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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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From: "Aminatu Bolkiah" <bolkiah_royalfamily@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 19:17:40 +0400
Subject: TRY AND EMAIL ME
Asallam alaiykum,
Goodday am from Brunei well i work in a business diary and further explicit investment information about assistance since the incarceration of my family and our departure from Borneo-Brunei palace due to severe human rights abuses occurring in my country.
I am Aminatu Bolkiah the wife of prince Jefri Bolkiah, Former finance minister of Brunei, the tiny oil-rich Island of Borneo, I will save your time by not amplifying much of my extended Royal family history, which has already been disseminated by the international media during the controversial dispute between the fahter for my children and his stepbrother, The sultan of Brunei Sheik Hassanal Bolkiah.
You may know from the international media that the sultan accused my hundand of financial mismanagement and impropriety of $25 million dollars. This was as a result of the Asian financial crisis that made my familys company Zhuangxi Buried and government owned Brunei investment company to be declared bankrupt during his tenure as a member of the Asian exchange committee .How ever the father for my children was kept under house arrest, his bank accounts and private properties including a crude oil export refinery were later confiscated by the sultanate.
Furthermore during this unfortunate period, I was advised to evacuate my residence for (MIDDEREAST) were I can take refugee in order to avoid further prosecution from the sultan and his security operatives, but before I could do that I was arrested placed under house arrest by the sultan and no access to go out but a Pentium 1 computer from which I am sending you this mail. Some of the guards here are still loyal to me.Before my arrest, I deposited this (Funds) under special arrangements with a financial company in different countries abroad for safe keeping until my problems are over. The money were spitted and kept in proportion:so I seek your good assistance in clamming and investing my funds in a profitable venture so as to facilitate future survival for my children.
Kindly observe here that no terms of compensation or payment have been disclosed yet until your consent is acknowledged.
Wa-sallam,
Aminatu Bolkiah
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