Posted on 04/12/2005 10:33:50 PM PDT by dennisw
prince_fayadbolkiah@zipmail.com.br
Greetings, I am Prince Fayad W. Bolkiah, the eldest son of Prince Jefri Bolkiah,former Finance Minister of Brunei, the tiny oil-rich sultanate on the northern coast of the island of Borneo in eastern Asia.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 step brother,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 father 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.
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, but before I could do that I was placed under house arrest by the Sultan and i have no access to a phone but I have a Palm V hand-held computer from which I am sending you this mail.
Before my Incaceration, I went ahead to dispatch the sum of Fifty Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars US$58.5 Million in cash under special arrangement into the custody of a Private security and Trustee company for safe keeping abroad. Hence I seek your good assistance to invest these funds into profitable investment in your country to facilitate future survival for my family abroad.
I have decided to offer 10% of these funds to you as compensation for your strong cooperation. Please I count on your absolute confidentiality,transparency and trust while looking forward to your prompt reply towards a swift conclusion of this business transaction.
I remain yours sincerely, Prince Fayad .W. Bolkiah Brunei Darussalam.
Does anyone know how they make any actual money from these scams? I mean it has to be lucrative for them or they would not be doing it. I know they all ask for your bank infomration- but are banks in the US so stupid that they will wire money to somone from an email with your name and account number alone?
I am tempted to set up a phony bank account just to have fun with these people
THAT is some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen.
I have gotten that twice, I just delete it. Still I am sure there are people who fall for it.
There was an article in Reader's Digest last month about some guy who made the trip to South Africa to cash in on such a letter.
As the plot unfolded he actually became scared for his life. He wound up being taken for thousands of dollars.
It is an amazing read.
There's a sucker born every minute.
See my post #44.
The guy I mentioned went to S. Africa and had to "pay" several "fees" in order collect the money he was helping to launder.
The scammers usually asks the victim to send them money via Western Union.
"Please remit to my lawyer the amount of 2 thousand dollars for attorney fees, bank fees, customs fee. Send it Western Union to this person in Lagos, Nigeria...."
OK heres a dumb question: Does the government in Nigeria do anything abou this?
One of these morons got my fax number and every fews days for about 2 months I would get a fax a 4 in the morning... i was so mad
Yes the government knows. Corruption rules over there.
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