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From: Almira Bolkiah <almira_hassani@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 08:01:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: My beloved Harry this is serious
My beloved Harry Anslinger,
It is with tears that I am writing this message to you from
a hospital bed far away from my home where I have no mother, father,
sister , brother or any relative, in the mist of strangers with a
different language that I don't understand, imaging how painful it is
being a cancer patient, Firstly let me introduce myself to you, I am
Mrs. Almira Ahmed Hassanal Bolkiah, a widow to Late Sheik Ahmed
Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam, I am 38years old and I have a
son of 11years of age who is at the moment in Benin Republic and I am
suffering from cancer of the lungs which I will soon undergo the
operation, I want to also let you know that I am writing you this mail
from a private hospital here where I am taking my part-time treatments,
what will you do if your doctor come up and tell you that you have only
few weeks to live? you can imagine the kind of pains I am going through
.
My husband is the first Son to the last wife of King Haji Omar Ali
Saifuddien Sadul Khairi Waddien, the former Prime minister of Brunei
Darussalam, the tiny oil-rich country on the Island in South-Eastern
Asia, let me 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 step-brother, the sultan of Brunei H.M. Sultan Haji Hassanal
Bolkiah who is the present King/prime minister of Brunei.
As you may
know from the international media, the sultan of Brunei accused my
husband who is his step-brother for financial mismanagement and
impropriety of US$14.8 billion dollars and this was as a result of the
Asian Financial crisis that made my husband's company Amedeo
Development Company that was inherited by my husband and government
owned Brunei investment company to be declared bankrupt during his
tenure in the office. However my husband was kept under house arrest
by his own step brother, our bank accounts and private properties
including a crude oil export refinery were later confiscated by the
sultan and to worsen the whole thing, he has to assassinate my my
beloved husband and I was placed under house arrest by the sultan so
that I will not tell the international community what has happened and
that is where I developed this cancer of the lungs which is killing me
now but I still believe that it is the will of God that life treat me
this way.
To avoid further prosecution and sufferings from the sultan
and his security operatives since I have lost my husband and I have my
only child to keep me happy, I decided to leave my country Brunei to
Benin Republic where my husband has deposited the sum of ( US$21
Million Dollars) in a reputable bank but unfortunately for me this my
illness has became worst and I have been placed at the hospital for
medical attention here, so I am planning to fly to abroad for good
medication and a perfect surgical operation because according to what
my doctor told me that I may not live for more than a month without
this operation, I am so scared about this because she has made me
understand that I have only 20% chance to survive this surgery and for
that reason, I want to make a future for my only son before undergoing
this surgery so that even if I die on the process of this surgery, my
son will be taken care of by you.
The reason why I am contacting you
is to know if you can arrange for a better hospital over there so that
I can come there for a better surgery and also to know if you can take
care of my son when I will be undergoing this surgery, I have decided
to give you this sum of (US$ 21Milion) that I inherited from my late
husband so that you can invest it in a very lucrative business in your
country, we never can tell what will happen during the surgery, so that
in case if anything happen to me during this operation, my son will
have someone to take care of him and a business/funds to inherit for a
good future or if this surgery go well, I will have a business that I
can use to take care of my only son.
Please note that this fund is
lying with a reputable Bank here in Benin Republic of West Africa and
as I am writing this message to you from a hospital Bed, I am not sure
that I will survive this operation but even if I have to die, first I
want to secure a future for my only son.
You may ask yourself why am
I saying all this but I believe you never experience this kind of
problem either have you meet anyone in this kind of situation, have you
ever use a lap-top in the hospital to write a letter to a stranger for
help? from a foreign land where you have no father, mother or anyone
who can help you? In the mist of people that speak entirely different
language? when all the people you trust become the people after your
life? well, you may not understand but I want you to take this more
serious and urgently important.
All I WANT FROM YOU IS TO TAKE THE
MONEY WITH MY SON AND INVEST IT SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF MY SON IF
I DID NOT SURVIVE THIS. please get back to me very fast so that I can
tell you what to do because my days now is being numbered.
May the
Peace of God be with you “Amen"
Mrs. Almira Ahmed Hassanal Bolkiah
Please I will like you to respond with all sincerity.
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