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From: "PRINCE FAYAD H. BOLKIAH" <pfaybolk@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:24:46 +0000
Subject: THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION
Hello,
I am contacting you for an Urgent Business Transaction and further explicit
investment assistance in your country. Based on the information and
recommendation satisfactorily gathered concerning your person, I hereby need
you to read this email message carefully because it is very imperative.
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 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 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
As you may know from the international media, the Sultan had accused my
father of financial mismanagement and impropriety of USD14.8 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 USD14.8 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 as 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. 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. Before my arrest, I went ahead to dispatch the sum of
USD1 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: USD500 Million is in different offshore Bank accounts while the
rest are with Private Deposit & Trustee companies with:- USD50 Million is in
England, USD100 Million is in Spain, USD100 Million is in Arabia, USD80
Million is in United Arab Emirate and the balance USD170 Million 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. I seek your
good will & assistance to receive and invest these funds into profitable
business investment in your country to facilitate future survival for me and
my family abroad. I am counting on your absolute transparency, honesty and
confidentiality which this transaction deserves while looking forward to
your prompt reply here .
I await your Urgent Reply.
Wassalam & Best Regards,
PRINCE FAYAD H. BOLKIAH
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM.
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