419 Scam
The 419 scam is an advance-fee fraud named after the relevant article of Nigeria's penal code. It is strongly associated with West Africa, in particular Nigeria, hence the other name of “The Nigerian Scam”.
- 419 Background
- 419 Busts
- 419 Scammer Sightings and Databases
- 419 Dupes
- Scam Baiting
- Other 419 Humor
- DDoS 419
- Report 419
- Discuss 419
419 Background
419 Background in English
419 Coalition - home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
Nigerian 4-1-9 Scam
- www.quatloos.com/scams/nigerian.htm
Nigerian Scam
- www.snopes2.com/inboxer/scams/nigeria.htm
Nigerian Scams - www.nigerianscams.org/
Nigerian Frauds -
www.freemaninstitute.com/419.htm
Nigerian 419 Scam "Game Over!"
- www.brianwizard.com/
scam 419 - www.scam419.com/
Nigeria to tackle
e-mail scams - news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3431637.stm
419 Legal - www.419legal.org/
419 fighters
- home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/fighters.htm
Books and Movies
On 419 - home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/BooksOn419.htm
West African criminal
networks in Southern Africa - www.iss.co.za/Pubs/ASR/10No4/Shaw.html
Western Union
security advice - www.westernunion.com/info/faqSecurity.asp
MoneyGram
consumer protection - www.moneygram.com/MGI/EN/ConsumerProtection/index.htm
The
lure of easy money - www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2005/nov/10/money.scamsandfraud
Online
scams create "Yahoo! millionaires" - money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/05/29/8378124/index.htm
"Is
this email a scam?" FAQ - www.419hell.com/Nigerian_Scam_Baiting/Is_This_a_Email_Scam.html
419 life cycle
- www.nextwebsecurity.com/419LifeCycle.asp
The
Secrets Behind the 'Black Money' Scam - abcnews.go.com/WNT/popup?id=2938230&contentIndex=1&page=1
Scam Warners - www.scamwarners.com/
Worldwide
Slump Makes Nigeria's Online Scammers Work That Much Harder - www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/06/AR2009080603764.html
419 Background in Other Languages
Nigeria-Connection - www.nigeria-connection.de/
- German
Fraude
nigériane - www.radio-canada.ca/actualite/lafacture/240/rept.html
- French
Nigeriabreven – 419
Sverige - www4.tripnet.se/~pingo/419/
- Swedish
419 Government Background
US State
Department on Advance Fee Fraud - www.state.gov/www/regions/africa/naffpub.pdf
- U.S.
Investigating
and Prosecuting Nigerian Fraud (page 40) - www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usab4906.pdf
- U.S.
The
"Nigerian" Scam: Costly Compassion - www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt117.shtm
- U.S.
Advance
Fee Fraud - www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/scams-fraudes/adv-pro-fee-frais-eng.htm
- Canada
West African advance
fee fraud - www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/419.htm
- UK
Nigerian Advance
Fee Fraud - www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/ti121.pdf
- Australia
Economic and Finanical Crimes Commission
- www.efccnigeria.org/
- Nigeria
419 Busts
Biggest
419 bust in history - www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/21/scammers_nabbed/
Nigeria
tackles 419 scammers - www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1439773,00.html
Nigeria
wages war against 419 - www.mg.co.za/article/2005-07-18-nigeria-wages-war-against-419-scams
HON
Maurice 'Morris' Ibekwe Arrested on '419' Charges - www.nigerdeltacongress.com/harticles/hon_maurice_morris_ibekwe_arrest.htm
The
Law Begins to Catch up with 419 E-mail Scammers - www.nigeriavillagesquare1.com/Articles/bamodu2.html
Amsterdam
cops bust 419 ring - www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/protectingid/0,3800002220,39118085,00.htm
Nigerians
running lucrative swindles - www.post-gazette.com/localnews/20040118scammerlocal5p5.asp
Nigerian
fraudsters jailed for $240m bank sting - management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39154412,00.htm
419er jailed
for 376 years - www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/14/419er_jailed/
US
