To follow are (2) separate e-mails sent to me by this individual, apparently corroborated by another filer/recipient in the United Kingdom:
Email (1) received April 13/Subject: Mutual Trust
Dear Jude Ockenfels,
My name is Barrister Raymond Pratts, a legal practitioner with Pratts' Law Firm in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I saw your contact and profile and decided that you could cooperate with me in this proposition.
I have a client who was deceased in November in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I am contacting you because you have the same surname as my deceased client and i felt that you could help me in the distribution of funds that were left in my deceased client's account.
This fund is close to been declared un-serviceable by the finance house as there were no indicated next of kin or next of beneficiary of the fund in the account, having remained dormant forlong. The total amount of cash in the account of my deceased client is US$ 4.7 Million (Four Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United States dollars Only).
The finance house had issued me, a notification to contact the next of kin
of my deceased client, to make beneficiary claim, of the fund in the account, with a month surcharge of 6% to be deducted as an Escrow safe keeping fee of the account, so as to avoid the indefinite closure of the account.
My proposition to you is to seek your consent, and to present your kind self as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my deceased client, since you have the same last name with him.
This means that the proceeds of his account would be paid to you as his next of kin or the legitimate beneficiary. When the proceeds in his account are paid to you, we would share the proceeds on a mutually agreed-upon percentageof 60% to me and 40% to your kind self.
All the legal documents to back up your claim as my client's next of-kin would be provided by me. The most important thing I would need is your honest cooperation in this proposition. This would be done under a legitimate arrangement that would protect you from any breach of the law.
If this business proposition offends your Value, feel free to decline this proposal. Please contact me at once if you're interested by replying the mail.
Yours Faithfully
Raymond Pratts Esq.
Email (2) received August 14/Subject: Shall We Proceed?
Attn: Jude Ockenfels,
First, let me introduce my self once more, I am Barrister Raymond Pratts, a legal practitioner with Pratts' Law Firm. I am a married father of four, aged 54. I am a senior advocate in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
As I told you in my proposal mail, I chose you because of your last name, which is exactly the same as my late client's name (Mr. Mikel H. Ockenfels), who died in Kuala Lumpur hospital of heart related disease.
Remember, I chose you because of your last name, which is similar to that of my late client. Is not that you are his relative; I only want to present you based on your last name.
My client died in 2001 at the age of 43 and since then all the efforts of the finance house to locate a beneficiary failed, this is the reason they contacted me to trace his origin.
The fund will be transferred to your account by the holding insititution here after a successful claim has been made. There is no risk to this transaction as we will process all the required documents by law for a beneficiary claim. There are no other living relatives. Actually, my client was born by two migrant workers that came to Malaysia in the 50's.
In this transaction, we will go step by step. First, the legal documents to back up the claim and secondly, the monetary documents for the transfer. I had a colleague do a name search for me to get people with the same surname. You were not the only name that came up. Since there is no other criteria for choosing any of you, I blindly picked your name.
As I also made you to understand in my first mail, the Finance house asked me to contact his beneficiary / his next of kin. As his Lawyer, He did not leave any beneficiary name or next of kin with me. Facing the situation, I decided to search for a good person of trust and one who bears the same last name as my late client that will suite as his/her next of kin/bona fide beneficiary.
For the legal ramifications, be rest assured on that. This is my operational field, for I do know all the loop holes involved and i will handle them with great professionalism. I will provide all the necessary legal documents that will back you up as the bona fide beneficiary of my late client. I need you to cooperate with me and be honest in our agreement, which is 60/40,60 for me and 40 for you.
If this is OK by you, I will send you a beneficiary affidavit form from the high court, which you will fill and resend to me, for me to swear under oath in high court of Malaysia that you are truly the bona fide beneficiary of my late client and from here we will commence.
Feel free to ask any question you want to ask for better understanding of the transaction. If I can count on your honesty, cooperation and confidence, reply
positively for me to start the paper work.
0 comments