For your deep concern

[David Wilson]

I am contacting you concerning a deceased customer, and an investment he placed 
under our banks management 11 years ago, He signed up for a 10 years investment 
package.
The client, now deceased made a deposit of 16 million British pounds. I was 
assigned to manage this account and turn over same over various investments. I 
followed his instructions and invested his funds in high yield areas and have 
been monitoring the investment. At Maturity of the investment, I made attempts 
to reach him and get his go ahead to turn over the investments but got no 
response.
I made intense but futile efforts to locate him. I consequently passed the task 
of locating him to the internal investigations department which soon confirmed 
that my client had passed on.The bank immediately launched an investigation 
into possible surviving next of kin 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 even 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; 
our now deceased client died without leaving a will. We immediately 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. It is quite clear now that our client died with no known or 
identifiable family members. This leaves me as the only person with the full 
picture of what the prevailing situation is in relation to the deposit of the 
deceased client.
According to normal practice, by bank will by the end of this year broadcast a 
request for statements of claim. Failing to receive viable claims they will 
most probably revert the deposit to the Government.
I am prepared to put you forward as next of kin and approve same with a view 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 the ratio of 70/30 in 
my favor.
This will not be too difficult, counting on the fact that I will be on hand to 
guarantee the funds are released to you, using my official position. This can 
be done with your cooperation in a few working days.
At your request, I will provide further information. It is of paramount 
importance that you do not contact me via the bank mailing system or 
switchboard telephones about this project as all official lines are 
periodically monitored to assess our level of customer care in line with our 
total Quality Management Policy. I will therefore be inclined to feign 
ignorance if this happens.
Please contact me  via  e-mail.
Sincerely,
David Wilson