Barrister Raymond Pratt, of Pratts law firm has sent me 3 emails and an Affidavit form. He said he has a "deceased client and i felt that you could help me in the distribution of funds that were left in my deceased client's account." He also said 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 for long. 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 percentage of 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." This was the main contence of the first email.
He then went on to reasure me that this was legitimate, and asked if we should proceed?"First, let me introduce my self once more, I am Barrister Raymond Pratts, a legal practitioner with Pratt's 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 (Alex Zotinca Hesmer), 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." Again this was the main content of the second email.
The last email was sent with the Affidavit form, to print out then send to him although he has not yet sent me a full postal address. I replied to his emails asking why he chose me and what are the risks of proceeding? I had an idea all along it was a scam so i decided to check it out on the net, and this warning came up explaining the exact story "Barrister Raymond Pratt" has told me. I have not mentioned to him that i know this is a scam.
Kez
Maidstone
United Kingdom
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