419 scam: VERY URGENT <matoyrobinson@gmail.com> Mrs. Elizabeth Godson and Son Jerry Godson

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
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.
- +27781118895 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- confidential@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: VERY URGENT <matoyrobinson@gmail.com>
Reply-To: confidential@webmail.co.za
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 08:24:51 -0700
Subject: Mrs. Elizabeth Godson and Son Jerry Godson

Dear Sir,

Thanks for your attention:

My Name is Mrs. Elizabeth Godson; I know this will be a surprise to
you. Please consider this message as a request from a family in dear
need of your help. I am the Wife of Mr. David Godson, from Sudan
Darfur, My husband Mr. David Godson, was the owner of Omar Sea Food
Industry in Darfur region and a Farm Land in Darfur region and
supplier sea food to the East region counties, until date the Darfur
region of Sudan is rich in mineral resource.

The Government and Rebel Movement are fighting over who will inherit
the Darfur region because of the Oil discovered and Rebel Movement are
killing all the people in Darfur region to enable them inherit this
rich oil region and my husband was murdered in cold blood, our Farm
land, Sea Food Industry was burnt down. Before then, my husband had
moved (US$250.5M) (Two Hundred and Fifty Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) to South Africa for the establishment of
another branch in Johannesburg, the fund was deposited in a private
Security & Finance Company in the name of my son Mr. Jerry Godson as
the beneficiary. My husband was killed because of the Oil discovered
in our Farm Land since the murdererâ€™s, Rebel Movement believed once my
husband is killed they will have no challenge in taking over the land.

Now the Rebel Movement turned against us looking for the remaining
existing family of Godson in order to achieve their aim and objective.
We decided to leave Darfur to South Africa to seek Asylum (Refugees)
all the documents issued when the consignment was deposited has been
handed over to our family Lawyer here in South Africa who assisted my
late husband when the consignment was safely deposited.

The financial laws in South Africa on Refugees do not warrant us to
invest the funds here as we cannot operate any bank account, which is
why we decided to look for a Foreign Partner who will assist us in
moving the funds out of South Africa for my family investment.

We have decided to offer you 25% of the total amount, 5% mapped out to
defray all expenses that will be incurred during the process of
concluding the transaction, while the remaining 70%will be for my
family and will be invested in your country under your management
Immediately you receive this letter, kindly contact us email address
(confidential@webmail.co.za).

I am here with my son, Mr. Jerry Godson; my son has been mandated to
over-see the transaction with the support of my family Lawyer.

Looking forward to hearing from you soonest.

Thanks
Mrs. Elizabeth Godson and Son Jerry Godson
(For the Family)
Tel: +27781118895
E-mail: confidential@webmail.co.za

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