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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 bolkiah <fayab21@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 17:25:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM FAYAD BOLKIAH VERY URGENT
Dear
With Due Regard.
I am contacting you for an urgent assistance to mobilise a business transaction and further
to have explicit investment information about your country from you.
I am Princess Fayad W. Bolkiah, the wife of Prince Jefri Bolkiah, former Finance Minister of
Brunei, the tiny oil-rich sultanate on the Gulf Island. 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 husband and his
stepbrother, the sultan of Brunei Sheik Muda Hassanal Bolkiah.
As you may know from the international media, the sultan had accused my husband of financial
mismanagement and impropriety of US$14.8 Billion dollars. This was as a result of the Asian
financial crisis that made my husband's company Amedeo Development Company and government
owned Brunei Investment Company to be declared bankrupt during his tenure in office. However
my husband is in jail now, his bank accounts and private properties including a crude oil
export refinery have been 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, but luck ran against me on my attempt to escape.I am now kept under house arrest
by the Sultan and i have no access to a phone but I have a Palm V hand-held computer from
which I am sending you this mail.
Before my In-castration, I went ahead to dispatch the sum of Fifteen Million United States
Dollars US$15 Million in cash under special arrangement into the custody of Global Trust
Finance UK for safe keeping. This action was on the orders of my husband to me to enable us
start a new life.
Hence I seek your good assistance to invest these funds into profitable investment in your
country to facilitate future survival for my family abroad.I have decided to offer 20% of
these funds to you as compensation for your strong cooperation. You can go through this BBC
site and see what the government of Brunei did to my
family:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/670959.stm
http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/2000/0310/nat.brunei.jefri.html
Please I count on your absolute confidentiality, transparency and trust while looking
forward to your prompt reply towards a swift conclusion of this business transaction.
Many Thanks & May Allah blessing remain with you,Amen.contact me through my private email addrss:(p_fayadb@yahoo.com) I remain yours sincerely
Princess Fayad .W. Bolkiah
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