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Public Awareness Advisory Regarding "4-1-9" or "Advance Fee Fraud" Schemes
U.S. Secret Service explains this type of fraud, often perpetrated by Nigerian nationals. The scheme involves an offer to allow the victim to share in millions of dollars in return for assisting with its transfer out of the country.
http://www.treas.gov/usss/alert419.shtml
Greater Things: Nigerian / 419 Scam
The experience of a businessman fooled by this scam. Contact is initiated via letter, fax, or email offers of millions of dollars in compensation for holding even more millions of dollars in your bank account.
http://www.greaterthings.com/News/NigerianScam/
Avoid Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud
The Minnesota Attorney General's office describes how the scheme works, and tells businesses, nonprofits, and individuals what they can do if they receive an offer through the mail to transfer money out of a foreign country.
http://www.ag.state.mn.us/consumer/kyr/KYR_Aug02.htm
Crackdown on £8.4m African sting
The idea of the African elite offering untold riches to strangers via e-mail or fax may seem absurd, but the National Criminal Intelligence Service says that victims are losing millions of pounds. [Scotland on Sunday]
http://www.scotlandonsunday.com/uk.cfm?id=258082003
Nigerian Letter Scam
Detailing how the scam works, wherein victims are contacted by mail, fax, or email with an offer of a share of millions of dollars, to be transferred into their bank account. From the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/scams/nigerian_e.htm
3rd Annual Nigerian EMail Conference
A humourous look at Nigerian e-mail scams.
http://j-walk.com/blog/docs/conference.htm
Scam 419
An online database of scam 419 letters, explanation of how the scam operates, all the necessary links related to the 419 fraud.
http://www.scam419.com/
Scamjunky
Join Dick Pleasure and his friends as he winds up Nigerian 419 scam artists by e-mail.
http://www.geocities.com/scamjunky/index.html
The Kizombe Correspondence
Transcript of correspondence between the site owner and a perpetrator of the Nigerian email scam.
http://www.savannahsays.com/kizombe.htm
Letters From Ghana
Read how one man played along with the Nigerian email scam.
http://www.dogzine.net/NewDogzine_Editor.html
Meet the Nigerian E-Mail Grifters
Reporter Michelle Delio investigates who's behind the Nigerian email scams. [Wired News]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,53818,00.html
ISCS Corporation and Receiver Corporation
Info about an alleged employment and job training scam running in Chicago.
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/chicagotruth
Nigerian Scams
Describes some variations of the "Nigerian Scam," scam indicators, typical opening lines, phone numbers mentioned, web sites used by the scammers. Names, company names, and e-mail addresses used by the gangsters.
http://www.nigerianscams.org/
A Business Reply
Plug in name, country, and dollar amount to instantly generate a long-winded reply to dubious business proposals.
http://www.flooble.com/fun/reply.php
FW - Investment Consulting
Examples of business financing fraud (based on advance fees) and other fraudulent schemes.
http://noriainternational.com/investment-consulting/
Fighting Back at Nigerian 419 Advance Fee Fraud Scammers
Having fun with the e-mail scammers who promise you a fortune.
http://www.nigerian419fraud.freeserve.co.uk/
419 Eater
Tips on scamming the scammers.
http://www.419eater.com/
Nigerian Fraud Email Gallery
An archive of several hundred scam letters, with date received, names of supposed senders, country where the money is supposed to have originated, and amount.
http://www.potifos.com/fraud/
The 419 Coalition
Devoted to fighting the advance money scam, in which victims are offered millions for allowing an even greater sum to be deposited in their bank account, but end up having their accounts drained or being fooled into advancing fictitious taxes, fees or bribes.
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
Nigeria Scam Alert
Details on common scams arising out of Nigeria, usually initiated with a fax or email to the victim, and how the offers that sound too good to be true not only are, but can put you in danger or ruin you financially.
http://home.pacbell.net/jpaladin/
I crave your distinguished indulgence (and all your cash)
The author describes the mass of offers he has received from African nations, offering him a share of millions, with a description of how the scam works. [Salon]
http://archive.salon.com/people/feature/2001/08/07/419scams/print.html
International Investigation Services, Nigeria Division
Describing the Nigerian advance fee scam, with a searchable database of known names used by persons participating in the fraud, along with an archive of the letters and fake documents they use, and a bulletin board.
http://www.superhighway.is/iis/index.asp
Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud
Detailed information on the scheme, centered largely in Nigeria, wherein people are offered a share of millions of dollars to help transfer the money to their bank account. From the U.S. State Department. [1.04M]
http://www.state.gov/www/regions/africa/naffpub.pdf
419 Fraud.com
Provides information on 419 Nigerian "advanced fee" fraud.
http://www.419fraud.com/
Ivory Coast Fraud
About scam letters from the Ivory Coast offering the victim millions of dollars in exchange for helping a refugee transfer money out of the country. The true story of business partners who were fooled. Site includes scans of documents.
http://www20.brinkster.com/ivorycoastfraud/
What's the Bloody Point ??
