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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: "PRINCE FAYED BOLKIAH" <princefayed@zipmail.com.br> (may be fake)
Reply-To: princefayed2001@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 01:08:21 -0800
Subject: ACRY FOR HELP
Dear friend ,
Based on the further explicit investment information about your,country
from my research i wish to invest in your country under your supervision.
I am Prince Fayed W. Bolkiah, the eldest son of Prince Jeffrey Bolkiah former finance minister of Brunei, the tiny oil-rich sultanate on the Gulf Island of Borneo. I 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 Muda Hassanal Bolkiah. As you may know from the international media,The sultan had accused my father of financial mismanagement and impropriety of us$14.8billion dollars this was as a result of the Asian
Financial crisis that made my father's company Amedeo Development Company and government owned Brunei investment company to be declared bankrupt during his tenure in the office.
However my father was kept under house arrest, his bank account and private properties including a crude oil export refinery were later confiscated by the sultanate to avoid further prosecution from the sultan and his security operatives, but before I could do that I was placed under house arrest by the sultan and not have access to phone but I have a palm V hand -held computer from which I am sending you this mail.Some of the guard here are still loyal to me, so they would be my contact with you if there is any documents I need to send to you to enable you have access to this funds and invest it for me.Before my in-castration, I went ahead to dispatch the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Million United States Dollars {USD$150,000,000.00} in
cash under special arrangement into the custody of different private Banks and trust company's for safe keeping abroad.
The money where splited 50M USD each and was kept in Spain,Singapore and India. In view of this,I seek for assistance of foreign company/ individual to claim and invest these funds into a profitable business in his country to facilitate future survival for my family abroad. For each money claimed, I have decides to offer 30% to you as compensation for your co-operation and kind sincerity to carry out this assignment and 10% is maped out to balance up expenses incured in the transaction. During this dispensation Please I count on your absolute confidentiality, transparency and trust while looking forward to your prompt reply towards a swift conclusion of this transaction through my alternative email address: princefayed2001@yahoo.fr
Many thanks and blessing remains with you.
Prince Fayed.W. Bolkiah.
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