An Email with the Subject "Hello Dear Friend, Have you read my mail.?" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:11:16 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "Prince Abdul Hakeem Bolkiah"<princeabdulhakeem1@gmail.com>.
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Dear friend, Greetings to you, I got your contact detail via business guide of your country. Based on the further explicit investment information about your country from my research, i wish to invest in your country under your supervision. I am Prince Abdul Hakeem Bolkiah, the son of Prince Jeffrey Bolkiah former finance minister of Brunei, the tiny oil-rich sultanate on the Gulf Island of Borneo. I 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’s company (Amedeo Development Corporation) to be declared bankrupt during his tenure in the 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 country to avoid further prosecution from the sultan and his security operatives, but unfortunately for me i was arrested and placed under house arrest by the Sultan, presently i have not access to a phone but I have a Palm hand-held computer from which I am sending you this mail. Some of the guards here are still loyal to me, so they would be my contact with you if there is any document I need to send to you to enable you have access to these funds and invest it for me. Before I was incarcerated, I have already dispatched the sum of Forty Million Euros {EUR 40,000,000.00 ?} in cash through diplomatic arrangement into the custody of European Diplomatic Storage Facility Unit in Luxembourg, for safe keeping abroad. The funds where splinted into two parts and were canceled in two security proof boxes. Firstly, you will be required to travel to Luxembourg to claim the fund consignments / boxes, after which you will proceed to help me invest the funds in your country. I seek your good assistance to invest these funds into profitable investment in your country to facilitate future survival for my family abroad. After due deliberation with my aids we have decided to offer 20% of these funds to you as compensation for your strong cooperation while certain percentage have been mapped out for both local and international expenses that may be incurred during this transaction. Please I count on your absolute confidentiality, transparency and trust, while looking forward to your prompt reply towards a swift conclusion of this transaction. You can visit the following website for a better understanding of this situation:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Jefri_Bolkiah Since there will be an expenditure from your side, I will advice you not to worry about it because you will be reimburse any amount you may spend as to enable this transaction get to it's final dream, for both local and international expenses will be given to you back while you will be part of the beneficiary of any investment made with this cash, to add to that, all this is not part of your financial compensation that will be given to you. During this dispensation please I count on your absolute confidentiality, transparency and trust while looking forward to your prompt reply towards a swift conclusion of this transaction. Finally, your financial compensation will be 20% of the total cash. That is 20% of the {EUR 40,000,000.00 ?} Regards, Prince Abdul Hakeem Bolkiah. Email: princeabdulhakeem@gmail.com