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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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  • glebovich@gawab.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Brian Glebovich <glebovich004@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: Glebovich@Gawab.com
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 13:51:09 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Please Assist Me


Dear sir,



Please take some time off your busy schedule to read and respond to this email as soon as possible.


I have an urgent need for your assistance due to recent developments here, I will disclose my identity to you and also how I got your contact as soon as I am sure that you will not use such informations against me, but I am presently serving in Iraq, and will also send you adequate and confirmable proof of my identity.


I have to urgently evacuate money,totaling US$33,700,000(thirty three million, seven hundred thousand US dollars) all in US$100 bills out of here to a safe country as soon as i can have some assistance.



SOURCE OF MONEY:

Some money in various currencies were discovered concealed in barrels with piles of weapons and ammunitions at a location near one of Saddam,s old palaces during a rescue operation several months ago, and it was agreed by the few of us present that the money be shared amongst us, this was an illegal thing to do though, but I tell you what? no compensation can make up for the risks we are taking with our lives in this hell hole.


The above figure was given to me as my share, and for several reasons, concealing this volume of cash here has been a big problem/source of distraction to me.


I have now found a secure way of getting the money out to a safer country, if I have somebody to take up the project from there, I will discuss this with you if I am sure that you are sincerely willing to assist me, and that you will honour my conditions, mostly as regards taking care of my share, I am offering you 5 million dollars ($5,000,000) as your share for rendering this assistance.


One request I will make to you is that you keep this information to yourself, should you have reasons to reject this offer, please destroy this mail as any leakage will be too bad for us.


I want to have a very peacefull retirement life after my service here, and I rely so much on this fortune to provide that for me.


I will continue with this as soon as you signify your intention to work with me.

Please get back to me at my private email:(Glebovich@Gawab.com)



Respectfully,



Brian Glebovich

- Brian Glebovich

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