Stewart Barculo - Standard Life Bank

 

Fraud.

One out of five!

Standard Life Bank,
30 Lothian Road,
Edinburgh EH1 2DH
EMAIL:email is:stewart_barculo1020uk@yahoo.com.hk.

Good Day,

I am Stewart Barculo a member of staff of Standard Life Bank Limited, 30 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2DH, United Kingdom.

I sincerely apologize for the manner with wish I have contacted you, I know that the internet is unsecured for information’s of vital importance but I have decided to take the chance seeing that no other means could have been faster and more efficient than the E-mail.

I am contacting you concerning a deceased customer and an investment he placed under our banks management eight years ago. 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 contacted 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 2000, the subject matter; came to our bank to engage in business discussions with our private banking division. He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of Fifty million united states dollars, which he wished to have us turn over (invest) on his behalf, I was the officer assigned to his case.

Around 25th February 2003 the deceased told me he wanted the money in anticipation of his arrival from Norway later that week, this was the last communication we had, I waited and never heard from him then I immediately passed the task of locating him to the internal investigations department of Standard Life Bank. Four days later, information started to trickle in, apparently our client was dead. A person who suited his description was declared dead of a heart attack in Cannes, South of France, 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 funds. If you are familiar with private banking affairs, those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity, but also some levels of detachment from conventional processes. In his bio-data form, he listed no next of kin. 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.

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. 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.

My proposal you share the same surname with our late client, 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, but on the other hand, you with the same very name as the original depositor would easily pass as the beneficiary with right to claim the funds.

I am a family man; I have a 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 never come easy or on a platter of gold, 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 relevance in my life, I am a family man and this is an opportunity to provide my family with new opportunities.

If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and do not bother to respond, do not destroy my career because you do not approve of my proposal.

Please don’t respond to this email if you find yourself not able to assist me, my private email is:stewart_barculo1020uk@yahoo.com.hk.

I await your respons
Sincerely,
Stewart Barculo.

Important Notes :-

1. Whatever you do, do not respond to any e-mail like this. If you have given bank details to any fraudster like this, then inform your bank immediately and also make sure that you close the account.

2. If the e-mail mentions a well known e-mail address such as from gmail.com, live.com, yahoo.com etc., then why not forward the offending e-mail to abuse@gmail.com, abuse@live.com etc. Hopefully, they'll remove the e-mail address, which will stop people being sucked in.