Also called the "Advance Fee Fraud" and "419 Fraud"
they were formerly a relevant section of the Criminal Code of
Nigeria, and "The Nigerian Connection".
The Scam starts when the target receives an
unsolicited fax, email, or letter often concerning Nigeria or
another African nation containing either a money laundering or
other illegal proposals. Common variations on the Scam include
overinvoiced or double invoiced oil or other supplies and
service contracts where your Bad Guys want to get the overage
out of Nigeria; crude oil and other commodity deals have left
you in a will; money cleaning where your Bad Guy has a lot of
currency that needs to be cleaned before it can be used and he
needs the cost of the chemicals ; spoof banks where there is
supposedly money in your name already on deposit; paying for a
purchase with a check larger than the amount required and asking
for change to be advanced and ordering items and commodities off
trading and auction sites on the web and then cheating the
seller. The variations of Advance Fee Fraud (419) are very
creative and virtually endless, so do not consider the above as
an all-inclusive list!
For more information check out the The 419 Coalition Website
at
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
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