Has someone offered you a huge sum of money or a valuable consignment? It's a 419 or advance fee fraud - find out how they work, and what to do to be safe.
by oneechan10 Fri Jan 03, 2014 7:37 pm
I received a random email one before about a person in Europe whom had supposedly died along with his wife and only child in an accident. The "Solicitor" claims the institution where the funds of the late beneficiary are being held, gave him 15 days to find a beneficiary. The first time I let it go. Several months later I received a similar email under a different name with the same story but different names for the family members. Needless to say it is a scam, I bit to see where it would go and once they started asking for ID and bank information I bailed. Some things people may want to think about in these situations are: A. Why would it cost you money to claim and inheritance other than if you yourself hired a lawyer, B. You cannot just move a huge sum of money from a bank in one country to another, and C. if this were legit why would they choose you whom they know nothing about out of the thousands or possibly millions of other people with the same last name, especially if you are like me and in a completely different country and continent. Also often times there are spelling and grammatical errors in these so called official documents, that I doubt a solicitor, lawyer or other official would make.

Wilson Kaufman
[email protected]

The original email came from:
Kathleen Protokowicz's
[email protected]

I am Wilson Kaufman, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole executor to a

deceased client of my chambers who shares the same surname with you, who worked as

an independent oil magnate in my country, but died in a car crash with his immediate

family in East London on the 9Th of April 2006.

This is a confidential proposition directed to you and I request that it be treated as such. I

must solicit your Confidentiality and assure you that I am contacting you in good faith and

this proposal will be of mutual benefit to us . My late client was a former oil well pumper

working with Marathon Oil Corporation here in the United Kingdom and had Left behind a

deposit of Twelve Million Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling only with a bank.

After the death of my client, the bank contacted me, as his attorney to provide his Next of

kin who should inherit his fortune this according to them is their policy in sure

circumstances. Since the death of my client, I have written several letters to the embassy

with intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be claimants of his

abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail. I had to inform the

bank about my fruitless effort in locating my late client close relative or His next of kin. The

financial control unit (FINCON) of the bank just adopted a resolution and I was mandated

to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money within the next 15 official working

days or forfeit the money as abandoned funds. The bank had planned to invoke their

abandoned property decree to confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period

given me. Also I have received official letters in the last two days suggesting a likely

proceeding for confiscation of his abandoned personal assets in line with existing laws of

the institution.

Well I have reasons very professional and I can use a legal means to present a next of kin

of my deceased client. This is legally possible and would be done in accordance with the

laws of the land. On this note I decided to search for a credible person and finding that

you bear a similar last name, I was urged to contact

you, that I may, with your consent, present you to the "Trustee" as my late client's family

member as to enable you put up a claim to the bank in that capacity as a next of kin of my

client.

I find this possible for the fuller reasons that you are of the same nationality and you bear a

similar last name with my late client making it a lot easier for you to put up a claim in that

capacity. I have all vital documents that would confer you the legal right to make this claim

and would make them available to you so that the proceeds of this bank account valued at

£12.8million can be paid to you before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable to the

bank where this huge amount was deposited. I do sincerely sympathize the death of my

client but think it is unprofitable for his funds to be submitted to the government of this

country or some bank. My aim is to retrieve these funds and let it be claimed by the

deceased family Lineage, etc. for this I seek your assistance since I have been unable to

locate the relatives for the past 7 years now.

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the

same last name giving you the advantage so that the proceeds of this account can be paid

to you and then both of us can share the money, 60% to me and 40% to you. I know there

might be other persons out there with the same surname as my last client, but after a little

check my instinct tells me to contact you. Can I trust you on this? I shall assemble all the

necessary documents that will be used to back up your claim.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you

from any breach of the law. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this proposal is hitch-
free and that you should not entertain any fears as the required arrangements have been

made for the completion of this deal.

Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this. Please send your telephone and

fax numbers to my private email: [email protected] to enable us discuss further on this

transaction only if this proposal is acceptable by you. Do not take undue advantage of the

trust I have bestowed in you, Thanks for your understanding.

Best Regards,



Wilson Kaufman

Hello Ms. Marks ,
Thanks for your prompt response to my email. Please read carefully as I am going to explain in details why I e-mailed you. I have since carried out a search on his actual extended family ties and which efforts have been to no avail and hence my contacting you.
I had contacted you to solicit your honest assistance in profiling funds belonging to my late client. I want you to consider the details so you could understand the fuller reasons I need your co-operation. My email to you was written as a matter of last resort because of the circumstances surrounding this claim right now. My late client Gibson Marks was an oil merchant and he had oil dealings around Europe and South America. He died at 54 alongside his wife, Lindsey, 46, and their only daughter, Naomi, 11.
He lived most of his years here in the U.K but travelled (misspelled) often. I served as his private attorney for the last eleven years preceding his death, just after the birth of Naomi migrated into England a long time ago as an orphan. I know you may not be anyway related to my client but you need to understand the main reason I contacted you. I contacted you because after the death of my late client, I was informed by the Bank to search for any member of his extended family to put up a claim, or who could be so represented as managers or trustees for his deposited funds with them which stands due to the fact that he died with his immediate family members.
After preliminary efforts of search that came to no avail, I was given an ultimatum to look for someone to come for the claim or have the funds liquidated and made unserviceable in accordance with existing laws because it will be assumed that no member of his family is alive. However, it might interest you to know that, after a thorough investigation in the bank, I found out that some members of the bank are currently planning to divert this fund in their selfish interest and only want to use the excuse that since I am not able to look for someone to make the claim, the money should be made unserviceable and that means reverting the fund to the Government while the Bank retains a percentage of it.
After unravelling (misspelled) their plans and professional consideration on my part, I decided to look for someone credible, with the same last name with my late client, to apply for this claim due to the fact that I have at my possession some legal documents which are very important and which might be requested by them and which, can only be provided by my chambers since they have since been with me. I feel and know that you will be able to make this claim SUCCESSFULLY because of your last name which is the same as that of my late client's and as a result of this I do not want the bank to be aware that I contacted you first in order to prevent them from going into much investigations on whom you actually are and that can put the success of this transaction on the line.
I want you to be rest assured that this is legal with no risk involved, since all the legal documents that give you the right to make the claim is available.
This is a deal I am offering you and I want you to know that it requires only a mature mind to understand all I am saying and I believe you are mature enough which is the reason I am going further.
I am taking my time to explain all these to you now because I want you to see the reasons why my name should never be mentioned any time you are discussing with the members of the bank and why this transaction has to be kept really confidential in order for us to be able to achieve our goals neatly.
Note that there is a legal reason for the confidentiality of this transaction because of the nature of the transactions and the circumstances surrounding it. I stand a better part of the risk because if at any point, and for any reason, this bank becomes aware of my prior contact with you, then I could be held for being in breach of a standard code of conduct which borders on a breach of lawyer/client fiduciary relationship among others and for this reason, I will appreciate if you are very sure you can assist with this and execute this with the required diligence.
I want you to know that I have these documents to show to you as proof but I cannot release them for your perusal now for security reasons until I have attained your confidence. I will provide you with any information you need as we proceed. Like I said earlier I want you to be rest assured as this is going to be done in line with the law avoiding anything illegal. I would be protecting you 100% all the way through this transaction.
Please bear in mind that you have to be really sure if you are going ahead or not for I do not want to jeopardize the success of this transaction which means so much to me at the moment. I will wait for your response and please do not forget about the discreet nature of this transaction. Take note of the mode of sharing after a second thought, 45% for me 45% for you and 10% for expenses that might be incurred during the course of the transaction. If you have gone through this email and you feel it is well understood, I will advice you give me a call on any of my private and confidential numbers below and tell me if you are willing to go ahead or not so that I can give you the contact of this Bank where this fund is lodged and then inform you too of how to proceed. Thanks.
Wilson Kaufman (QC)
Cell: +44-701-297-3265 Office: +44-703-198-6614 Home: +44-708-646-2708
N.B: When calling dial your country calling code which I think is 011+my number (44-701-297-3265 ). That is (011-44-701-297-3265).


