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	419 Scam Types - Nigerian Advanced Fee Fraud Scams
		Classic 419 Scam: The 419er has or can gain access to a large sum of money by some means and he/she needs the financial and personal help of the target, in return for a percentage of the funds, to get the necessary transactions processed and get monies out of the country.
		Disaster 419 Scam: The 419er says someone has been killed in a plane crash, earthquake, tsunami, or other disaster, leaving a large sum of money behind which can be claimed by the target or split between the target and the 419er if the 419er can be advanced the monies necessary to process the transaction.
		Reload 419 Scam: The 419er approaches a target who has already been 419ed and offers the target another type of 419 deal to enable the target to "replace" his/her lost monies or the 419er claims has can bring the previous deal to fruition, if necessary fees are paid by the target.
	www.nextwebsecurity.com /419ScamTypes.asp (1136 words)

	Metropolitan Police Service - Fraud Alert
		Advance fee fraud or '419' fraud (named after the relevant section of the Nigerian Criminal Code) is a popular crime with the West African organised criminal networks.
		These scams have come to be associated in the public mind with Nigeria due to the massive proliferation of such confidence tricks from that country since the mid-eighties, although they are often also carried out in other African nations, and increasingly from European cities with large Nigerian populations, notably London and Amsterdam.
		The laws from Section 419 and laws in place in other jurisdictions criminalising the offences do not scare away the criminals who profit from these crimes.
	www.met.police.uk /fraudalert/419.htm (387 words)

	mymoney.iafrica.com \| scamwatch New 419 scam angle
		In the 419 scam, the intended victims are approached by people claiming to be West African businessmen and offering a share of a vast unclaimed fortune.
		The Nigerian 419 scam (named after the record number of the FBI files pertaining to the scam) has been doing the rounds for over 20 years.
		The latest 419 scam offers the recipient a share in the fortune of an Iraqi landowner, called Farouk Al-Bashar, who wants to get his family's money out of Baghdad for fear of it being lost in a bombing raid on the capital.
	mymoney.iafrica.com /scamwatch/229056.htm (601 words)

	Advance fee fraud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These scams have come to be associated by the western media with Nigeria due to the massive proliferation of such confidence tricks from that country since the early 1990s, as well as the reputation of the country for corruption.
		A variant of the scam will appear to be sent by a lawyer representing the estate of some long-lost relative the victim never knows he or she had (the victim's surname will be inserted into the e-mail message) who perished along with his or her family in a car or airplane accident last April.
		The rest of the scam is the same as other fake check/wire transfer scams, where a fake check or money order for more than the agreed price is sent to the victim, then the scammer requests that the victim wire the balance back to him or someone he owes a debt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nigerian_419 (6508 words)

	CIAC Scam Chains
		Scams seem to be a growth industry on the Internet lately with Phishing scams at the top of the list and the Nigerian 419 scam not far behind.
		Scam messages appear to come from a legitimate person or company but are really from a scammer out to get your money or your identity.
		This jury duty scam is the latest in a series of identity theft scams where scammers use the phone to try to get people to reveal their Social Security number, credit card numbers or other personal confidential information.
	hoaxbusters.ciac.org /HBScams.shtml (8563 words)

	Scam Joke Page
		He is a master of scamming the scammer.
		US State Department Advance Fee Fraud Info: What exactly is the 419 Scam.
		Crimes of Persuasion - More information about the 419 Scam (and other scams).
	www.geocities.com /scamjokepage (342 words)

	419 Scam Showcase
		This is a very typical and classic 419 scam involving the death of someone with lots of money.
		Swiss Lotto - I'm not sure lotto scams should be classified with 419 scams, but I don't receive enough of them to create a dedicated category for them.
		I get these ocassionally, and I suspect they are similar to 419 scams in that someone is trying to scam money from the recipients of these message in one way or another.
	www.homesfornh.com /internet/419-scams-showcase.html (2128 words)

	Nigerian Frauds 419 -- "Scam Central"!
		If scam artists were to put their energy into something legal, they could be a credit to the national business community and ultimately Africa's economy.
		But the scam artists claimed that the documents were never returned, trying to heap a ton of "guilt" in the direction of the sender.
		The scam artist will then calmly say, "Go ahead and threaten to bring the strong arm of the law upon me. I will then tell them how you were ready to engage in an illegal activity, dealing with illegal funds.
	www.freemaninstitute.com /419anatomy.htm (3500 words)

	419 Zeros \| Home
		You have received an advance fee fraud letter, or 419 scam letter as it’s also known.
		419 is the relevant criminal code for fraud in Nigeria.
		It is becoming increasingly popular to correspond with the con artists that send these letters in order to reverse the scam and have some fun with them.
	www.419zeros.com (158 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Nigerian Scam
		In another form taken by the Nigerian scam, a church or religious organization is contacted by a wealthy foreigner who says he desires nothing more than to leave his considerable fortune to that particular group.
		The scam is known as the Nigerian scam, but many countries are routinely named as the homelands the appeals originate from.
		The undisputed headquarters of the scam is Nigeria, with some of the cons progressing so far as to have the victims fly to that country to meet with the "officials" they are purportedly assisting.
	www.snopes.com /crime/fraud/nigeria.asp (2197 words)

