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Master of Master Baiters Joined: 27 Jan 2008 Posts: 589

I just received this I don't think any victim would bother reading this Rolling Eyes

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[email protected]

Goodday,

I am Stewart Barculo, Staff Standard Life Bank Limited.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 2000, the subject matter; came to our
bank to engage in business iscussions with our private banking division. He
informed us that he had a financial portfolio of Fifty 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 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
advise 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 guaranteed returns
on investments.

In mid 2001, 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. I
informed him that Standard Life House 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 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 with the security firm.
The Security Firm 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 the security firm.

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 the
security firm informing us that the inactivity 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 the security firm, 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 Standard Life House.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 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 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, The Security Firm will by the end of this financial
year broadcast a request for statements of claim to Standard Life
House,failing
to receive viable claims they will most probably revert the deposit back to
Standard Life House.This will result in the money entering the Standard Life
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 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.There is Fifty Million
Dollars deposited in a security firm, 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 Life House
is concerned,the transaction with our late customer concluded when I sent the
funds to the security firm, all outstanding interactions in relation to the
file are just customer services and due process. The security Firm 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.
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; you share the same surname With our late client; I am prepared to
place you in a position to instruct The security Firm 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% for me, 50% for you Should you be interested please send me your
full names,privatephone/fax number and A valid identification,The only thing
that you are going to do is to open an account in your name and this is going
to be your personal account in an offshore bank and send the details
to me for
us to transfer the funds from here. I will prefer you reach me on my private
email address below And finally after that i shall provide you with more
details of this transaction.Your earliest response to this letter will be
highly appreciated.

EMAIL ;[email protected]

I await your response.
Mr Stewart Barculo

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:43 am

Do you think it's a new tactic, designed to bore the victim into paying? Smile

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 1:07 pm

^^^^ Is the lad giving you his entire life story to sound credible Confused

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Quote:

I immediately passed the task of locating him to the
internal investigations department of Standard Life House.

They must be very important. Rolling Eyes

Quote:

...apparently our client was dead...

Apparently!?

Quote:

We were soon enough able to identify the body and cause of death was confirmed.

Not a ghastly car crash!

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 1:15 pm

You could always reply:

"I have read with interest your letter and would like to proceed but I am somewhat confused. Please elaborate more about the source of the funds and the investigation. Thank you."

Master of Master Baiters Joined: 06 Feb 2008 Posts: 720

You could tell him you are French and could he get a translation for you

MY ENGLIS IT NUT GOD PARLE FRANCAI or words to that effect

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 8:41 pm

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:03 pm

Or perhaps..

I've read your letter and I don't really understand long paragraphs. Any way you could break it down for me--Why are you contacting me?

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:19 pm

*yawn* Ask him to summarize his book. Very Happy

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:30 am

I had one of those. I told him I was a busy guy and if he could just reply and get to the point. His reply was about as long and again I asked him to get to the point. It took about 10 emails before he sent less than a paragraph at that point I told him I was not interested.

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:37 am

"Dear Mr. Barculo, I anxiously await your next chapter."

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:15 am

Just for grins and giggles, I like to take these long letters and run them through BableFish a couple of times, using different languages, then paste all the results together, and send it back to the scammer and say, "Please explain!" Twisted Evil

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:01 am

should we alert the Guinness book ?

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:38 am

Anyone to do a word count? Laughing

This one's longer, but http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=137097 is wider.

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:26 pm

word count is in the 1500s.

I'm impressed.

Trophy Videos · Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:28 pm

Impressive, yes, so why wouldn't he just love one of our 50 page forms? He should. Send him one to fill out. Smile

Not quite a Newb Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 23

Sorry guys... 2,218 words here.

http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=113954&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:39 pm

Ow, crap. Mine was 'only' 1715 Laughing

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 6:28 pm

@Strongside: Why don't you return the favor by sending him a ten paragraph complaint letter. Laughing

@sickofcrapmail: Shocked

The lad actually expected you to read all of that! Evil or Very Mad

Not quite a Newb Joined: 07 May 2008 Posts: 51

I just got this modality in my box too.

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:43 pm

Hmmm...I have no intention of counting the words or even reading the damn thing but this could be a record setter....

Quote:

