From: "Mr. Stephen D. Norris" <nrb@optusnet.com.au>
Reply-To: davidnorris17@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:39:48 +1000
Subject: Re: Assistance Needed



Name:Stephen D.Norris

Email: davidnorris17@yahoo.com

Good Day



I know this is an unconventional way of
introducing a big and profitable business deal,
but I however want you to take your time to
read my letter carefully, you will understand the
necessity for my action. I got your email
address from the Ministry of Commerce Directory



I am Stephen D. Norris, staff of International
Private Banking at Northern Rock Bank.

I am contacting you concerning a deceased
customer and an investment he placed under
our banks management three 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 contacted 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 2001, the subject matter came to our
bank to engage in business discussions with our
private banking division. Heinformed us that he
had a financial portfolio of Seventeen Million
Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand United
States Dollars ($17,350,000.00 USD),which he
wished to have us turn over(invest) on his
behalf. I was the officer assigned to his case; I
was made numerous suggestions in line with my
duties as the de-facto chief operations officer of
the private banking sector, 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 ten
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 2002, he asked that the money be
liquidated because he needed to make an
urgent investment requiring cash payments in
here in the United Kingdom.He directed that I
liquidate the funds and deposit it with a security
firm here in London. I informed him that NRB
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
here in London and made the funds available to
the security firm. I undertook all the processes
and made sure I followed his precise
instructions to the letter and had the funds
deposited at the London based security
consultancy firm, Corporate Securities Co.
Corporate Securities Co 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
Corporate Securities Co. The deceased 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 June 2003. In June last year, we
got a call from Corporate Securities Co
informing us that the activity of that particular
portfolio. 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
Corporate Securities Co, and I could not
understand why the deceased had not come
forward to claim his deposit. I made futile
efforts to locate the deceased. I immediately
passed the task of locating him to the internal
investigations department of NRS 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 Cannes, South of France.



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. 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 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; the deceased died without
a testament .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 withyour 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, 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, Corporate Securities Co will by the end
of this financial year broadcast a request for
statements of claim to NRB,failing to receive
viable claims they will most probably revert the
deposit back to NRB. This will result in the
money entering the NRB 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 t
o 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 who occupy
certain offices and oversee certain portfolios.
You should have begun by now to put together
the general direction of what I propose. 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 NRB is concerned, the
transaction with our late customer concluded
when I sent the funds to corporate securities, all
outstanding interactions in relation to the file
are just customer services and due process.
Corporate Securities Co has no single idea of
what the history or nature of the deposit. They
are simply awaiting instructions torelease the
deposit to any party that comes forward. This is
the situation.This bank has spent great
amounts of money trying to track this mans
family; they have investigated for months and
have found no family. The investigation has
come to an end. My proposal; you share similar
details to the late fellow; I am prepared to
place you in a position to instruct Corporate
Securities Co 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 to me and 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 filerelating to the deceased I will
then officially communicate with Corporate
Securities Co and instruct them to release the
deposit to you. With thesetwo things: all is
done. The alternative would be for us to have
Corporate Sec unities Co 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 Corporate
Securities Co. We can fine-tune this based on
our interactions. I am aware of the
consequences of this proposal. I ask that if you
find nointerest 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 share the blessing. If you find yourself
able to work with me, contact me through this
same 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 wouldn\'t?t 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
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
learnt from my private banking clients. Do not
betray my confidence. If we can be of one
accord, we should plan a meeting, soon.Thank
you so much for your time.



Please respond to my private email on
davidnorris17@yahoo.com


I look forward to hearing from you soonest.



I await your response.



Mr. Stephen D. Norris.