From: M GRAHA <admin@info.net> 
Reply-To: <mgraha@post.com> 
Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 18:08:17 -0700 
Subject: ATTENTION REQUEST. 
 
 
 
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 Good-day, 
 
 I am Melvin Graha 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. 
 
 
 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, 
 Melvin Graha. 
 mgraha@post.com 
 
 
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