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Nigerian scam

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Also known as: 419 fraud scheme, 419 scam

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advance fee fraud

In advance fee fraud
It was sometimes called 419 fraud, after the relevant section of the Nigerian criminal code. The 419 fraud scheme was a variation of the confidence swindle, which preys on peoples’ greed and naïveté.
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cybercrime

In cybercrime: Internet fraud
…the most famous is the Nigerian, or “419,” scam; the number is a reference to the section of Nigerian law that the scam violates. Although this con has been used with both fax and traditional mail, it has been given new life by the Internet. In the scheme, an individual…
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