Hello Ms. Marks ,
Thanks again for your prompt response to my email. If you cannot call me from your phone then it means your phone is not overseas calls enabled in which case I will advise you to go and purchase an international calling card to enable you contact the bank and also call me anytime necessary.
It is my belief that you have perused my preceding mail and that you understood the content of the mail hence your response. There is the need for us to expedite actions on this deal as time is of the essence bearing in mind the 15 days ultimatum I was given by the bank to present the next of kin or they will have the funds confiscated.
For this fund to be released as soon as possible by the bank where it is lodged, it is imperative at this point to take pre-emptive (misspelled) steps that are necessary for the realization of our objective. Paramount among these are;
1. A call to the bank.
2. A written letter of application addressed to the bank backing your claim as the late Gibson's next of kin.
As a precautionary measure, this application must be composed in the most convincing and uncompromising manner. This must be done to discourage any feeling of doubt in the minds of the directors of this bank concerning your claim. After years of closed door meetings with these directors, I must say without benefit of the doubt that they have plans of their own which is of a clandestine nature. Note that before sending this application, it is very important you call the bank requesting to speak with the HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL DISPATCH DEPARTMENT, Dr Arthur Yamaguchi by name. If you do not know how to go about writing this application, get back to me via e-mail to enable me send a draft to you. Note that after filling this application, you have to notify me in other for any necessary correction to be made should the need arise. Thereafter, I will give you the contact of the bank and the directive to call.
Bear in mind that I have all the legal documents in my possession and we are going to make the best use of them to our advantage. The only guarantee and assurance that this transaction will culminate in the successful release of this fund is for the both of us to work together as a team i.e. learning to CONFIDE and TRUST in each other. In so doing, we can both play our individual role in this transaction effectively. I am counting on you. I will now send you relevant information’s on the late Gibson such as his full profile together with some data on the entire family.
Best Regards,
Wilson Kaufman (QC)


Hello Ms. Marks ,
We have to be close in communication and we have to put in our best as this is not expected to come out easy. The late Gibson ,note Lewis is the middle name was a citizen of the United States and also former oil well pumper working with Marathon Oil Corporation here in the United Kingdom (54 yrs), had a wife named, Lindsey she was 46 before her death, and his daughter, Naomi (11yrs). He was transferred from Norway in the year 1988.He was residing at # 15 Princeton crescent London England. Please try to get used to these information’s before calling the bank for they will be very useful when you make the call to them, the information's will be very useful so try to get used to them. I wish to remind you that you do not have to tell anyone about this deal for us to be successful, can I trust you on this?

Once again thanks for your willingness to assist me. Also attached to this email is the text of application which I want you to send to the bank. After filling it, you have to send it down to me for my perusal and corrections if there is any to be made, then you can send it down to the bank but I will advise you call the bank first before sending the application to let them know of your sudden intentions, the email address of the bank is ([email protected] ) and the bank's direct number is +447872209234 Fax:+44-709-284-7035 and if you are connected, tell who ever picks the phone that you want to speak with Arthur Yamaguchi. He is the HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL DISPATCH DEPARTMENT TURKISH BANK (UK) LIMITED, and if he is connected to you, I want you to tell him whom you are and why you have come, that you have come to claim your late uncle's fund deposited with them. If he cares to know how you discovered that your family had such an amount of fund with them, tell him that your family discovered some documents that shows he deposited such amount of fund with them. I know this will come like a surprise to them but I do not think there is nothing they can do, because the money does not belong to them. If he wants to know why you have not come for this claim after such a long time, I want you to tell him that you have being very busy with business engagements outside your country and that has kept you away.
Make sure you call them before sending the application and make sure this is really confidential.



