Dear Friend,
I introduce myself as Michael Cohrs, Global Head of Offshore Banking at Deutsche Bank. A contracted
staff of Perez and Hamilton might have contacted you earlier concerning Mr. Moser and an investment
placed under our banks management 10 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 contact you independently of our investigation and emphasise the reason 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; Moser came to our bank to engage in business discussions with our
private banking division. He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of Eight 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 global
head of the Offshore banking sector, 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 favoured route in my advise to customers is to start by assessing data on 6000 traditional
stocks and bond managers and 2000 managers of alternative investments popularly known as hedge
Funds 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 8.37 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 Antwerp. He directed that I liquidate the funds and had it deposited
with a firm in Canada. I informed him that Deutsche Bank 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 2.5 %
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,he was more worried about the heavy taxation the European union might impose and also to avoid
dual taxation from European member countries. Cash movement across borders has become especially
strict since the incidents of 9/11.
I contacted my affiliate in Canada and had the funds available in mainland Europe. I undertook all
the processes and made sure I followed his precise instructions to the letter and had the funds
deposited at the Canadian/British based security consultancy firm, Integrated Asset Management
Company. Integrated Asset Management Company is a private firm that accepts deposits from high net
worth individuals and blue chip corporations that handle valuable products or undertake
transactions that need immediate access to cash. This small and highly private organisation is
familiar especially to the highly placed and well-connected organisations.
In line with instructions, the money was deposited with Integrated Asset Management Company. Moser
told me he wanted the money there in anticipation of his arrival from Norway later that week. This
was the last communication we had, this transpired around 27th September 1997. In June last year,
we got a call from Integrated Asset Management Company informing us of the inactivity of that
particular portfolio. This was an astounding position as far as I was concerned, given the fact
that I was still in the Offshore banking sector I'm the only one other than Tony Dupan who himself
is on a year's leave of absence and is now a visiting lecturer at the London School Of Economics
still works for the bank as we both served on the sub-committee on Mr. Moser's portfolio initially
who knew about the deposit at Integrated Asset Management Company, and I could not understand why
Moser had not come forward to claim his deposit.
We made futile efforts to locate Moser. I immediately passed the task of locating him to the
internal investigations department of Deutsche Bank. Four days later, information started to
trickle in, apparently Moser was dead. A person who suited his description was declared dead of a
heart attack in Canne, 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 estate. If you are familiar
with Offshore banking affairs, those who patronise 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 Offshore 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. Offshore Banking clients apart from not nominating next of kin also
usually in most cases leave wills in our care, in this case; Moser died intestate. In line with our
internal processes for account holders who have passed away, we instituted our own investigations
in good faith to determine 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 my department supervises the eventual outcome of the
investigation. You had unfortunately declared that you are in no way affiliated with this
individual. What this means, you being the last batch of names we had considered, is that our dear
late fellow died with no known or identifiable family member. This leaves you 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 practise, Integrated Asset Management Company will by the end of this year broadcast a
request for statements of claim to Deutsche Bank, failing to receive viable claims they will most
probably revert the deposit back to Deutsche Bank. This will result in the money entering the
Deutsche Bank accounting system and the portfolio will be out of my hands and out of the Offshore
banking division. This will not happen if I have my way. What I wish to relate to you will smack of
unethical practise 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 Offshore banking especially is fraught with huge rewards for those who 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 London, I have the deposit
details and they will release the deposit to no one unless under directives from my office, as far
as Deutsche Bank is concerned, the transaction with late Mr. Moser concluded when the funds were
sent to London, all outstanding interactions in relation to the file are just routine and due
process. Integrated Asset Management Company has no single idea of what's the history or nature of
the deposit. They are simply awaiting instructions to release the deposit to any party that comes
forward as the beneficiary; this is the situation. This bank has spent great amounts of money
trying to track this man’s family; they have investigated for years and have found no family.
The investigation had been concluded and closed a while back not until our recent search. My
proposal; you share similar details to the late fellow; I am prepared to place you in a position to
instruct Integrated Asset Management Company 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 as the beneficiary
That is: I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you.
You will get 30% of $8.37 million while I take 70%. 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 name as the original depositor would easily pass
as the beneficiary with right to claim. I assure you that I could have the deposit released to you
within a few days no later than 10 business days. I will simply inform the bank of the final
closing of the file relating to late Moser. I will then officially communicate with Integrated
Asset Management Company and instruct them to release the deposit to you. With these two things:
all is done.
The alternative would be for us to have Integrated Asset Management Company send the funds to
another bank with you as account holder. This way there will be no need for you to think of
receiving the money from Integrated Asset Management Company. We can fine-tune this based on our
interactions. I am aware of the consequences of this proposal. I ask that if you find no interest
in this project that you should reconsider your position. I ask that you do not be too hasty to
draw up conclusions as I have put in a lot of effort into this and your role will be only that of a
benefactor. You may not know this but people like myself who have made tidy sums out of comparable
situations run the whole Offshore sector and in my profession this is not an uncommon practise as
one might think 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. We should not let this chance pass us by,
for once I find myself in total control of my destiny. 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 risks on your side is barely minimal because
hundreds of claims are filed everyday at the claims and deposits departments so it's not an unusual
practise that may raise eye-brows 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. Lets share
the blessing.
If you find yourself able to work with me, contact me through this same email account. I do not
particularly know you so I would wait on your response to judge your level of transparency and
honesty need not you disappear after the money gets into your coffers with a level of understanding
between us I will start the initiation of this process towards a conclusion. I do not want you
contacting me through my official phone lines nor do I want you contacting me through my official
email account as this transaction will not be done under the clock of my employer. Contact will be
through my personal numbers and also through this email address, same could apply to you if you
wish. 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. A very dear friend of mine and
university classmate Mr. Michael Soden of Bank Of Ireland had to quit his job in May when unethical
material was found on his office computer during a routine maintenance of his machine and the
results of the internal investigation were leaked to the local press seriously denting his career
after all the service, good work and sacrifice he had given the industry.
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 doubt 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. This is the one truth I have learnt from my private banking clients.
Do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we should plan a meeting soon.
Please call me at: +447045702043
I await your response.
Michael Cohrs.
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