[Antbear-cvs] Respectfully

[BANK OF ENGLAND]

Good day,
I am Andrew Bailey of International Private Banking at BANK OF ENGLAND
(www.bankofengland.co.uk .) 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 2002, the subject matter; 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
three hundred and fifty thousand 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 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 guarantied returns on
investments. In mid 2003, 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
in here London. I informed him that HSBC 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, Mayfair Securities Co. Mayfair 
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 Mayfair 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 February 2003.In June
last year, we got a call from Mayfair 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 Mayfair 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 Bristol & West. 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 testate.
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, 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, Mayfair Securities Co 
will by
The end of this financial year broadcast a request for statements of claim
to Bristol & West, failing to receive viable claims they will most probably
revert the deposit back to Bristol & West. This will result in the money 
entering the Bristol & West 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 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 Bristol & West is concerned, the transaction with our
late customer concluded when I sent the funds to Mayfair securities, all 
outstanding interactions in relation to the file are just customer services
and due process. Mayfair Securities Co has no single idea of what? The
history or nature of the deposit. They
Are simply awaiting instructions to release the deposit to any party that 
comes forward. This is the situation. This bank has spent great amounts of
money trying to track this man? 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 Mayfair 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 file relating to the deceased I will then
officially communicate with Mayfair Securities Co and instruct them to
release the deposit to you. With these two
Things: all is done. The alternative would be for us to have Mayfair 
Securities 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
Mayfair 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 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 my self 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? 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 
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 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. I await your response. Please contact me via this 
Emai l: address@hidden
Andrew Bailey.