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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 <fayadmubolk@aol.co.uk>
Reply-To: fayadmubol@aol.co.uk
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:46:28 -0700
Subject: Immediate Attention
Hello,
I am Prince Fayad Musa Bolkiah, the eldest son of Prince Jefri Bolkiah, =
former Finance Minister of Brunei, the oil-rich sultanate on the Gulf Island =
of Borneo. 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 Muda Hassanal Bolkiah. As you may =
know from the international media, the sultan had accused my father of =
financial mismanagement and impropriety of US$14.8 billion dollars.
This was as a result of the Asian financial crisis that made my fathers =
company Amedeo Development Company and government owned Brunei Investment =
Company to be declared bankrupt during his tenure in office. However my =
father was kept under house arrest, his bank accounts and private properties =
including a crude oil export refinery were later confiscated by the =
sultanate.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/670959.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/681413.stm
Furthermore during this unfortunate period, I was advised to evacuate my =
immediate family out of the sultanate to avoid further prosecution from the =
sultan, but before I could, I was placed under house arrest with no access to =
phone, but I have a laptop which I use to communicate.
However, before my arrest, I dispatched the sum of four hundred, twenty =
million United States dollars (US$420,000,000.00) valued private safety =
deposit with the assistance of a foreign diplomat who resides in Europe. The =
funds have now been deposited as safety deposit / family valuables into =
different private security and trust company for safe keeping abroad.
The funds (safety deposit) was split and kept in the following countries in =
this proportion: $170 million in Spain, $190 million in France and $60 =
million in Holland. I kindly require your assistance as a representative =
designate / foreign partner to claim and invest these funds into real =
estate/properties to guarantee the future of my family, beginning with that =
in France. If you are prepared to render your sincere assistance, do not fail =
to contact me immediately to furnish you with details of this proposal.
For your assistance, you will receive 45% of each funds claimed and another =
5% will be set aside to defray any expenses that maybe incurred during claim. =
Please I count on your absolute confidentiality, transparency and trust while =
looking forward to your prompt response towards a swift conclusion of this =
business transaction through my email address as thus: yadbolkia@excite.com
Thank you & May Allah's blessing dwell upon you.
Yours sincerely,
Prince Fayad Bolkiah.
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