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...

"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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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