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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:

Fraud email example:

From: mariam gijado <mariam_gijado005@yahoo.it>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:46:19 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Maraim Gijado/ appreciation

My Dearest Mr.Justin Thyme,

Many thank for your quick responce once again, I'm really appreciate your responce, may God continue to bless you and your family, my dear i told you in the first place that the consignment contain money that worth $10,000,000 US Dollars

And the consignment was registered as FAMILY TREASURE to the company before my late father death, and i promise to over you 20% in the total amount immediately the consignment arrive to your address
Because the company have aggred to release the consignment immediately i present my beneficiary that we receive the consignment abroad, that is why i contacted you for the assistance and i need you as my forign partner that the consignment will be ship to in your country, moreover i receive message from the company this morning that i should quickly present my beneficiary to them so that the consignment can be release and ship to my beneficiary, but for now i have'nt responce the message
And need your assistance confirmation first before i can responce to the company,
So if you aggred to assist me in this transaction, i will quickly forward the company contact to you as urgent so that you can contact them for the release and the shipment of the consignment to your address, also remember that i ask you some question yesterday, pls responce to that ok, because am already inform the company that very soon my forign partner we contact them for the release of the consignment, in addition concerning the picture that you request i told you yesterday in my message that i did'nt have access to my father house that is where my pictures is, simply because of my uncle since my father death his request for the consignment, that is the reason why i leave my father house and hide somewhere for now, but i believe that we shall meet very soon when the consignment arrive to your address

Please my dear i need your urgent responce to this message so that i can quickly tell you the next thing to do

Thank you for your willingness to assist me with love and concern

I will be waithing for your urgent responce

Regard From

Mariam Gijado.


















How much are your "family vaulables" worth and do you have any better pictures of yourself?

Justin Thyme

On 8/16/06, mariam gijado < mariam_gijado005@yahoo.it> wrote: My Dearest Mr.Justin Thyme,

Many thank for your quick responce to my request, and with your willingness and readiness to assist me in this transaction may God Almighty continue to bless you and your family Amen

My dear sincerely I'm in need of your urgent assistance in this transaction, why because since my father death my uncle has been distub me concerning the consignment, because he know that i now where my late father lodge the consignmnt before his death

Because of the reason's i left my father house for the security reason's, right now am with my late father Doctor, but i did'nt tell him anything about the consignment, and the Security Company where the consignment was diposited there now ready to release the consignment immediately i present my beneficiary that we received the consignment

My dear before i can forward and introduce you to the company, i really want you to promise me that you will be an assistance to me in this transaction,
Moreover my dear which country are you from? and how old are you? pls my dear do not be offended by asking you all this questions, because this consignment is my last hope, all the remean properties has been claim by my uncle, so i don't want situation that can make me loose this consignment that i the reason why am asking all this from you, pls once again my dear i want you to be honest with me, because am a little young lady that is just coming up in life

And i wan you to take good care of the consignment when the safe box arrived to your address
And promise you that you we not regret that you assist me in this transaction

Thank you once again for your willingness to assist me with love and concern

I will be waithing for your urgent responce

Best Regard From

Mariam Gijado.





















I think I will be needing further prove of your identity, a passport and a recent fulll length photograph plus some prove of the deposit box lodgement and contents.

Justin Thyme

On 8/16/06, mariam gijado < mariam_gijado005@yahoo.it> wrote: FROM MARIAM GIJADO
ABIDJAN-IVORY COAST.


My Dearest Justin Thyme,

Im sending you special greeting which I hope you will accept with warm heart and I know this mail may get to you as a suprise, I decided to write you after going through your profile I like if you dont mind I will like to know you better.

I am mariam gijado from Ivory Coast. I am a being that I lost my father a couple of months ago.My father was a serving director of the Cocoa exporting board until his death . He was assassinated last january by the rebels following the political uprising.

Before his death he gave us documents he used to deposit the consignment with the security company here. The $10 millon is kept in trunk boxes and was registered as FAMILY TREASURE nobody that knows that it is money in the box.only me and my brother.

All the documents with which the money was deposited is with us I am looking for somebody that is capable and willing to assist us to receive the trunk box of money on behalf of me and my brother from the security company I want you to do me a favour to receive this box safe in your country or any safer place as the beneficiary I have plans to do investment in your country, like real estate and industrial production.

We shall be compensating you with 20% of total sum after conclusion of this project, while the rest shall be for us. while the rest shall be for us for investment purposes in your country.

Please if you are willing to assist me and my brother indicate your interest in you replying soonest. Feel free to send me mail now.please kindly contact me in this private mail: mar_gijado005@yahoo.com
Thanks and best regards.

Mariam Gijado,



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