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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 bolkiah" <fayad001@educ.ar>
Reply-To: fayad001@jmail.co.za
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:31:30 +0100
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP
Attn: Sir/Madam,
I am contacting you for an urgent assistance to mobilize a business transaction
and further to have explicit investment information about your country from
you. I am Princess Fayad Bolkiah, the wife of Prince Jefri Bolkiah, former
Finance Minister of Brunei, the tiny oil-rich sultanate. 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 husband and his stepbrother, the Sultan of Brunei
Sheik Muda Hassanal Bolkiah. As you may have known from the International
Media, the Sultan had accused my husband of financial mismanagement and
impropriety of US$14.8 Billion dollars. This was as a result of the Asian
financial crisis that made my husband's company Amedeo Development Company
and government owned Brunei Investment Company to be declared bankrupt during
his tenure in office.
However my husband is in jail now, his bank accounts and private properties
including a crude oil export refinery have been 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, but luck ran against me on my attempt
to escape. I am now kept under house arrest by the Sultan and I have no
access to a phone but I have a Palm V hand-held Computer from which I am
sending you this mail.
Before my incarceration, I went ahead to dispatch the sum of Three Hundred
Million United States Dollars US$300 Million under special arrangement into
the custody of different Trustee companies for safe keeping abroad. This
action was on the orders of my husband to me to enable us start a new life.
The money were splitted and kept in the following countries in this proportion:
US$150 Million is in Europe, US$100 Million is in Middle East and US$50
Million is in Asia respectively. Hence I seek your good assistance to invest
these funds into profitable investment in your country to facilitate future
survival for my family abroad. I have decided to offer 20% of these funds
to you as compensation for your strong cooperation.
Please I count on your absolute confidentiality, transparency and trust
while looking forward to your prompt reply towards a swift conclusion of
this business transaction.
Many Thanks & May Allah&s blessing remain with you.
I remain yours sincerely
Princess Fayad Bolkiah
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