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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: "HRH Prince Fayad H. Bolkiah" <irdi0011@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:47:24 +0000
Subject: Require Investment Assistance in your Country
Hello,
I need you to read this email message carefully because it is very
imperative. I am contacting you for an Urgent Business Project and further
explicit investment assistance in 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.
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
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. 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.
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.
I seek your good will & assistance to receive and invest these funds into
profitable business investment in your country to facilitate future survival
for me and my family abroad. I am counting on your absolute transparency,
honesty and confidentiality which this transaction deserves while looking
forward to your prompt reply.
You are requested to communicate your acceptance or otherwise of this
proposal through my email address below: fayad_bolkiah@islamabad.net after
which we shall discuss in details the modalities for seeing this transaction
through. If however, you are not disposed to assist, kindly destroy this
letter in view of the confidentiality of the proposed project and interest
of my personality involved.
Thank you in anticipation of your co-operation.
I await your Urgent Reply.
Best Regards,
PRINCE FAYAD H. BOLKIAH
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
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