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419 Background
A Five Billion US$ (as of 1996, much more now) worldwide Scam which has run since the early 1980's under Successive Governments of Nigeria. It is also referred to as "Advance Fee Fraud", "419 Fraud".....More
Special Forward by Jay D. Adkisson, Esq.: No less than twice in my career have I been peaceably working in my office when the phone rang, and a client said to me.......More
presented to people/organizations that aid/help these Nigerian/African Scumsters by virtue of their action(s) or lack thereof......More
While this site presumes neither to speak authoritatively about the effect of the scam on North Americans, Europeans, Asians, Africans or Australians, nor to advise governments......More
Nigeria's finance minister has pledged to crack down on the country's notorious e-mail fraud schemes........More
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REGIONAL TRAFFICK
Make sure the person or company you are sending money to (or who you are sending money on behalf of) is someone you know and trust......More
In Lagos, where scamming is an art, the quickest path to wealth for the cyber-generation runs through a computer screen.....More I have an email and I'm not sure if it is a scam or not. Could you please look at it for me?....More
Nigerian advance-fee fraud has been around for decades, but now seems to have reached epidemic proportions: Some consumers have told the Federal Trade Commission......More
Classified advertisements for loan opportunities do not guarantee the legitimacy of a company. Some companies claim.....More
SCD6 Economic and Specialist Crime OCU is issuing warnings, as part of a crime prevention initiative against a type of fraud commonly know as 'West African' or '419' advance fee fraud........More
The EFCC will curb the menace of the corruption that constitutes the cog in the wheel of progress; protect national and foreign investments in the country......More
Nigeria is clamping down on money launderers and "419" email scam artists who have earned the country international notoriety as Africa's fraud capital......MoreNigeria wages war against 419 scams
Nigerian police say they have scored results in a crackdown launched by President Olusegun Obasanjo's government in the past three years on such crime ......More
A ring of alleged 419 scammers got their comeuppance yesterday, courtesy of the Dutch police.......More
A Nigerian 419er was last Friday jailed for 376 years by a Lagos court for "stealing, forgery, impersonation and conspiracy to obtain money by false pretences"......More
$2m 419 spam scammer in the slammer
Police in Amsterdam today claimed that the ringleader of an email scam that stole up to $2m has been arrested in Lagos, Nigeria........More
The Crime Branch's cyber crime cell arrested a Nigerian on Wednesday for duping several unsuspecting internet users by promising them prizes in online lotteries.........More
Scam Letters: 542 different examples!
By date received, with names of supposed senders, country where the money is supposed to have originated, and amount. Many duplicates omitted. Many of these emails have been reformatted for readability; the recipient's email address, and all angle brackets or HTML tags were removed.......More
By date received, with names of supposed senders, country where the money is supposed to have originated, and amount. Many duplicates omitted. Many of these emails have been reformatted for readability; the recipient's email address, and all angle brackets or HTML tags were removed.......More
This is a list of known Nigerian-419 Scam Operatives. If you have more examples, please forward to scams@fraudwatchinternational.comThe Nigerian '4-1-9' money scam
have been getting various begging letters (known as the Nigerian "4-1-9" money scam). I've got so tired of them, I've decided to list them publicly. Here is a years worth, starting from May 28th 2002......MoreExample 419 Email Frauds
If you have received one of these letter - Have a laugh and thow it away.If you have lost a small amount of money - Consider it a private tutor fee for a lesson about fraud.....More
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