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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: "prince_fayed1@terra.es" <prince_fayed1@terra.es>
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 14:32:43 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Can you stand as appointed Beneficiary?
Hello,
I am contacting you via your private email address to keep our discussions and private and confidential. I solicit for your assistance in the collection and investment of my funds as I have confidence about your person and ability to secure these funds which shall be used for investments according.
I am Muda Abdul Hakeem, the son of Pengiran Muda Jefri Bolkiah who served same time as both former Finance Minister in Brunei from1988-97. The Muslim conservatives in the sultanate who opposed Pengiran Muda Jefri opening up Brunei, one of the world's last remaining absolute monarchies to Western mordernization and industrialization. Pengiran Muda Jefri has being the target of scathing criticism, accused falsely of bankrupting one of the sultanate's biggest firms amid reports of billions of dollars of losses arising due to the Asian financial crisis.
I want you to visit the websites below for a better insight and understanding into what necessitated my contacting you seeking your reliable assistance:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/670959.stm
http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/2000/0310/nat.brunei.jefri.html
http://www.brudirect.com/DailyInfo/News/y2k/May2006/230506.htm
In year 2000 a Brunei court ordered the seizure of my father’s conglomerate, Amedeo including all bank accounts and private properties belong to us. In May 2006, Pengiran Muda Jefri lost an appeal to retain our properties, assets and bank accounts which the sultan and security operatives want forfeited to the government. My father was falsely accused and investigated by the Sultan so as to deny his birthright as apparent heir to the Brunei monarchy. The sultan replaced my father (Pengiran Muda Jefri) as heir to the 500-year-old monarchy with his son Prince Al Muhtadee, the sultan's 24-year-old son.
During this unfortunate period, I was still working under my fathers flourishing conglomerate, Amedeo Development Corporation as Managing Director. I personally dispatch the sum of US$1 Billion cash from our company account with CITIBANK NA containing over US$4.8 Billion and deposited into the custody of different offshore banks and deposit company's for safe keeping abroad. The money where deposited in various Bonded Warehouse in the following countries and in the proportion: US$ 50 Million is in England, US$100 Million is in Spain, US$100 Million is in Saudi Arabia, US$80 Million is in United Arab Emirate, and the balance US$US170 Million is in Malaysia to avoid loosing the whole Boxes same time while the balance US$500 Million are in different offshore bank accounts.
To this end, I am willing to work with you not just as my representative for the release of my money; also you are going to be a partner to me and the manager of the investment which we shall both undertake according to your advice. To obtain the money needed for us to go into partnership and investment, you will need to secure my funds from the Deposit Company or offshore banks.
You will receive my money and transfer into your personal bank account and invest these funds into profitable business investment in your country. To accomplish this, we need to put-up all needed legal documents in your favour to facilitate the release of my fund in their custody to you as my appointed representative/beneficiary.
Therefore, I need your contact information’s as stated below:-
1. Your full names
2. Your contact address
3. Your international passport number only.
4. Your direct phone number
In regards to the sharing ratio, what I have in place is so much and for the next 5-10 years I think you may be a partner to me and the manager to my investments. For your service I am willing to give you 25% of the net amount as compensation. You would then make arrangements for the investment of the funds where by (in addition to what I have promised above), 15% of profit from return on investment is yours.
I presume that if this transaction is of paramount interest to you, you should be able to make necessary arrangements to conclude this transaction within the next 10 working days. I have made further arrangements to refund to you all the expenses which you shall make throughout this project as all this shall be contained in the Deed of Agreement which I shall send to you once I receive your full contact details.
The purpose of my contacting you is because you live in a country with a stable economy where one can invest. On receipt of your response after which we shall discuss in details the modalities for seeing this project through. If however, you are not disposed to assist, kindly forward to a reliable associate or relative whom you deem fit to rescue this project from total loss if the locations of the funds are discovered by security operatives.
My trusted aid would be my contact if there is any document I need to send to you which would enable you collect the money on my behalf. I am counting on your absolute confidentiality, transparency, honesty and trust while looking forward to your prompt reply towards a swift conclusion of this project.
I await your prompt reply.
Regards,
Hakeem
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