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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_hammed2007@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:38:57 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?SAVE=20MY=20SOUL=28FROM=20PRINCE=29?=
Hello,
I need you to read this email message carefully because it is very imperative.
I am contacting you for an Urgent Business Transaction and further explicit
investment information about your country.
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 hasalready been disseminated by the international media during the
controversial
dispute that erupted between my father and his step brother, the sultan
of Brunei SHEIK HAJI 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. 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 companies& 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 US$14.8 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. 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.
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. Before I could do that I was placed
under house arrest by 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
I have a Palm V hand-held computer from which I am sending you this mail.
Before my arrest, I went ahead to dispatch the sum of US$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:
US$500 Million is in different offshore Bank accounts while the rest are
with Private Deposit & Trustee companies with:- US$50 Million is in England,
US$100 Million is in Spain, US$100 Million is in Arabia, US$80 Million is
in United Arab Emirate and the balance US$170 Millions 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.
Hence, I seek your good will & assistance to receive and invest these funds
into profitable investment in your country to facilitate future survival
for my family abroad. I will compensate adequately for your strong cooperation.
I am counting on your absolute confidentiality and transparency while looking
forward to your prompt reply towards a swift conclusion of this business
transaction. You can include your direct Mobile phone number.
I await your Urgent Reply.plesae forward your responde to my private email,prince_hammed2007@pochta.ru
Wassalam & Best Regards,
PRINCE FAYAD H. BOLKIAH
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
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