NIGERIAN SCAMS
Nigerian Scams get its name from Section 419 of the Nigerian federal money transfer law these scams violate. 419 scam is everywhere on the Internet and people fall for them every day. 419 scam takes HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS from unsuspecting people lose each year.
How Nigerian Scams work
You receive an e-mail message.
The message is from someone
who claims to have a large sum of money that they need to transfer out of the country.
While this scam originated in Nigeria and the original
Nigerian Scams claim to need to get money out of Nigeria, it is now common for
Nigerian scams to claim to be in many different countries.
Nigerian scams will give some reason why they cannot transfer the money out of the country.
Nigerian scams then ask you to help transfer this money out of his country and, if you help, you will receive a percentage of the money as a fee for your assistance.
Also know as:
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Nigerian email scam
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419 Scams