. 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 What this means, after investigating the last batch of names 
forwarded to us as possible relatives, we have come to the conclusion 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, The Security Firm will by the end of this year 
broadcast a request for statements of claim to Standard Bank Plc, failing 
to receive viable claims they will most probably revert the deposit back 
to Standard Bank Plc. 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 of 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 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 Eight Million three 
hundred and seventy Thousand British Pounds Sterling deposited in a 
security firm, 
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 is concerned. 
 
The transaction with our late customer concluded when I sent the funds to 
the security firm, all outstanding interactions in relation to the file 
are just customer services and due process. The security Firm has no 
single idea of what's the history or nature of the deposit. They are 
simply awaiting instructions to release the deposit to any party that come 
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 in a position to instruct the 
security Firm to release the deposit to you as the closest surviving 
relative. Upon receipt of the deposit I am prepared to share the money 
with you. That is: I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have 
them release the deposit to you and share the proceeds with you in a 
percentage we will arrive at taking into consideration our individual 
level commitment. I would have gone ahead to ask that the funds be 
released to me, but that would have drawn a straight line to me and my 
involvement in claiming the deposit. But presenting you as a relative with 
the right to claim the deposit as a next of kin will mask my involvement 
and participation in diverting the deposit for personal use. You will get 
all the documents needed to effect this claim immediately you notify me of 
your acceptance to claim this deposit for our mutual benefit. 
 
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 the deceased. I will then officially communicate with The 
Security Firm and instruct them to release the deposit to you. With these 
two things: all is done. The alternative would be for us to have The 
Security Firm direct the funds to another bank with you as account holder. 
This way there will be no need for you to think of receiving the money 
from The Security Company. We can fine-tune this based on our 
interactions. 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 luck that has 
planted you into the center of relevance in my life. Let's share the 
blessing. If you find yourself able to work with me, contact me through 
this email account. 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 myself. My 
official lines are not secured lines as they are periodically monitored to 
assess our level of customer care in line with our Total Quality 
Management religiously. 
 
Please, again, note I am a family man; I have a 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. 
 
Sincerely, 
 
Jack Ruben. 
Jackruben@post.com 
 
 
 
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