	Nigerian 4-1-9 Scam
		The scam starts with a bulk mailing or bulk faxing of a bunch of identical letters to businessmen, professionals, and other persons who tend to be of greater-than-average wealth.
		This scam is often referred to as the 4-1-9 scam, ironically after section 4-1-9 of the Nigerian Penal Code which relates to fraudulent schemes.
		One of the funny aspects of this scam is the scam within the scam within the scam.
	www.quatloos.com /scams/nigerian.htm (1452 words)

	419 Scam tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		There will be opportunities to interact socially with scammers (most of them are very polite and easy to converse with), but don’t be surprised if they introduce you to a scam, you really can’t blame them for it, to them it’s an automatic reflex.
		If you are a 419 victim don’t expect to meet your scammers during one of the tours, without preparations the odds for that to happen are very low.
		But in the 419 scamcenters of Europe there is at any given moment during the day enough scam activity in progress or new started.
	www.ultrascan.nl /html/419_scam_tour.html (663 words)

	419 SCAM (Adobe Reader) ebook Tive, Charles Diesel eBooks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The "419" scam is an aspect of transnational financial crime with a 'modus operandi' peculiar to the Nigerian swindler.
		The most recurrent type of transnational "419" scam is the "advance fee fraud".
		The "fl money" scam is almost as popular as the advance fee fraud and is sometimes, practiced in continuation of advance fee scam.
	www.diesel-ebooks.com /cgi-bin/item/059585737X (466 words)

	Information Security: frauds and scams
		Some commentators on the scam have speculated (usually with tongue in cheek) noted that there must be an epidemic of keyboards with broken Caps Lock keys in Nigeria.
		The consensus among government and law enforcement officials around the world, as well as information security experts is that despite the many countries that "419" messages appear to originate from, the source is, in fact, in Nigeria, although Amsterdam, in the Netherlands appears to be a center of activity in recent years as well.
		Whether this is true or not, it has been alleged that the reason the Nigerian government allows the scam to continue is that it is estimated to be the third or fourth largest source of revenue for the Nigerian economy.
	www.upenn.edu /computing/security/advisories/419scam.html (1064 words)

	Nigerian Scams - 419 Scam Information
		Nigerian, or "419", scams are one of the most common types of fraudulent email currently hitting inboxes.
		The scams are also known as "419 scams" after the appropriate part of the Nigerian criminal code.
		In spite of the longevity of this type of scam and the large amounts of publicity that it has received, many people around the world are still being conned out of substantial sums of money.
	www.hoax-slayer.com /nigerian-scams.html (977 words)

	Nigeria - The 419 Coalition Website
		Ultrascan accompanied their compilation of 419 Statistics for 2005 with a press release that serves as an excellent short summary of the modes of 419er operations.
		Basically, the UK has decentralized 419 reporting and does not want to hear from people unless there has been a loss or a UK bank account or phone number is given by the 419ers.
		419 Coalition appreciates immensely the contributions of the media in fighting 419, as publicity and education are two of the best ways currently available to fight 419.
	home.rica.net /alphae/419coal (2416 words)

	"Advance Fee" Nigerian Frauds (419) "Scam Central"!
		The specifically business-related scams entice small to mid-sized business people or faith-based organizations to pay advance fees to bid on non-existent contracts, or to give money to pay fees associated with moving money to their bank account.
		The 419 scams are truly sad, because there are so many wonderful people in Africa.
		Charity Scam 419 in which the target is told that the persecuted Nigerian Christians or Muslims, etc, (depending upon the target organization) need to get their money out of the country before it is seized.
	www.freemaninstitute.com /419.htm (3499 words)

	Nigerian e-mail scams. - By Brendan I. Koerner - Slate Magazine
		This swindle is commonly known as "419 fraud," after the section of the Nigerian penal code covering cons.
		The U.S. government is so rankled by 419 spam that it's given the Nigerian government an ultimatum: Do something about the problem by November or face economic sanctions.
		Someday 419 will abate, when young, educated Nigerians have better economic prospects and foreign Internet users get it through their thick skulls that, no, you're not going to rake in millions by flying to Nigeria and fronting some stranger your life savings.
	www.slate.com /id/2072851 (1666 words)

	419
		It is also referred to as "Advance Fee Fraud", "419 Fraud" (Four-One-Nine) after the relevant section of the Criminal Code of Nigeria, "The Fax Scam" and "The Nigerian Connection" (mostly in Europe).
		The Scam operates as follows: the target receives an unsolicited fax or letter from Nigeria containing either a money laundering or other illegal proposal OR you may receive a Legal and Legitimate business proposal by normal means.
		Although there is a 419 investigative team of the RCMP based in Ottawa, this is NOT where citizens should direct complaints or inquiries.
	www.priveye.com /419.htm (1341 words)

