An Overview of 419 Scams

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by: David H. Urmann
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Keywords: 419 , scams , Nigeria , Fraud , Victim , Nigerian , Criminal , law ,

Have you ever received unsolicited emails promising millions? It may be a fraud. 419 is a scam, an organized group that operates through the internet and victimizes thousands of unaware preys. Read on and find out how such scams work.

The internet certainly made worldwide communication faster and easier, but it has its downsides, like fraud. Scammers have made big business out of defrauding unsuspecting victims looking for easy money online. It has raised the alert levels already following the many harrowing stories of victims. It also raised information drives to inform people and prevent them from becoming the next preys.

419 is the section of the Nigerian Criminal law that states it is illegal to obtain money under false pretenses. It was only enforced recently. When the oil-based Nigerian economy started to decline in the 1980s, thousands of Nigerians looked to the internet to make quick bucks in a desperately poor economy. What used to be a lengthy scamming process involving the use of letters, fax and telex in the early to mid-1990s now employed the use of emails. Email and the internet have transformed a local fraud activity into one of Nigeria

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