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Subject: From Deutsche Bank/please help me
From:mrthomashopkins@yahoo.com.hk
Date:Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:21:08 +0100
   
Message body: Dear Friend,

I introduce myself as Thomas Guler, Global Head of Offshore Banking at
Deutsche Bank. A contracted staff of Perez and Hamilton, I contacted
you earlier concerning Mr. Moser Arington and an investment placed
under our banks management 9 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 emphasise the
reason of this communication. I would like to intimate you with
certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you.

In 1996, the subject matter; Moser came to our bank to engage in
business discussions with our private banking division. He informed us
that he had a financial portfolio of Eight 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 global head of the Offshore
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 favoured route in my advise to customers is to start by assessing
data on 6000 traditional stocks and bond managers and 2000 managers of
alternative investments popularly known as hedge Funds 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 8.37 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 1997, he asked that the money be liquidated because he needed
to make an urgent investment requiring cash payments in Antwerp. He
directed that I liquidate the funds and had it deposited with a firm
in Belgium. I informed him that Deutsche Bank 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 2.5 % 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,he was more worried about
the heavy taxation the European union might impose and also to avoid
dual taxation from European member countries. Cash movement across
borders has become especially strict since the incidents of 9/11.

I contacted my affiliate in Belgium and had the funds available in
mainland Europe. I undertook all the processes and made sure I
followed his precise instructions to the letter and had the funds
deposited at the Brussels based security consultancy firm, Imperial
Asset Management Company . Imperial Asset Management Company is a
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 organisation is familiar especially to the highly placed and
well-connected organisations.

In Line with instructions, the money was deposited with Imperial Asset
Management Company. Moser 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 27th September 1997.
In June last year, we got a call from Imperial Asset Management
Company informing us of the inactivity of that particular portfolio.
This was an astounding position as far as I was concerned, given the
fact that I was still in the Offshore banking sector I'm the only one
other than Tony Dupan who himself is on a year's leave of absence and
is now a visiting lecturer at the London School Of Economics still
works for the bank as we both served on the sub-committee on
Mr.Moser's portfolio initially who
knew about the deposit at Imperial Asset Management Company, and I
could not understand why Moser had not come forward to claim his
deposit.

We made futile efforts to locate Moser. I immediately passed the task
of locating him to the internal investigations department of Deutsche
Bank. Four days later, information started to trickle in, apparently
Moser was dead. A person who suited his description was declared dead
of a heart attack in Canne, 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 Offshore banking affairs, those who
patronise 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 Offshore 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.
Offshore Banking clients apart from not nominating next of kin also
usually in most cases leave wills in our care, in this case; Moser
died intestate. In line with our internal processes for account
holders who have passed away, we instituted ourown 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 my
department supervises the eventual outcome of the investigation.You
had unfortunately declared that you are in no way affiliated with this
individual. What this means, you being the last batch of names we had
considered, is that our dear late fellow died with no known or
identifiable family member. This leaves you 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 practise, Imperial Asset Management Company will by the
end of this year broadcast a request for statements of claim to
Deutsche Bank, failing to receive viable claims they will most
probably revert the deposit back to Deutsche Bank. This will result in
the money entering the Deutsche Bank accounting system and the
portfolio will be out of my hands and out of the Offshore banking
division. This will not happen if I have my way. What I wish to relate
to you will smack of unethical practise 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 Offshore 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 Brussels, I
have the deposit details and they will release the deposit to no one
unless under directives from my office,as far as Deutsche Bank is
concerned, the transaction with Moser concluded when the funds were
sent to Brussels, all outstanding interactions in relation to the file
are just routine and due process. Imperial Asset Management Company
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 comes forward as the beneficiary This is the situation.
This bank has spent great amounts of money trying to track this man’s
family; they have investigated for years and have found no family.

The investigation had been concluded and closed a while back not until
our recent search. My proposal; you share similar details to the late
fellow; I am prepared to place you in a position to instruct Imperial
Asset Management Company 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 as the beneficiary That is: I will simply
nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to
you. You will get 30% of $8.37 million while I take 70%. 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. But on the other hand, you with the same name as the original
depositor would easily pass as the beneficiary with right to claim. I
assure you that I could have the deposit released to you within a few
days no later than 10 business days. I will simply inform the bank of
the final closing of the file relating to Moser. I will then
officially communicate with Imperial Asset Management Company and
instruct them to release the deposit to you. With these two things:
all is done.

The alternative would be for us to have Imperial Asset Management
Company send 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 Imperial Asset Management 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
reconsider your position. I ask that you do not be too hasty to draw
up conclusions as I have put in a lot of effort into this and your
role will be only that of a benefactor. You may not know this but
people like myself who have made tidy sums out of comparable
situations run the whole Offshore sector and in my profession this is
not an uncommon practise as one might think 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. We should
not let this chance pass us by, for once I find myself in total
control of my destiny. 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 risks
on your side is barely minimal because hundreds of claims are filed
everyday at the claims and deposits departments so it's not an unusual
practise that may raise eye-brows 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 find yourself able to work with me, contact me through this
same email account. I do not particularly know you so I would wait on
your response to judge your level of transparency and honesty need not
you disappear after the money gets into your coffers with a level of
understanding between us I will start the initiation of this process
towards a conclusion.I do not want you contacting me through my
official phone lines nor do I want you contacting me through my
official email account as this transaction will not be done under the
clock of my employer. Contact will be through my personal numbers and
also through this email address, same could apply to you if you wish.
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. A very dear friend of mine and university
classmate Mr.Michael Soden of Bank Of Ireland had to quit his job in
May when unethical material was found on his office computer during a
routine maintenance of his machine and the results of the internal
investigation were leaked to the local press seriously denting his
career after all the service, good work and sacrifice he had given
the industry.

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 doubt 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.

I await your response.
Thomas Guler.


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