demands extradition of ‘419 scammers’ from Europe - www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/23/419_scammers_extradition/
$2m
419 spam scammer in the slammer - www.v3.co.uk/vnunet/news/2161844/419-spam-scammer-slammer
'I
Go Chop Your Dollar' star arrested - www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/02/419_singer_caught/
Dutch
police arrest 111 West Africans in 419 clampdown - www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/18/dutch_arrest_419_suspects/
Dutch
police arrest six in 419 scam - www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/09/dutch_419_arrests/
Nigerian held
for lottery fraud - www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1225882
Two
conmen in dollar bill hoax arrested - archive.gulfnews.com/articles/03/12/01/104237.html
Dutchman's
dreams shattered by e-mail con, court told - business.scotsman.com/computercrime/Dutchmans-dreams-shattered-by-email.2625936.jp
Six
arrested over 'Nigerian email' frauds - news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,2110589,00.htm
419 Scammer Sightings and Databases
419 Database - www.naspa.com.au/scam.htm
Nigerian
Scam Letter Exhibit - www.quatloos.com/cm-niger/nigerian_scam_letter_museum.htm
Nigerian Fraud Email Gallery - potifos.com/fraud/
"419" Scam Hall of Shame
- www.joewein.de/sw/419scam.htm
How Not to Become
a Multi-Millionaire (419 archive) - w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/~wm/wm-419.html
Variations on
the Nigerian 419 scam - www.tip.net.au/spam/Nigerian-419-Scam.html
419 Known
Operatives - www.fraudwatchinternational.com/419-operatives/
URGENT
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE - www.cockeyed.com/citizen/nigeria/nigerian_june.html
The Nigerian '4-1-9' money
scam - lucas.ucs.ed.ac.uk/Begging/
Example 419
Email Frauds - www.spikynorman.dsl.pipex.com/index_date.html
Nigerian Scam Mail
Archives - www.nigerianspam.com/mail-archives.html
MuguWise Database
- www.lumbercartel.nl/mugu/?p=browse
Scamdex - www.scamdex.com/
Nigerian Schemes - www.nigerianschemes.com/
Scam of the Day - scamoftheday.com/
419 Dupes
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/9753
Scam Baiting
In what has been referred to as the “Internet Bloodsport”, unsuspecting scammers have their scam reflected back at them.
Scam Baiting Pages
Scam o Ramo presents The Lads from
Lagos - www.scamorama.com/
The Nigerian Letters
- sweetchillisauce.com/nigeria.html
The Chaos Project - connect.to/thechaosproject
- mirrors: 1
Zach Beane vs. Abed Solomon - www.xach.com/togo/
419 Eater - www.419eater.com/
The Nigerian
Spam Letters - thespamletters.com/search.php?search=Nigerian
David Lee Roth vs. The Lads
- geocities.com/scamjokepage/
The Adventures of Wendy Willcox
- willcoxinfo.bravepages.com/
- mirrors: 1
2
Mugu Baiter - geocities.com/mugubaiter/
The Emerging Art Of Reversing
The Scam - geocities.com/zenknight2002/
The Brad Christensen
Exhibit - www.quatloos.com/brad_christensen.htm
The Nigerian
Scam... and the fun you can have with it - www.pagenumberone.co.uk/articles/scam.htm
Scarlett Barker vs. The
Lads - geocities.com/scarlett_barker/
The Rev. Elmer Fudd - geocities.com/elmerfudd640/
Dr Frank E Stein vs. Hellen
Vincent - geocities.com/frank_e_stein2002/
Conversations
with a Nigerian Bank Scammer - geocities.com/lapetitelesson/cs/conversation.html
Scam Junky - geocities.com/scamjunky/
Lads of Lagos - www.ladsoflagos.com/
Grimcity goes to Lome -
www.grimcity.com/lome.html
Africanscam - www.africanscam.co.uk/
Ebola Monkey Man - www.ebolamonkeyman.com/
Henry Dugan vs. The 419 Scammers
- henrydugan.tripod.com/
Scam Slammers -
www.angelfire.com/ri2/scamslammers/
Harry Blumpkin vs. The Scammers
- geocities.com/harryblumpkin/
Fighting Back at
419 Scammers - www.nigerian419fraud.freeserve.co.uk/
Udo Watt, Scam Baiter
- geocities.com/scambaiter2003/
Whats the Bloody Point?
- www.whatsthebloodypoint.com/
Index of Stupid
Crooks - geocities.com/fiercelambie/nigeriahome.html
Conference Scam 2003
- geocities.com/nigeria419scam/
PC
builder takes 419ers for £171 - www.theregister.co.uk/2003/06/18/pc_builder_takes_419ers/
