Deprived of inheritance

coyrls

Xamxamtheearnestman wrote: »

if it’s not a bank, then what is it?

Your memory of 15 years ago was that it was

some sort of bank statement from a bank I’ve never heard of

How do you expect us to tell you what it was based on the information you've given us? I'm pretty certain it wasn't an inheritence, as you wouldn't have been notified of an inheritence through "some sort of bank statement". I would suggest that you would have received a letter telling you that you had an inheritence.

eskbanker

Xamxamtheearnestman wrote: »

The thing I hoped you guys might be able to help me with, if it’s not a bank, then what is it?

Sounds like one of those Reader's Digest sort of stunts where they exclaim in a huge font that you're guaranteed to have won a mind-bogglingly massive prize and then in tiny print somewhere obscure it clarifies that you could win it if you enter a draw that only a few million others are also in, but if you don't win big then here's a cheap plastic pen to make you feel better....

Edit: it didn't refer to a wealthy but distant Nigerian relative by any chance? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-fee_scam

fwor

Xamxamtheearnestman wrote: »

The thing I hoped you guys might be able to help me with, if it’s not a bank, then what is it?

You tell us - you're the one holding a bank statement which says you have millions of pounds, from a bank you've never heard of.

If you tell us the name of the bank, perhaps someone here will be able to tell you if it really is a bank. But if you don't, it's not very likely that anyone will be able to advise.

ColdIron

Is your name Tyler Durden?

bowlhead99

Xamxamtheearnestman wrote: »

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Also Im going to report this to police but which department of police should I report it to?

Take it right to the top.

Write to the chief constable for your region and say that fifteen years ago you received some sort of statement from some sort of organisation which you think might or might not have been a bank, showing millions of pounds, which could not have been yours because you have never had millions of pounds, and you told the organisation at the time.

Now fifteen years later you do not remember the name of the bank and have tried a tracing organisation but were unsuccesful in locating 'your' millions of pounds. You believe you have been deprived of your rightful inheritance even though you are unaware of any friends or relatives who have had millions of pounds which they would have left you to inherit.

See which department the chief constable wants to allocate it into. Better than you guessing and getting the wrong one.

I suspect there’s been fraud/theft but I’d say it’s deliberate deprivation for now.

Fifteen years ago predates the Fraud Act 2006, so as a charge of criminal fraud didn't exist, the perpetrator would perhaps have got sent down for 'obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception'.

Perhaps as a result of your whistleblowing (when you called to advise the organisation on the statement that you had modest assets and had never been the owner of millions of pounds), the criminal / money launderer / terrorist financier was caught and went to jail, but they didn't think to mention it to you because you had already confirmed you did not have millions and nobody with millions has died leaving all their assets to you, because you don't know anyone with millions that had died, so the money and the subsequent criminal prosecution was nothing to do with you.

Or perhaps it was an administrative error.

Either way, you should not hold out much hope that contacting account search organisations or the police will result in the equivalent of winning the lottery.

Anyone able to give me any advice?

If you have an intention of pursuing it with the slightest expectation of becoming wealthy as a result. Forget it. Then you won't be disappointed that you wasted time and effort following it up.

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