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Why is a Nigerian scam called a 419 scam?
419 is a type of fraud named after the article of the Nigerian criminal code under which it is prosecuted.
What are the ratings and certificates for 419 The Nigerian Scam - 2008?
419 The Nigerian Scam - 2008 is rated/received certificates of: Canada:R
What are the release dates for 419 The Nigerian Scam - 2008?
419 The Nigerian Scam - 2008 was released on: USA: 29 July 2008 (West Hollywood International Film Festival) USA: 29 July 2008 (Los Angeles, California) Canada: 28 September 2008 (Edmonton International Film Festival)
What is the 419 scam all about?
The 419 scam, also known as the Nigerian 419 scam, is a type of fraud. It is done through the internet and hits emails claiming you have won money but you need to wire a certain amount in "good faith" before they will release your wind fall.
What is Veniline Finobab?
Looks like this fictitious name is part of a Nigerian 419 scam. Don't respond to emails requesting assistance to procure.
What has the author Brian Wizard written?
Brian Wizard has written: 'Starquill International proudly presents-- Brian Wizard's Nigerian 419 scam \\'
What is a famous online Nigerian scam?
The famous online Nigerian scam, Also known as "Nigerian 419" scam, is a form of money transfer or upfront payment scam. It's named as Nigerian scam, because the first wave of these scams came from Nigeria. The 4-1-9 comes from Nigeria's Criminal Code which outlaws the practice. The scammers use simply method, They ask you to pay them x amount of money that they can transfer big amount of money in your country and you will get part of it. They will ask you to pay fees, taxes or charges, which can start from very low amounts of money. These scammers usually contacted victims by letter or email.
What is 20 percent of 419?
20% of 419 = 20% * 419 = 0.2 * 419 = 83.8
Who is the CFO of Alliance Leicester?
This sounds like you got a Nigerian 419 scam e-mail. It probably stated that the CFO of Alliance Leicester needs your help in delivering 850,000,000. Ignore it, delete it and move on.
Is there a rev father paul Johnson who runs a refugee camp in dakar senegal?
If you received such information in an unsolicited email asking for a donation it is probably a scam of some sort.
What is a 491 scam?
You mean a 419 scam?"A 419 scam is an advance-fee fraud, a confidence trick in which the target is persuaded to advance sums of money in the hope of realizing a significantly larger gain. Among the variations on this type of scamare the Nigerian Letter (also called the 419 fraud, Nigerian scam, Nigerian bank scam, or Nigerian money offer), the Spanish Prisoner, the black money scam as well as Russian/Ukrainian scam (also widespread, though far less popular than the former). The so-called Russian and Nigerian scams stand for wholly dissimilar organized-crime traditions; they therefore tend to use altogether different breeds of approaches."- Wikipedia---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Below is a recent complaint filed regarding a 419 Scam:"Online Scam - Other for $2000.00 on 06/22/2009""Some one pretended to hire me and sent me some false money orders to cash. I was to get paid 10 percent. So i did and sent it to a person over seas. Then i paid the bank back"- Scam Book---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The best thing to do when you receive emails regarding these types of scams is to contact the authorities and report the email, email address and alias of the scam artist. I listed URLs relative to this answer below.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What are the factors of 419?
The positive integer factors of 419 are: 1, 419