Letters from Ghana
- www.dogzine.net/NewDogzine_Editor.html
Dick
Serkumsizer - geocities.com/cola_andrews/dickvrose/danladi_fini.htm
Donkki Punch - geocities.com/donkki_punch/
Taunting the
419 Scammers - geocities.com/marxistdetective/taunting.htm
419 Scam Page - geocities.com/uhall/419scam.html
Bait a Mugu - baita.mugu.co.uk/
Mugus - www.mugus.com/
Jien-Yu Wan: My life in Crime
- geocities.com/jienyuhui/
George the Monkey
- www.george.site.btinternet.co.uk/
Mugumania - mugumania.1hwy.com/
1-Cindy LouWho vs Sam I Am -
www.419exposed.4t.com/
Monkey Spit Scam Baiting
- www.monkeyspit.net/inbox/
419 fun - www.419fun.com/
Vinnie the Pooh Meets
the Lads from Africa - geocities.com/mikepukuotukas2003/
Conversations with a Nigerian Bank Scammer
- www.yrad.com/
Scambuster.co.uk - www.scambuster419.co.uk/
Scam2Scammers - www.kotisivut.org/spam/
Miss Young's 419.bittenus.com - 419.bittenus.com/
Goofing With Nigerian Scammers
- donnyo3.tripod.com/
E. Rection and Co.
- geocities.com/erectionandcompany/
Trevor and That - geocities.com/trevorandthat/
Chaos on Scammers – Mugus
I have met - geocities.com/coque90210/
Mel Snipe vs. 419 - snipe419.bravehost.com/
Mugus I have annoyed - www.sp0rky-n00b.co.uk/419/
The Kman Site - geocities.com/hay_jablome/
Got Mike? - geocities.com/got_mike2004/
Spoof the Nigerian
Spam Scams - www.nowscape.com/suck/NIGERIAN_SCAM.htm
The Wall of Mugu -
www.lumbercartel.nl/fouronenine/
419 Baiter - www.419baiter.com/
419 Zeros - www.419zeros.com/
Nigerian
Scammer Payback - www.craigslist.org/about/best/lax/119838685.html
Nigerians get sloppy and hilarity
ensues - www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3
Scam Baiter Haven - scambaiterhaven.blogspot.com/
theScamBaiter - www.thescambaiter.com/
Scambait International - scambait.memebot.com/
419 game - 419game.freepgs.com/
Sports
phishing for beginners - www.beskerming.com/downloadable/reports/Beskerming_Phishing_Report_Jan_07.pdf
419Hell - www.419hell.com/
Scam Baiting Tips
Scammer Baiting Hints
& Tips - www.419eater.com/html/baiting.htm
Scambaiting Pointers
- www.scamorama.com/pointers.html
Scambusting Tips -
www.scambuster419.co.uk/tips.htm
Gilbert's Guide
to Sending Money to Scammers - www.scambuster419.co.uk/moneytransfer.htm
Want To Try Scam-baiting? -
www.419fun.com/tips.htm
Scam Baiting - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_baiting
Scam
Baiting Tips - www.419hell.com/Nigerian_Scam_Baiting/Scam_Baiting_Tips.html
Scam
Baiting Links - www.419hell.com/Nigerian_Scam_Baiting/Scam_Baiting_Links.html
Scam Baiting Warnings
Whistleblowing scambaiters
- www.geocities.com/whistleblower_419/
Scam Baiting Forums
Nigerian
Scam Baiting Message Board - b4.boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?user=akerenx
419eater user forums - forum.419eater.com/forum/
ScamBaits Forum - www.scambaits.net/forum/
theScamBaiter forums -
www.thescambaiter.com/forum/
Nigerian “Fego” Slang
If you want to really understand your 419 spammer mark, you need to know his language.
Fego Slang - geocities.com/fegosian/slangs.html
Nigerian Slang
- www.angelfire.com/ca/jdeyi/Slang.html
Pidgin
English Phrases - www.ngex.com/personalities/babawilly/dictionary/pidgina.htm
Other 419 Humor
Business Proposal Generator
- www.flooble.com/fun/proposal.php
Business Reply Generator
- www.flooble.com/fun/reply.php
419 Scam Generator - www.liloia.com/419/
3rd Annual Nigerian EMail Conference
- j-walk.com/other/conf/
Joe Nigerian
- www.thespeciousreport.com/2003_joenigerian.html
How to become rich dotcom
- home.arcor.de/ktdykes/wafrica.htm
Andy Warhol (style)
Mugu01 - geocities.com/eatasian/index04.html
Enron Chairman
Quits to Join Nigerian Firm - www.satirewire.com/news/jan02/scam.shtml
University of Nigeria
- www.universityofnigeria.com/
“Request”
- www.zefrank.com/request/index_better.html
Which Nigerian
Spammer Are You? - bbspot.com/News/2004/04/nigerian_quiz.php
I Go Chop
Your Dollar (song) - www.tlcafrica.com/I_go_chop_your_dollar1.mov
The epic tale of Gwammi
Mufasta - www.collegehumor.com/video:1710265
DEAR SIR/MADAM - dearsirmadam.com/
DDoS 419
Report 419
Reporting links are listed at Reporting 419 Fraud.
Discuss 419
Dubious business
offers - forums.delphiforums.com/wafrica/messages/
Nigerian 4-1-9 Forum
- www.quatloos.com/nigerian419forum.htm
419 Legal forum - www.419legal.org/
Nigerian Scammers using
IP Relay - forum1.aimoo.com/ip_relay_scams
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