Dear Friend,
I introduce myself as Mark Wildman, Global Head of Offshore Banking at
Deutsche Bank. A contracted staff of Perez and Hamilton contacted you
earlier concerning Mr. Moser Arington and an investment placed under
our banks management 10 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 emphasize 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 favored 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.
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 organization is familiar especially to the highly placed and
well-connected organizations.
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 Caine, 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 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 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 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 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 practice, 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
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 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 Moses 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 spend great amounts of money trying to track
this man ì°½??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 $8.37million 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 share similar details with the original depositor and 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 practice 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 practice 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 theblessing.
If you find yourself able to work with me, contact me through this same email account or my private email account below. 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 phones 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 learn 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. Please call me on Tel:+447045723529
please reply to my private email address:[log in to unmask]
Mark.
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