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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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Fraud email example:

From: Trinh Sarl construction <Trinh.Sarl@t-living.jp>
Reply-To: mrs.suzigodwin@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2022 15:58:36 -0800
Subject: Greetings beloved



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Greetings,

I know this message will come to you as a surprise. I am Mrs.Suzi
Godwin, I am from Gorontalo in Indonesia but my husband is from Hanoi in
Vietnam and we live in the United States of America.

My husband Albert Trinh Godwin was the Chairman and CEO of Trinh Sarl a
construction, dredging and heavy building company. We moved to
Washington DC. when my husband got a contract for road construction. My
husband was a good man with a good heart. My husband’s company “Trinh
Sarl '' did most of the dredging and bridge construction in the major
cities of the United Kingdom West London, Ontario Canada, Istanbul
Turkey, etc.

Unfortunately I lost my husband on August 16, 2016 and i moved to the
Miami Florida for treatment due to illness in September 2017 where I
have been struggling with cancer for long time and presently I am
undergoing treatment in Royal Berkshire Cancer Centre,5 Red-lands Rd,
Reading RG1 5AQ, USA where I was transferred to for intensified
attention and my doctor said that the present stage is uncontrollably
and I have a few months more to live which I believe Allah will see me
through.

Before the death of my husband, his Defunct company "Trinh Sarl" handled
contract jobs with the United State Government worth of $6.7 million
dollars, but death took him away before the commissioning and payment
terms date for the contract through Bank of America United States (BOA),
which I wrote to the ministry and the minister about his death and 2
million dollars was made available to me for the wages/expenses of his
company and his interment, which i have been using to take care of my
illness till now.

Dear friend sorry I bore you with my story and pitiable condition but
that is not my problem for now since my illness did not allow me have a
child and as a Muslim I never supported adoption which my husband
suggested before his death.

Now I am in the hospital incapacitated and the bank management has agree
to release the remain balance of $4.7 Million dollars balance to me
which is the United States of America through bank of america my husband
remaining balance payment of $4.7 million dollars has been made
available and demands my presence or authorisation on my next of kin
knowing my health conduction.

Allah be praised, but it is useless to me to have a few more days here
on earth. I feel bad and I wish to distribute this fund to the needy and
helpless to fulfill Zakat and Sadaqah for me that will help me make
passage to heaven.

If you will volunteer and oblige me, I will like to send the remaining
Four million Seven hundred thousand dollars to you so that you will help
me to give it to the poor and the widows over there in your country as
charity in my name as instructed by the Holy Quran and my late husband.
Please do not discriminate on religion, race , ethnicity when handling
this project.

If you are willing by Allah’s mercy and grace to help me please contact
me back through email address (mrs.suzigodwin@gmail.com) for modalities
on how to contact the bank and get the funds securely transferred to
you.

Thanks very much and may Allah bless you,

Mrs. Suzi Godwin.

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