The Andreas Schranner Inheritance story

The inheritance stories are used very often. One of the most prolifically used names is "Manfred Becker".

This particular story however, is based on fact. I would estimate that the majority of people remember the Concorde plane crash in Paris in 2000. If you read the report in the link, quoted in the middle of this e-mail, you will find more details on Andreas Schranner. He did actually die in this plane crash.

This is a classic example of the criminals using a true story to further their own means.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Your urgent reply needed (25-Okt-2005 19:43)
From: jerry_koko@zwallet.com
To: xxx@xxx.xxx


>From The Desk Of Jerry Koko.
Bill and Exchange Manager
Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd
3 Simmonds Street, Johannesburg 2001
Republic of South Africa.
Website:www.standardbank.co.za

ATTN.

With due respect and humility, I write to you this proposal.I am the Manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department of Standard Bank of South Africa in Cape Town. I am writing following the impressive information about you, l got your contact in my quest for a reliabe and capable person to assist me in this deal.

Though I know that a business of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. We have decided to contact you by email due to the urgency of this "deal", as we have been reliably informed of your honesty and ability in a transaction of this nature.

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$30m dollars (THIRTY Million US dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany) who died along with his entire family in July 2000 in a plane crash.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

About his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come forward and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and policies but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the ugly plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claims. It is therefore upon this discovery that I have decided to make this businness proposal to you to transact this DEAL with you and to act as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming forth and l dont want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.

According to our Banking policies and guideline here which stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after five years,the money will automatically be transfered into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. My request for a foreigner to ac t as next of kin in this business is by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a citizen of this country cannot
stand or put claims as next of kin to a foreigner. l agreed to offer 30% of the total fund to you, for your assistance, to act as the next of Kin to the foreigner,to provide account, 10% will be for reimbursement of any expenses incured during the curse of the transaction.

There after, I and my family will visit your country for disbursement and for investment in your country. Therefore to enable the immediatetransfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easier and effective communication and location where the money will be transfer. Upon receipt of your reply, I
will send to you by fax or email the text of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this ransaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.

Sir, let truth and honesty be our watchword in this transaction while I look forward to receiving your immediate response.

Yours faithfully,

Jerry Koko.