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FROM FRANK MARTINGood Day, I am Mr. Frank Martin, I am contacting you concerninga deceased customer and an investment he placed under our banks managementSeven years ago. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents ofthis mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come byas a result of this mail.I am contacting you independently of our investigationand no one is informed of this communication. I would like to intimate you withcertain facts that I believe would be of interest to you. In the year 2002, thesubject matter; came to our bank to engage in business discussions with ourprivate banking division. He informed us that he had a financial portfolio ofFifteen Million Dollars, which he wished to have us turn over (invest) on hisbehalf. I was the officer assigned to his case; I made numerous suggestions in line withmy duties as the de-facto chief operations officer of the private banking sectorthen, especially given the volume of funds he wished to put into our bank. Wemet on numerous occasions prior to any investments being placed. I encouragedhim to consider various growth funds with prime ratings. In mid 2004, he askedthat the money be liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investmentrequiring cash payments in Helsinki- Finland. He directed that I liquidate thefunds and deposit it with a security firm. I informed him that my Bank wouldhave to make special arrangements to have this done and in order not tocircumvent due process. Cash movement across boarders has become especiallystrict since the incidents of 9/11. I contacted my affiliate and made the fundsavailable to the security firm. I undertook all the processes and made sure I followed his precise instructionsto the letter and had the funds deposited with the security firm. The SecurityFirm is a specialist private firm that accepts deposits from high net worthindividuals and blue chip corporations that handle valuable products orundertake transactions that need immediate access to cash. This small andhighly private organization is familiar especially to the highly placed andwell-connected organizations. In line with instructions, the money wasdeposited with the security firm. The deceased told me he wanted the moneythere in anticipation of his arrival from Norway later that week. This was thelast communication we had, this transpired around 25th of November 2004.In Augustlast year we got a call from the security firm informing us about theinactivity of that particular portfolio. I made futile efforts to locate thedeceased. I immediately passed the task of locating him to the internalinvestigations department of the Bank. Four days later, informationstarted to trickle in, apparently our client was dead. A person who suited hisdescription was declared dead of a heart attack in cannel, in Southern part ofFrance. We were soon enough to identify the body and cause of death wasconfirmed.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 arerarely held under a name; depositors use numbers and codes to make the accountsanonymous. This investigation has for the past months been unfruitful; we’veused our private investigation affiliate companies to get to the root of theproblem. It is this investigation that resulted in my being furnished with yourdetails as a possible relative of the deceased. According to practice, TheSecurity Firm will by the end of this financial year broadcast a request forstatements of claim to Bank, failing to receive viable claims theywill most probably revert the deposit back to Bank. This willresult in the money entering the Bank accounting system and theportfolio will be out of my hands and out of the private banking division. Thiswill not happen if I have my way. What I wish to relate to you will smack ofunethical practice but I want you to understand something. It is only anoutsider to the banking world who finds the internal politics of the bankingworld aberrational. The world of private banking especially is fraught withhuge rewards for those that occupy certain offices and oversee certainportfolios. You should have begun by now to put together the general directionof what I propose. There is Fifteen Million Dollars deposited in a security firm, Ialone have the deposit details and they will release the deposit to no oneunless I instruct them to do so. I alone know of the existence of this depositfor as far as my Bank is concerned. My proposal: I now seek your permission to present you as a next of kin to thedeceased, as all documentations will be carefully worked to make you thebeneficiary to the funds US$15,000 000 00 (Fifteen Million Dollars); I am preparedto place you in a position to instruct The security Firm to release the depositto you as the closest surviving relation. Upon receipt of the deposit, I amprepared to share the money with you. That is: I will simply nominate you asthe next of kin and have them release the deposit to you. We share the proceeds60/40.I would have gone ahead to ask that the funds be released to me, but thatwould have drawn a straight line to me and my involvement in claiming thedeposit. We can fine-tune this based on our interactions am aware of theconsequences of this proposal. I ask that if you find no interest in thisproject that you should discard this mail. I ask that you do not be vindictiveand destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message andforget I ever contacted you. Do not destroy my career because you do not approve of my proposal. I am not acriminal and what I do, I do not find against good conscience, this may be hardfor you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make thismove. Such opportunities only come ones' way once in a lifetime. I cannot letthis 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, ifyou will not work with me let me know and let me move on with my life but donot destroy me. I am a family man and this is an opportunity to provide themwith new opportunities. There is a reward for this project and it is a taskwell worth undertaking. I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusing towork with me and alerting my bank. If you give me positive signals, I willinitiate this process towards a conclusion. I wish to inform you that shouldyou contact me via official channels; I will deny knowing you and about thisproject. I repeat, I do not want you contacting me through my official phonelines 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 throughthis email address. I do not want any direct link between you and myself. Myofficial lines are not secured lines as they are periodically monitored toassess our level of customer care in line with our Total Quality Managementpolicy. Please observe this instruction religiously.Please, again, note that Iam a family man, I have a wife and children. I send you this mail not without ameasure of fear as to what the consequences, but I know within me that nothingventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on aplatter of gold. This is the one truth I have learned from my private bankingclients. Do not betray my confidence.I await your response. Mr.Frank Martin
Do not betray my confidence.
My official lines are not secured lines as they are periodically monitored