Thank you so much for your reply and interest to work with
>me.Let me start by putting things clear, l do not have any
>document than true information of the deceased which l gethered
>from our bank for my own usage and as to achive my aims and
>objective, depending on your seriousness and sincereity, l clearly
>direct you on how this transaction will be done safetly.
>
> Note:In our bank, this fund has lasted more than the expected
>period because we are interested and have taken our time and
>necessary steps to be sure no one comes for it. It is as well as
>forgotten funds(lyingDormant in the suspense account of the
>deceased for years). which can be send to the government safe
>treasure as an unclaim fund, since nobody come's for it till date.
>
> Naturally you need some time like this to set for a limit of an
>experimental error. This is why it is till today. This transaction
>is something that we want to do without any trace's and should be
>kept confidential between you and l. l like my honourable jobs of
>confidence as a banker. l would like to leave the job on my own
>out of personal volution and not to be handled as disdents.
>
> The nature of the transaction in details:
>
> I am still member and staff of the bank panel that will be
>charged to investigate the whole process of this inheritance fund
>transfer, with the personal information that you will give us. l
>do not want to have any hitch in this transaction as a result of
>delay as you have to know that this will take us a small money
>before it conclusion. l have been in the banking profession for
>many years and know what can make a transaction of this kind to
>backfire, but l can assure for one that this transaction is 100%
>risk free, This will mean toying with my career which l don't
>want.We are only interested in getting the transaction
>successfully concluded.
>
> l know that offer will be enough for me and my family to live
>confortably till we die, because Greediness kills. My Word: This
>transaction is risk free and will never involve any one along the
>line if only you are ready to follow my guidelines. Do not reply
>any letter to the bank without sending me a copy of such letter
>for a review to avoid mistakes that may affect this transaction.
>All you need to do is to understand that the watchword is
>confidentiality and trust. Do not expose this to friends to
>protect this transaction from suffering a hitch anywhere along the
>line, everything is legal and will be legally done. The attorney
>will get all the fund transfer approval documents legally to
>effect the transfer.There is nothing different from the normal
>bank fund transfer proccedure.
>
> l am 100% sure because l have carried out series of
>investigations concerning this fund and discovered that except l
>move it out, it will be furfitted to the government as unclaimed
>bills. So do not be afraid. All l need is your maximium
>cooperation and maturity to see that we finally smile together as
>one in few days from now.
>
> Brief information about the late Engr.John Candidus Zaraneth
>thus:
>
> 1- Name : Engr. John Candidus Zaraneth
>2- Date of Birth: 13/02/1939
>3- Place of Birth: Lebanon
>4- Nationality: Lebanon.
>5-Date of accident: December 26th,2003
>
>2. Account information:
> Name of Bank: CONTINENTAL TRUST BANK.
>Account number: CONTRUSTBANK. 65652000
>Type of Account: Suspense.
>Date of Opening of the account: 16/09/2000.
>Amount involved at the moment: USD15M.
>Source of fund: Realised from Governmental contracts and Oil
>Drills
>(import and export).
>Name of Company: X-TRA CONSTRUCTION SARL.
>Date of registration: 4/01/2000.
>Referees in the bank: 1- ZARANETH DRILLING COMPANY COTONOU.
>2- ZARANETH WEST AFRICA SARL COTONOU.
>
> l have studied this transaction before going into it, Believe
>that there is no problem otherwise l wouldn't have been involved.
>The nationality of the next of kin was not disclosed in the
>information with the bank, so it is not subject to sex or
>nationality.You may be a man or a woman and may come from any
>foreign country around the world. It is true the late Engr.John
>Candidus Zaraneth, was a Lebanon national but can have his cousin
>any where in the world. A cousin may be parentenal or maternal.
>All what the bank wants is to have his information which I have
>send to you to get attached to your application because it is
>impossible for the wrong person to have it. You have it now
>because we are interested and thereby got it out for you.
>
> Finally the only thing is to keep this transaction secret, do
>all what the bank ask you to do at the right time, and always be
>in constant communication with me for advice before you answer any
>thing from the bank. I assure you that the ten banking days will
>look like ten banking hours. Please do not be afraid. That was why
>I gave you every information about the late Engr.John Candidus
>Zaraneth; You mustn't need to be the real heir in this situation.
>
> All l need is to use your contact as a foreign partner. The only
>difference is that you have to change the name of the next of kin
>to your own name.Every other necessary proof that is needed will
>be arranged here in the bank. This will enable us conclude this
>transaction shortly. Please remember to keep everything to
>yourself as confidentiality is the only key to this expected
>success. I decided to give everything to you to enable you be well
>informed and act accordingly. I shall be glad to answer any
>question(s) as required.
>
> As soon as i receive your response shortly.I will send to you a
>specimen of Text of Application which you will fill your
>information correctly and send it to our Remittance Operational
>Manager of our Bank to enable them commence on the effect of
>transffering the fund into your account without delay and a copy
>to me for a review.
>
> Send to me your direct telephone and fax numbers for an easier
>communication and call me as soon as you receive this email for
>more clearification on +229 97 603 009.
>
> May God bless you and your family as you call me,
>Best Regards,
>Dr Aminu Waziri,
>Tel.00229 97 603 009.
>
> Find below my profiles:-
>
> 1.Name:Dr Aminu Waziri,Banker with Continental Trust Bank (CTB).
>2.)My Bank ID Card Number:CTB/00052/05 .
>3.)House Address: 12 carre opotopo route,Cotonou Benin Rep.
>4.)My Age : 52 Years.

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:51 pm

^^ Not by far: 1135 words Wink

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:06 pm

@dutch ^^^^^^^^^^

How do you do that? Laughing

I have no reason to dispute that since I have no intention of counting the words... Laughing

I just knew I wasn't going to read that intro.

I responded to the Lad with...

Quote:

Due to my glaucoma condition I could not read your mail. Can you please send it again in all CAPITAL LETTERS please?

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:48 pm

^^^^ Don't ask me. It's a gift. Very Happy

.. And of course M$ Word shows the word count in the left bottom when you paste the entire text into a new document Wink