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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: "Fayad H.Bolkiah" <princefayadboliah@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 01:08:36 +0000
Subject: Urgent Business Transaction
Hello,
I am contacting you for an Urgent Business Transaction and further
explicit
investment assistance in your country. Based on the information and
recommendation satisfactorily gathered concerning your person, I hereby
need
you to read this email message carefully
because it is very imperative.
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 USD14.8 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
compnies &
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
USD14.8 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 as 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 USD$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: USD$500
Million
is in different offshore Bank accounts while the rest are with Private
Deposit &
Trustee companies with:- USD$50 Million is in England, USD$100 Million is in
Spain,
USD$100 Million is in Arabia, USD$80 Million is in United Arab Emirate
the balance USD$70 Million in India and USD$100 Million 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. I
await your
Urgent Reply.
Best Regards,
PRINCE FAYAD H. BOLKIAH
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
Wassalam & Ramadhan Kareem
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