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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: "fayad" <fayadbinbin@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: fayad@graffiti.net
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:05:46 -0800
Subject: I need you to read this email message carefully
Hello,
I need you to read this email message carefully because it is very imperative.
I am contacting you for an Urgent
Business Transaction and further explicit investment information about your
country.I am PRINCE FAYAD H.BOLKIAH,
the eldest son of PRINCE JEFRI BOLKIAH who was the former Finance Minister
of Brunei. Brunei Darussalam is a small
country located in the northwest of the island of Borneo and governed by
His Majesty SHEIK HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH
MU'IZZADDIN WADDAULAH. I will save your time by not amplifying my extended
Royal Family history which has
already been disseminated by the international media during the controversial
dispute that erupted between my father
and his stepbrother, the sultan of Brunei SHEIK HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH. As
you may know from the international
media, the Sultan had accused my father of financial mismanagement and impropriety
of US$14.8 Billion. This was
as a result of the Asian financial crisis which made my father company Amedeo
development Corporation(ADC) and
government owned Brunei Investment Agency(BIA) to be declared bankrupt during
his tenure in office. PRINCE JEFRI
BOLKIAH was relieved of his post as Finance Minister of Brunei and was stripped
of his chairmanship post as head of
the nation's international investment arm, the Brunei Investment Agency in
February 1998. The Agency controls 13
companies & Brunei's overseas assets.
In July 1998, SHEIK HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH barred trading by Amedeo Development
Corporation when the world's biggest
corporate debt of US$14.8 Billion came to light. In September the 1998, the
Sultan ordered an investigation of
the BIA by accountants KPMG after the Brunei government alleged that"large
sums of money" had been misappropriated
to companies controlled by PRINCE JEFRI BOLKIAH. The Sultan then asked the
Bank of England to help track down an
alleged 28 Billion British Pounds of state and family funds said to be "missing".On
the 02/10/1998 PRINCE JEFRI BOLKIAH flew from London in
a private jet and was going to settle matters directly with SHEIK HAJI HASSANAL
BOLKIAH. PRINCE JEFRI drove
straight to his seaside palace at Jerudong, about 10 miles south of the capital,
Bandar Seri Begawan. He was due to
meet with officials of the Amedeo Development Corporation and visit the sultan.
After series of meetings relations
between the Royals appeared to deteriorate quickly. However,my father was
arrested, his Bank Accounts and
private properties including a crude oil export refinery & three large oil
wells which were later confiscated by the
sultanate. Furthermore, during this unfortunate period i was advised to evacuate
my immediate family outside the
sultanate to avoid further prosecution from the sultan and his security operatives.
Before I could do that I was
placed under house arrest by SHEIK HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH. You can visit the
websites below for a better understanding
of the situation:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/670959.stm
http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/2000/0310/nat.brunei.jefri.html
I have a Palm V hand-held computer from which I am sending you this mail.
Before my arrest, I went ahead to dispatch
the sum of US$1 Billion in cash under special arrangement into the custody
of different Offshore Banks and Private
security and Trustee companies for safe keeping abroad.The money where split
and kept in the following countries
in this proportion: US$500 Million is in different offshore Bank accounts
while the rest are with Private Deposit &
Trustee companies with:- US$50 Million is in England, US$100 Million is in
Spain, US$100 Million is in Arabia,
US$80 Million is in United Arab Emirate and the balance US$170 Millions in
Malaysia.I am unable to reach my friends
& associates whom would have provided all the much needed moral and financial
assistance i require to release the
funds because my private/personal diary was seized by my uncle SHEIK HAJI
HASSANAL BOLKIAH who also happens to be
the Sultan of Brunei.Hence, I seek your good will & assistance to receive
and invest these funds into
profitable investment in your country to facilitate future survival for my
family abroad. I will compensate adequately
for your strong cooperation.I am counting on your absolute confidentiality
and transparency while looking forward to
your prompt reply towards a swift conclusion of this business transaction.
You can include your direct Mobile
phone number. My alternative email address is below: fayad@graffiti.net
I await your Urgent Reply.
Wassalam & Best Regards,
PRINCE FAYAD H. BOLKIAH
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
___________________________________________________________
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