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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 fayad" <prince@princefayad1.org>
Reply-To: princefayadbinbolkiah@mail.vu
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:01:12 +0000
Subject: FROM ME FAYAD
Hello ,
I need you to read this email message carefully because it is very
imperative. I am contacting you foran 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 wasgoing 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 indifferent 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: princefayadbinbolkiah@mail.vu
I await your Urgent Reply.
Wassalam & Best Regards,
PRINCE FAYAD H. BOLKIAH
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
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