419 scam: "Mr.Enrico Koshy" <enricokoshyprivate@yahoo.com.hk> 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 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)
- "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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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: "Mr.Enrico Koshy" <enricokoshyprivate@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: enricokoshyprivate2@videobank.it
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:56:47 +0100
Subject: BUSINESS INVESTMENT!!!!!

From: Mr.Enrico Koshy

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

Great Britain.

Mobile Cell +447045708810

RE: BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROJECT

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 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
(£15,000,000) Fifteen Million British Poundsfor investment expansion in your
country; I am constrained to issue more details about this business until your
response is received.

Mr. Rafik Hariri deposit (£15,000,000) Fifteen 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 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 really have a question for you?

1. Can i completely trust you in this business transaction?
2. Can you handle this multi-million Pounds project?
3. 40% percent of the (£15,000,000) Fifteen Million British Pounds will be
offered to you for your humble assistance,while 10% will offered to the
charitable organization in your country.

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.

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