419 scam: enrico koshy <enricokoshy01@rogers.com> BUSINESS INVESTMENT!!!!!

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million british pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447045708810 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: enrico koshy <enricokoshy01@rogers.com>
Reply-To: enricokoshyprivate1@videobank.it
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 10:45:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: BUSINESS INVESTMENT!!!!!

BUSINESS INVESTMENT!!!!!

From: Mr.Enrico Koshy

10-11 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6LB.
London-United Kingdom

Great Britain.

Mobile Cell +447045708810

Greetings,

With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings,and I hopeful that this
mail will meet you in good time. However strange or surprising this contact
might seems to you, I humbly ask that you take due consideration of it's
importance and the immense benefit it will be to us (YOU AND I ). If this
proposal do not meet your personal or desired business ethics kindly accept my
sincere apology, nevertheless, I strongly believe that it will.

I am Mr.Enrico Koshy.I am an account officer to Mr. Rafik Hariri, Born in Lebanon in 1944, the late Rafik Hariri was a Lebanese self-made billionaire and business tycoon, and was five times Ex-Prime Minister of Lebanon. You can view this site for confirmation.( http://www.rhariri.com/general.aspx?pagecontent=biography )

I need your services in a confidential matter regarding money transfer. This requires a private arrangement though the details of the transaction will be furnish to you if you indicate your interest in this proposal. I will be happy to work this deal out with you if you have a corporate or personal Bank Account. I need strong Assurance that you will never let me down, if I transfer this money to your account. The money to transfer is (£19,000,000) Nineteen Million British Pounds for investment expansion in your country; I am constrained to issue more details about this business until your response is received. Mr. Rafik Hariri deposit (£19,000,000) Nineteen Million British Pounds Million British Pounds in a bank here in London and I want to invest this money in your country on your name as my client business partner for the good safety of the fund. The need to move out this money arose when the Ex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that some of the
money held in dormant accounts would be used to fund youth and community projects.

For you can confirm this in the website below. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4017381.stm

I will offer you 45% percent of the (£19,000,000) Nineteen Million British Pounds will be offered to you for your humble assistance,then the rest 55% will be for me,which i will use for a good investment project in your country with your assistance.

Therefore send me those your information below to enable me use it and get you next of kin Application Form from bank, so that you will contact bank for the transfer of this money into your account.
Your Name..........................
Your Home Address.............
Your Age...........................
Sex........................... ............
Your Home Telephone..........
Your Personal Number.........
Fax Number........................ ..
Receiving Country................
Occupation.................... .......

I hope it is acceptable by you? All correspondences will be via email and telephone for now. I am expecting to hear from you, if you are willing to do the business with us, your private phone number is needed. Get back to me, if you found this preposition worthy so that I can update on the next step in actualization of this business transaction. Just try to call me always on my phone number for more discussion concerning this successful plan of our fund transfer process. Please consider this and get back to me as soon as possible my Mobile Cell +447045708810 for further discuss concerning the successful transfer of the fund.

Regards and Respect.

Mr.Enrico Koshy.

Mobile Cell +447045708810

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