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A Florida man who was financially ruined does not believe that his overseas contacts are con
artists; he blames corrupt governments for dragging out the deal. [Orlando Sentinel]
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/orl-asecnigerian23122303dec23,0,4096704.story
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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/
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419 Eater
Tips on scamming the scammers.
http://www.419eater.com/
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The Good Samaritan's 419 Site
An e-mail collection of the webmaster's exploits in dealing with 419 scammers. Contains e-mail
logs, 419 links, related information and scambaiting tips.
http://tgs.nightmail.ru/
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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/
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FW - Investment Consulting
Examples of business financing fraud (based on advance fees) and other fraudulent schemes.
http://noriainternational.com/investment-consulting/
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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
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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/
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ISCS Corporation and Receiver Corporation
Info about an alleged employment and job training scam running in Chicago.
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/chicagotruth
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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
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Letters From Ghana
Read how one man played along with the Nigerian email scam.
http://www.dogzine.net/NewDogzine_Editor.html
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The Kizombe Correspondence
Transcript of correspondence between the site owner and a perpetrator of the Nigerian email scam.
http://www.savannahsays.com/kizombe.htm
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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
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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/
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3rd Annual Nigerian EMail Conference
A humourous look at Nigerian e-mail scams.
http://j-walk.com/blog/docs/conference.htm
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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
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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
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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
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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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'4-1-9' adds up to financial trouble for scam victims
Military personnel have been targeted by con artists who dangle the lure of receiving millions of
dollars for doing hardly anything. Senior officers in particular may be attractive to these
scammers. [Army News Service]
http://www.dtic.mil/armylink/news/Mar1997/a19970326scam.html
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~gcaselton/spam/nigerian.html
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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
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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/
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419 Fraud.com
Provides information on 419 Nigerian "advanced fee" fraud.
http://www.419fraud.com/
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Advanced Fee Letter Fraud (West African / Nigerian Letters)
Describing how the scheme works, with the victim offered millions in return for allowing the
transfer of a much larger sum into his bank account. Accepting reports of new contacts by email,
with a toll-free hotline for those who have been directly contacted by Nigerian representatives.
http://www.phonebusters.com/Eng/SpotaScam/scams_advanced_fee_letter_fraud.html
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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. [PDF format, 1.04M]
http://www.state.gov/www/regions/africa/naffpub.pdf
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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
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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
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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/
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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/
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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/
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Greater Things: Nigerian / 419 Scam
Contact via letter, fax, or email offers millions of dollars in compensation for holding even more
millions of dollars in your bank account. Details the experience of a businessman fooled by this
scam.
http://www.greaterthings.com/News/NigerianScam/
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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
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