An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant...

unable to be united with the mark. The scam then becomes an advance-fee fraud or a check fraud. A wide variety of reasons can be offered for the trickster's...

proceeds. The black money scam is a variation of what is known as advance fee fraud. A Ghanaian native caught perpetrating the scam revealed the tricks...

419 C.E. 419 (number) Advance-fee fraud, also known as the 419 scam, the Nigerian scam, and the Nigerian money transfer fraud Area code 419, which is...

primarily used towards advance-fee fraud, IRS impersonation scams, technical support scams, pension scams, and consumer financial fraud. Scambaiters pose as...

enforcement agency that investigates financial crimes such as advance fee fraud (419 fraud) and money laundering. The EFCC was established in 2003, partially...

civil war. From 2005 to 2009 he was the "ringmaster" of a series of advance-fee fraud schemes that defrauded dozens of individuals out of millions of pounds...

baiting website which focuses on advance-fee fraud. The name 419 comes from "419 fraud", another name for advance fee fraud, and itself derived from the relevant...

Kolorah Blay, 1941–1992) was a Ghanaian con artist. He was a pioneer of advance-fee fraud. He claimed to be worth $47 billion. From the 1960s to 1980s, he is...

Nwude Odinigwe, popularly known as Owelle of Abagana, is a Nigerian advance-fee fraud expert artist and former Director of Union Bank of Nigeria. He is...

victim is instructed to pay a fee to enable the non-existent winnings to be processed. This type is a form of advance-fee fraud and a common email scam. A...

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Chijindu Ajudua is a Nigerian lawyer. He was accused of being an advance-fee fraud scammer. Fred Ajudua, an Ibusa native, studied law and graduated from...

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offence is covered by article 419, which has now lent its name to the advance fee fraud. The title of two popular Hindi films - Chachi 420 (in English: Trickster...

Thrillist. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-20. Advance fee fraud at Metropolitan Police Service Fraud Letters Flood State (February 13, 1910), Minneapolis...

"Mobile tower fraud" may be defined as a type of mass marketing fraud with advance fee fraud characteristics, where the central scheme is the installation...

(special fraud unit) in which role she recorded the first conviction for Advance Fee Fraud in Nigeria. She led the West African delegation on Advance Fee Fraud...

Pump-and-dump scams differs from many other forms of spam (such as advance fee fraud emails and lottery scam messages) in that it does not require the...

Alberta, who dies in a car accident after becoming embroiled in an advance-fee fraud scam that has left his family destitute. Following his death, his...

malicious software. The objective may be identity theft, or worse (e.g., advance fee fraud). Some spam attempts to capitalize on human greed, while some attempts...

gives an advice on the fraud related to currency: Advance fee fraud Debt elimination fraud Nigerian fraud Cashier's check fraud Ficitious banking High...

(June 21, 2011). "Advance Fee Fraud and Fake Lotteries". 419 Scam. Retrieved February 12, 2014. "Gold and Silver Bullion Bankruptcies, Fraud, Government Actions...

FriendFinder, a commercial dating website Advance-fee fraud, a confidence trick in which the target is persuaded to advance relatively small sums of money in...

A lottery scam is a type of advance-fee fraud which begins with an unexpected email notification, phone call, or mailing (sometimes including a large...

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"hitman" will be forced to go through with the plan. This is less an advance-fee fraud and more outright extortion, but a reward can sometimes be offered...

proved these claims to be false. The crash has appeared in various advance-fee fraud ("419") email scams, in which a scammer uses the name of someone who...

individual of their legitimately won prize.[citation needed] a type of § advance-fee fraud that takes the form of informing an individual by email, letter or...

allowing wire fraud in January 2017 and agreed to pay $586m, for turning a blind eye as criminals used its service for advance fee fraud. Scammers engaging...