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| Personal/Urgent for the Relatives of Dudley Roy |
| 2005-03-21 |
| I don't think I've seen this variation before... Dr.Mathias Heinz No.104 Herington Court Abbey Drive, Randburg Johannesburg-South Africa. Tel: + 27 73 149 5536 Email: math_hz@yahoo.com I don't know if it'll do any good, but let's see his email harvested by a zillion bots for a change. Good Day, Well, it was, at least before the cable modem was hit by a power surge... I am Dr.Mathias Heinz, the African Regional manager of Barclays Private Banking Sector, 322 Oxford Drive, Sandton-Johannesburg, South Africa. What I wish to relate to you will smack of unethical practice gee, I never suspected but I want you to understand something. On June 6, 1999, Mr. Dudley Roy a Panamas citizen and also an Oil merchant came to our Bank to engage in business discussions with our private banking Division. He told us that he had a financial portfolio of Forty Three Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($43.7M), which he wished to have us turn over (invest) on his behalf. Based on the investment, we spun the money around which with accrued profit and interest Stood at over Fifty Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($57.5M). In September 10th 2002, he asked that the money be Liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash Payments in Riyadh-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Why does this sound like some sort of money laundering deal to me? He directed that I liquidate the funds and Have it deposited with a Security firm in Cape Town, South Africa. I informed him that Barclays 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. This sounds a little steep to me, but I never deal with these sorts of amounts of money. He complained about the charges but later came around when I explained to him the complexities of the task he was asking of us. I undertook all the processes and made sure I followed his precise Instructions to the letter and had the Funds deposited at the Cape town based Security Consultancy firm, Mr. Dudley Roy told me he wanted the money there in anticipation of his arrival from Moscow later that week. This was the last communication we had, this transpired around 25th October 2003.In June later year, we got a call from the security firm 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 private banking sector I was the only one Who knew about the deposit at Cape Town based Security Firm and I could not understand Why Mr. Dudley had not come forward to claim his deposit. OK, he's coming from Russia, and going to Saudi Arabia. I made futile efforts to locate Mr. Dudley no success, Four weeks later, information started to trickle in, apparently Mr. Dudley Roy was dead. A person who suited his description was declared dead in a Bomb blast in South of Baghdad-Iraq. While Iraq is between Russia and Saudi Arabia, AFAIK a commercial flight would probably go direct... so this guy was going from Russia to Saudi Arabia, and stopping in Baghdad along the way? Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering? We were soon able to identify the body and cause of death was confirmed. Wait a second: you were sought out to identify the body? I didn't think that was standard procedure, especially given the distance between South Africa and Iraq. 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. This bank has spent great amounts of money trying to track this mans family; they have investigated for months and have found no family. I'd suggest trying Panama, or any of the current or former British colonies in the Carribean region. The investigation has come to an end. And here's the suprise: My proposal; I am prepared to place you in a position to instruct Cape Town Based Security Firm to release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation. You're right; this DOES sound unethical to me. Maybe you should try looking harder for other relations. I can't believe I went out and bought a new router/modem so I could receive this. 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 Mr. Dudley. I will then officially communicate with Cape Town based Security Firm and instruct them to release the deposit to you. 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. I'm not being vindictive or destructive. I'm just trying to help you find the real next of kin by posting this message to the internet. If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever contacted you but if you are interested you should contact me on the above telephone number or the email. Looking at the capitalization patterns, I doubt the writer was a native speaker of English or German; I don't know Dutch or Afrikaans, but I suspect they would be close to English or German in such matters. Regards Dr.Mathias Heinz I hope that this post helps you, or at least helps Mr. Roy's relatives. |
| Posted by:Phil Fraering |