I want you to be very calm and composed when you are speaking with the director of international dispatch department, that is Arthur Yamaguchi .He knows what and what they will be requiring as proof so let him ask and I am there to provide to you whatever he needs so do not bother. If they want to know some of the documents you have to make this claim, I want you to tell him you have the DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE and DEED OF DEPOSIT. These certificates are documents signed on the day the funds were deposited in the bank. The account number holding the funds is TBU/6415453505 .

Note that they are very vital and important documents as it stands as evidence that such fund was kept under their care and that makes it undeniable by them. Tell them you also have the DEATH CERTIFICATE .If they care to know how you got hold of the document tell them that your family discovered the DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE and DEED OF DEPOSIT while going through your uncle's properties, The DEATH CERTIFICATE was obtained by a private lawyer of yours whom you hired to help you obtain them from the hospital, which they were taken to after the incidence.

I have hired a private lawyer for you his name is Paul Dickson. He is a friend of mine and he knows very little on this transaction as it is meant to be very confidential. His job is to act as the medium between you and me as they are not to know that I contacted you. All information passed down to you from me will be through him and it has to be so if anybody cares to know. I think this information's are okay for now, make sure you call the bank first before sending the application. Have a wonderful day and my love to your family. For your information I am a divorcee with a 10 years old daughter.

Wilson Kaufman (QC)

HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL DISPATCH DEPARTMENT
TURKISH BANK (UK) LIMITED.
84 - 86 BOROUGH HIGH STREET,
LONDON SE1 1LN
UNITED KINGDOM


DEAR SIR,

APPLICATION FOR THE CLAIM OF £12.8 MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING IN YOUR
COMPANY.

I ………………………………………………………………HEREBY APPLY FOR THE CLAIM OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED SUM STANDING WITH THIS BANK AS AN UNCLAIMED FUND OF MY LATE UNCLE,………………………………………………………………WHO DEPOSITED THE ABOVE MENTIONED AMOUNT WITH YOUR BANK BEFORE HIS DEATH IN AN AUTO CRASH IN THE YEAR 2006.
RECENTLY THERE WERE DEPOSIT DOCUMENTS FOUND IN HIS ARCHIVED PAPERS INDICATING THAT HE HELD AN ACCOUNT WITH YOUR INSTITUTION.

I AM SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN HAVING THE ACCOUNT WOUND UP AND THE MONEY AS WELL AS ACCRUED INTERESTS RETURNED TO US.COULD YOU PLEASE REPLY WITH WHAT YOU REQUIRE TO SUPPORT MY CLAIM AND INITIATE PROCEEDINGS TO HAVE THIS MATTER RESOLVED?

I AM VERY SORRY THAT THIS CLAIM CAME VERY LATE DUE TO A LOT OF BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT I HAVE BEEN HAVING HERE IN MY COUNTRY. BUT RIGHT NOW I AM READY TO CARRY OUT ANY OBLIGATION/REQUIREMENTS THAT MIGHT BE REQUIRED BY THIS BANK TO ENHANCE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND, SINCE I AM HIS NEXT OF KIN. PRESENTLY THERE IS A BUSINESS VENTURE THAT I HAVE THAT REQUIRES THIS FUND IN QUESTION THEREFORE ,I HUMBLY REQUEST YOU USE YOUR POSITION AND GRANT THE RELEASE OF THE FUNDS.

MY ADDRESS:………………………………………………………………

PHONE/FAX
NUMBERS:………………………………………………………………

EMAIL
ADDRESS:………………………………………………………………

DATE OFP (typo)
BIRTH : ………………………………………………………………

MARITAL
STATUS :………………………………………………………………

OCCUPATION: ………………………………………………………………

POSITION HELD:(IF
ANY) ………………………………………………………………

YOURS SINCERELY,
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