Site for turning the tables on Nigerain fraud scammers by stringing them along.
http://www.whatsthebloodypoint.com/
Nigerian Email Scam
Dedicated to making people aware of the Nigerian e-mail scam, and using e-mail to toy with the scammers.
http://www.scambait.com/
419Legal
Advance Free Fraud forums, information and links to fraudulent sites.
http://www.419legal.org
Ebola Monkey Man - Nigerian 419 Scam
Scam-baiting site devoted to the Nigerian Advance Fee scam. Contains adult humor.
http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com
419 Sport: Scammer Hunting
This site has over 1000 scam letters and other useful information to prevent being taken by internet scams. Its primary focus is on 419 or Advance Fee Fraud.
http://www.419sport.tk
Nigerian Money Scams
Several collected sets of correspondence between Nigerian conmen and supposedly naive recipients of their extraordinary offers.
http://sweetchillisauce.com/nigeria.html
Klaas de Vries Jr Helps
Dutch wannabe showbusiness entrepreneur Klaas de Vries Jr.does some wild scambaiting of conmen in Africa.
http://www.klaasdevriesjr.nl/
Adopt-a-Lad. Advance Fee Fraud Scambaiting
How to fight back against advance-fee fraudsters. Scambaiting from Dublin, Ireland.
http://www.geocities.com/adoptalad/
Africanscam.co.uk
Information and links on 419 scams; correcpondence and photographs from some scambaiting projects.
http://www.craigmcateer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scam.htm
419 Fun
FAQ about advance fee scams, tips for aspiring scambaiters and galleries of pictures obtained from scammers.
http://www.419fun.com
Graeme Caselton: Nigerian 419 scam
An explanation of this fraud and why it is dangerous, a running total of how much he has been offered by these spammers, names of the people with millions to give away, excerpts from several 419 e-mails.
http://www.g6csy.net/spam/nigerian.html
Artists against 419
An initiative for internet users to reload pictures from scammers' fake bank sites in order to steal their bandwidth. With information on fake bank sites, how to distinguish them from legit ones, the economics of bandwith theft and announcement of monthly flash mob dates aiming to shut down fake bank sites.
http://www.artists-against-419.mugus.com
Re-Quest.net - Nigeria E-Mail Scam aka 419 Scam aka Advance Fee Fraud
Description of the scam's mechanics, history, senders' aliases, ways to easily identify the scam email, and related links.
http://www.re-quest.net/internet/myths/nigeria/index.htm
Nigerian Fee Fraud
A collection of e-mail from various supposed African dignitaries offering millions of dollars to perfect strangers. Also correspondence where the intended victim pretends to fall for the scam.
http://www.haxial.com/fraud/nigerianfee.html
Scam o Rama Presents the Lads from Lagos
Archive of the first 125 attempts at advance fee fraud received by the site authors, a sarcastic FAQ on the scam, law enforcement and news links, and fighting crime with humor.
http://www.scamorama.com/
Scam Joke Page
Two co-workers string along 419 (advance fee fraud) scam artists, writing back to them under the name of David Lee Roth, president of a Fortune 1000 financial services company.
http://www.geocities.com/scamjokepage/
Useful Information on Advance Fee Fraud a.k.a. 419
Typical 419 come-on letters, and the statement of the Central Bank of Nigeria warning about this fraudulent scheme.
http://nopa.net/Useful_Information/419/
Nigerian Scam
Outlines the basics of this con, mentions variations, gives an example of a typical letter, explains how victims are taken in by this long-running scam. Links to further information.
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/nigeria.htm
Urgent "Nigeria-419" Scam from South Africa
The sender of the e-mail solicitation claimed to be a South African V.I.P., but it was still the Nigerian 419 scam. E.D. Truitt explains why this con game is dangerous.
http://www.etee2k.net/nigeria_419.html
West African Advanced Fee Fraud
What the West African "419" fraud is, how it works, where victims meet up with the criminals operating this scheme, what residents of the UK should do if they receive a 419 letter. From the Metropolitan Police.
http://www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/419.htm
419 Advance Fee Fraud Nigerian Scam
An archive of e-mailed solicitations received, how much the web site owner would have supposedly made by now, which scenarios are used (e.g., dead foreigner, or chemically treated money), explanation of how the scam operates, and links.
http://www.popsubculture.com/pop/bio_project/nigeria-fraud.html
Nigerian Advance Fee or "419" Scam
Profile of one of the longest running scams in the world, and how it works.
http://www.justiceonline.org/consum/nigerian.html
E-Mail fraud scheme: Despite warnings, Americans continue to lose millions to Nigerian con artists
Those official-sounding letters from someone in Africa are too good to be true. Article includes quotes from victims. Also, a sidebar article on the columnist's correspondence with a Nigerian man who claimed to need help to transfer millions of dollars to Amsterdam. [Detroit Free Press]
http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend19_20020419.htm
The 419 Scam/Nigerian Scam
People in academia can be targets of advance fee fraud schemes too. Sample letter, bullet list of common features of a "419" scam, and FAQ. From University of Pennsylvania Computing/Information Security.
http://www.upenn.edu/computing/security/advisories/419scam.html
Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud
Pamphlet from the Australian Institute of Criminology. Press release, abstract, information on ordering the print publication.
http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi121.html
Advance Fee Business Scams
Advice for Americans traveling abroad to conduct business, from the U.S. State Department. What to look out for, common types of scams aimed at businesses or nonprofits, case studies.
http://travel.state.gov/scams.html
Advance Fee Fraud and Banks
Transcript of a talk on this type of fraud from a banker's perspective. In PDF format.
http://www.icclr.law.ubc.ca/Publications/Reports/coll_pa2.pdf
E-Mail Scams: How to Recognize Advance Fee Fraud
The "Nigerian Letter" du jour, interspersed with comments. For the small business owner who might think that just possibly an offer out of the blue for a cut of millions of dollars could be truthful.
http://www.abcsmallbiz.com/bizbasics/misc/nigerian_letter.html
E-mail Tricks from Africa
A collection of "business proposals" from such alleged VIPs as bank directors, government ministers, chieftains, widows of captains of industry, orphans of dictators.
http://www.geocities.com/afrotricks/
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