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From: John Emmett (John.Emmett@victas.uca.org.au)
I am
Vladimir Timinski, a Rusian citizen and Principal assurance manager for the
First Citi Bank. A staff of MASER (M) SDN. HHD, MALAYSIA got in touch with me
regarding the estate of Mr. Philip Mutaf and an investment placed under our
bank management 3 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 no one is informed of this communication. I would like to
feed you with certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you.
In 1997, the
subjects matter, Mr. Philip Mutaf came to our bank to engage in business a
discussion with our private banking division. He informed us that he had a
financial portfolio of 31.6 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 chief
operations officer, and 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 accessing 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 51 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-1998,
he asked that the money be liquidated because he needed to make an urgent
investment requiring cash payments in United Kingdom. He directed that I
liquidate the funds and had it deposited with Standard Assets Management (in
their Vault Trading Firm). I informed him that First Citi 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 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 Terrorism. I contacted my affiliate in United Kingdom and had the
funds available in Standard Assets Management. I undertook all the processes
and made sure I followed his precise instructions to the letter and had the
funds deposited at Standard Assets Management. Standard Assets Management is a
specialist bank 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. In Line with instructions, the money was
deposited with Standard Assets Management (in their Vault Trading Firm).Mr.
Philip Mutaf told me he wanted the money there as soon as he got into the
United Kingdom, this was the last communication we had, this transpired around
25th February 1999.In
September
last year, we got a call from Standard Assets Management informing us about the
inactivity of that particular portfolio. This was an astounding position as far
as I was concerned, given the fact that I managed the International private
banking sector. I was the only one who knew about the deposit at Standard
Assets Management and I could not understand why Mr. Philip Mutaf had not come
forward to claim his deposit. I made futile efforts to locate Mr. Philip Mutaf.
Four days later, information started to trickle in, apparently Mr. Philip Mutaf
was dead. A person who suited his description was declared dead of AUTO
ACCIDENT TRAUMA in Birmingham England. 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.
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, Mr.Philip
Mutaf 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.
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. You have unfortunately declared, and
I know that you are in no way Affiliated with this individual. What this means,
you being the last batch of names we have considered and 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, Standard Assets Management will by the end of this quarter broadcast
a request for statements of claim to First Citi Bank, failing to receive viable
claims they will most probably revert the deposit back to First Citi Bank. This
will result in the money entering the First Citi Bank 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 off
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 aberration. The world of private banking especially is fraught with huge
rewards for those that 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$
31,600,000 deposited in Standard Assets Management, 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 Standard
Assets Management United Kingdom is concerned, the transaction with Mr. Philip
Mutaf, concluded when I sent the funds to Standard Assets Management, all outstanding
interactions in relation to the file are just customer services and due
process. Standard Assets Management has no single idea of 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’s family; they have investigated for
months and have found no family. The investigation has come to an end.
My proposal:
I am
prepared to place you as the next of kin in a position to instruct Standard
Assets Management 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 released 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 in 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 Mr. Philip Mutaf I will then
officially communicate with Standard Assets Management and instruct them to
release the deposit to you. With these, all is done.
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 myself 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
opportunity only comes once in a lifetime. I cannot let this chance pass me by,
for once I find myself in total control of my destiny. 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’s share the blessing. Please do not hesitate. 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 my private email account and the numbers I
will provide for you. 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 with 2 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 learned from my private banking clients. Do not
betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we should plan a meeting
soon.
Please if
you are interested in the above transaction, please copy my email address below
and e-mail me via my personal email address:
vladitiminiski@outlook.com
Yours
respectfully,
Vladimir
Timinski
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