419 scam: "Mr.Enrico Koshy" <enricokoshyprivate1@videobank.it> CAN I TRUST YOU!!!!!!

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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)
- ",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)
- "my direct line" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
- "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: "Mr.Enrico Koshy" <enricokoshyprivate1@videobank.it>
Reply-To: enricokoshyprivate@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:06:56 +0100
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU!!!!!!

From: Mr.Enrico Koshy.
10-11 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6LB.
London-United Kingdom Great Britain.
Call Me on My Direct Line Tel:+44 70 45708810

Greetings,

Do accept my apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics,
I want to
introduce myself and this business opportunity to you. I am Mr.Enrico
Koshy.I am
an account officer to Late Mr. Rafic 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 wish to know if we can work together in good faith,I would like you to stand
as the next of kin to my deceased client Late Mr. Rafik Hariri who made
deposits of (£19,000,000) Nineteen Million Pounds to our bank. He
died without
any registered next of kin and as such funds now have an open beneficiary
mandate. It is very cardinal that i want you to stand to contact this
fund from
our bank as the original next of kin to my late client.

According to British Government, all dormant account will be
confiscated by law
if it remains dormant without any claim. I therefore solicit for your sincere
cooperation in receiving this fund in your account as the foreign
beneficiary of
the fund, to avoid confiscating of the fund by the British Government.

For details on that visit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4017381.stm.
Now the new prime Minister David Cameron has been elected in
England,and also if
you are interested in this business deal,just update me with your Direct
telephone line and a copy of your valid identification which will be
use in the
lloyds banking group to change the decease person name to your name as the
original claimant to the fund in the custody of the bank.

This transaction will be done in a legitimate procedure within 10
banking days.
The Sharing Modalities will be 50/40,while 10% will mapped out for all the
expenses which might occur during the fund transfer process of your
fund here in
london,And it must be refunded to each parties before sharing modalities. If
you are interested you do let me know so that I can give you Comprehensive
details on what we are to do. I urgently hope to get your response as soon as
possible.

Best regards,

Mr.Enrico Koshy
Call Me on My Direct Line

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