	Scam 419 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Scam 419, the state of the art of the world wide cheating
		The so-called scam 419 is a fraud invented in Nigeria and performed by thousands of scam artists.
		Millions of people all over the world have received emails from pseudo-Nigerian authorities saying that they had large sums of money and that they needed a bank account off-shore to launder said large sum of money, generally many millions of dollars.
	www.scam419.com (135 words)

	Word Spy - 419 scam
		The classic 419 scam asks the victim to help some hapless relative of a deposed despot get millions of dollars out of the con artist's country.
		The most recent racket involves "419" scams, so named because they violate section 419 of the Nigerian criminal code.
		Most people think of this as an e-mail scam, but its origins date to the 1980s, when the scammers would send out letters and faxes to businessmen and professionals around the world.
	www.wordspy.com /words/419scam.asp (534 words)

	scambuster419.co.uk: where 419 scam artists meet their match
		However, most of the website is devoted to a number of email exchanges between “Gilbert Murray” (in a variety of guises) and a range of advance fee fraudsters, all of them desperate to get their hands on his money...
		Click here to view pictures of the 419 scammer growing increasingly frustrated as he waits in vain for his victim to turn up.
		I have to admit that I hadn’t heard of Western Union until I was introduced to the world of the 419 scam.
	www.scambuster419.co.uk (703 words)

	The New Yorker: PRINTABLES
		The former Iowa congressman Edward Mezvinsky, who had refashioned himself as an international businessman, was caught up in a 419 scam, and during the nineteen-nineties stole from his law clients, friends, and even his mother-in-law to cover his losses.
		In October, 2002, she had received a 419 e-mail from a man saying he was desperate to get his money out of Nigeria.
		Pellegrini said that Worley’s claims of innocence were undermined by consistent bad conduct—lying to his wife, borrowing from a patient, plotting to avoid taxes, posing as an aviation contractor, claiming to have cancer, and agreeing to bribe Nigerian bank officials.
	www.newyorker.com /printables/fact/060515fa_fact (4824 words)

	the 419 Scam: basis, statistics, regulation
		Examined objectively the fraud sounds deeply implausible - why would Yasser Arafat's widow ask you, a total stranger, to launder her loot - but it is a scam that judging by complaints to regulatory agencies appears to have gulled a considerable number of people.
		It is for example estimated that 419 spammers need only a 1% success rate to make a profit and that an individual could easily send around 100,000 messages a day.
		Statistics about the 419 are problematical: perpetrators do not publish information on their demographics or revenue, victims often do not report their losses, successful prosecutions are rare, media coverage is often uncritical.
	www.caslon.com.au /419scamnote.htm (1608 words)

	The "Nigerian" Scam: Costly Compassion
		And according to the FTC, the scam artists are playing each and every consumer for a fool.
		Claiming to be Nigerian officials, businesspeople or the surviving spouses of former government honchos, con artists offer to transfer millions of dollars into your bank account in exchange for a small fee.
		More information about Nigerian Advance-Fee Loan scams is available from the U.S. Secret Service (www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml) and the U.S. Department of State (www.state.gov/www/regions/africa/naffpub.pdf).
	www.ftc.gov /bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/nigeralrt.htm (449 words)

	Wired News: Meet the Nigerian E-Mail Grifters
		While swearing he needed to clear his conscience and "make amends" by revealing how the scam works, Taiwo was also quick to insist that he did nothing more than write letters intended to lure victims into the scam.
		The business is officially known to law enforcement agents as "Advance Fee fraud" or "419 fraud," after the section of the Nigerian penal code that specifically prohibits the con game.
		Taiwo said he began composing letters for his family's 419 operations eight years ago when he was 11, after discovering he enjoyed "playing with words." He's now attending school in New York City and plans to become a journalist.
	www.wired.com /news/culture/0,1284,53818,00.html (845 words)

	The Advance Fee Fraud/Nigerian 419 Scam - Sierra Leone Web
		It is perhaps better known worldwide as the "Nigerian 419 Scam" after an article in the Nigerian criminal code which deals with fraud.
		By the time you realize you have been taken, your money has been moved to an offshore account and the scam artist has moved on to his next victim.
		There are a number of other variations on the 419 scam, but all have only one aim: to part you from your money.
	www.sierra-leone.org /scams.html (309 words)

	Nigeria E-Mail Scam aka 419 Scam @ Re-QUEST dot Net (tm)
		A "Con" is short for a "Confidence Game" and consists of a scam or swindle perpetuated by fraud or deceit, and involves at least one victim (the Mark) and at least one con man (the Grifter).
		Most commonly, however, it is simply refered to as a "419 scam" and comes in many different forms, the Nigeria scam being just one of them.
		One new form of this scam includes the Grifter representing they are an foreign attorney/barrister and the Mark has become heir to someone with the same sir name and no other heirs can be found abroad and, thus, the Mark stands to inherit the entire estate (always in the millions of dollars).
	www.re-quest.net /internet/myths/nigeria/index.htm (2861 words)

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