HSBC LONDON
Mitchel Evra <mitchelevra29@gmail.com>
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Tue, 30 Nov at 12:21
I am Mitchel Evra, British citizen and Principal assurance manager for
the HSBC in London. A staff of Yokozona consultancy firm got in touch
with me, regarding the estate of Simeon Arag. And an investment placed
under our bank management some year's back. 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 intimate you with
certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you. In 1997, the
subject matter; Simeon Arag came to our bank and engage in business
discussions with our private banking division.
He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of 8.35 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 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 10 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 United
Asse ts Management and securities UK (in their Securities Trading
Firm).
I informed him that HSBC London 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 in United Kingdom and had the funds available
in United Assets Management and securities. I undertook all the
processes and made sure I followed his precise instructions to the
letter and had the funds deposited at United Assets Management London
UK. United Assets Management and securities UK is a specialist bank
that accepts deposits from high net worth individuals and blue chip
corporations that handle valuable products o r undertake transactions
that need immediate access to cash.
In Line with instructions, the money was deposited with United Assets
Management Uk (in their Securities Trading Firm). Simeon Arag 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 Sept last year, we got a call from United Assets
Management Uk 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 United Assets Management Uk and
I could not understand why Simeon Arag had not come forward to claim
his deposit. I made futile efforts to locate Simeon Arag. Four days
later, information started to trickle in, apparently Simeon Arag was
dead. A person who his description was declared dead of AUTO ACCIDENT
TRAUM A 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; Simeon
Arag died in testate.
In line with our internal processes for account holders who have
passed away, we instituted our own investigations in good faith to de
termine 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. 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
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, United Assets
Management Uk will by the e nd of this quarter broadcast a request for
statements of claim to HSBC in London, failing to receive viable
claims they will most probably revert the deposit back to HSBC in
London.
This will result in the money entering the HSBC in London 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
aberrational.
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$ 8,370,000.00 deposited in United Assets
Management Uk, I alone have the deposit details and they will release
the deposit to no one unless I in struct them to do so.
I alone know of the existence of this deposit for as far as United
Assets Management Uk is concerned, the transaction with Simeon Arag
concluded when I sent the funds to United Assets Management Uk, all
outstanding interactions in relation to the file are just customer
services and due process.
United Assets Management Uk 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 manвs 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
proposal to instruct United Assets Management Uk 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 ask 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 Simeon Arag I will then officially communicate with United
Assets Management Uk 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 me who have made tidy sum s 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 opportunities only come ones way once in a lifetime. I cannot let
this chance pass me by, for once I find myself in total control of my
destiny. These chances wonвt pass me by. 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 rel evance in my life. Letвs share
the blessing. If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this
process towards a conclusion. I wish to inform you that should you
ontact 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 the numbers I will provide for you
and also through this email address. I 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 I have wife and 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 n ever 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.
I await your response.
Respectfully,
Mitchel Evra
N/B: Please you are advice onward to get in touch with me through my
private e-mail channel for more details at (
fileinput11@outlook.com)
Thanks.