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New Version of 419 Scam Aimed at Lawyers

This is very interesting – an advance fee fraud scam aimed specifically at lawyers. In this twist on the classic Nigerian 419 advanced free scam, instead of the scammer being the “widow of a deposed dictator”, the supposed damsel in distress is a woman whose “divorce was finalized here in Japan”, and she “wants to retain your professional service.”

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Former Nigerian 419 Scam Artist Tells All in Rare Interview

More than four years ago, we wrote an article about the Nigerian 419 scam and what the scammers think of their victims, in which we concluded that “just in case you weren’t sure about the seriousness of 419 scams …just in case you think that it’s just a few people, and they are going to go away, think again. These scammers are here to stay, they are serious, and their target is…you.” Well, it sure hasn’t gotten any better since then. And here to prove it, from his own lips, a former Nigerian 419 scammer tells all.

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Why Scammers Love Nigeria – the Benefits of Living in Nigeria and the Nigerian 419 Scam

There are a few feactures Of Federal government taxation in Nigeria, along with an overburdened and at times lax penal system, which collude to make Nigeria one of the ideal places to run an advanced-fee scam. In fact, the common name for these scams – 419 scams – comes directly from the Nigerian Penal Code – section 419.

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Greetings from Iraq – the Old 419 Scam Takes on a New, More Personal Twist

“Greetings from Iraq,” the subject line says. Who wouldn’t at least give that a glance the first time they see that in their inbox? And that’s exactly what scammer “Merrill Melvin Hansley”, a supposed security manager of STE,CCPLUS STORAGE SARL storage company in Iraq, is counting on.

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419 Nigerian Scammer Arrested with $4.5 Million

We keep telling you that Nigerian 419 and British Lottery scams work because people actually send these scammers money. In case you didn’t believe us, police in Holland have arrested a Nigerian man over the holidays who is being charged with being involved with a 419 scam, and he had cash amounting to $4,599,577 in his pocket!

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What Nigerian 419 Scammers Think of You

419 scammers are serious about their work, and they think their targets are deserving. Their theme song, “I Go Chop Your Dollars” by Osofia, says it all: “White men, I will eat your dollars.”

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Nigeria Hosts Conference to Deal with 419, Other Nigerian Scams

Nigeria really seems to be doing all the right things to bring under some semblence of control the flood of financial scams which originate within its borders, including the infamous “419 spam scam”. Earlier this month the Nigerian courts sentenced a Nigerian 419 scamstress to 2 1/2 year in jail,…

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419 MadLibs – Scam-O-Matic, the Original Scam Creation Tool

Every once in a while you have to just laugh at the 419 scammers who abound on the Internet.

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Enormous Global 419 Nigerian Scam Bust

In what is being hailed as one of the largest spam&scam busts of the decade, and the biggest 419 bust in history, the FBI and Spanish police have collaborated to arrest three hundred and ten (that’s right, 310) people in Spain, all of whom were connected with an enormous email…

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Mariam Abacha Convicted! Nigerian 419 Scam Fraudstress Jailed

We’ve all seen variations on the theme. “I am Mariam Abacha, widow of the late Nigerian head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha. After the death of my husband who died mysteriously…” They always end with a plea for you to help them get millions of dollars out of Nigeria, in…

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Mugu Marauder: Windows Users Asked to Target Nigerian 419 Scammers – Don’t Do It!

A group calling themselves “Artists Against 419” are asking Windows users to take part in their Mugu Marauder “art” project and take down the scam sites hosted by so-called “419 scammers”. The “Mugu” in “Mugu Marauder” apparently is the term which the 419 scammers themselves use for an intended victim…

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Nigerian 419 Spam: The Video

Sick of spam? Phed up with phishing? Nagged out by the Nigerians? Have we got a treat for you! If you haven’t been over to the Ze Frank site before, or even if you have, and if you’re ready for a little light-hearted spam relief – ready to laugh at…

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419ing the 419er In Which a Nigerian Scam Artist is Scammed

Is there anyone here who hasn’t been at least a little curious at one time or another – what would happen if someone actually responded to one of the Nigerian 419 scam emails – you know, the ones where the spammer contacts you claiming to represent the fortunes of a…

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Is Your Partner Cheating? These Online Loyalty Test Services Find Out for You

Worried that your partner is cheating on you? Now you can hire a loyalty tester who will put them to the loyalty test by coming on to them online. Maybe you’re here because you heard about the Loyalty Test service on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, Or maybe you’re here through a search for “is my partner cheating on me online?” However you arrived here, you’re probably here now because you’re curious about loyalty testing services that put your partner to the loyalty test by having a loyalty tester slide into their online private messages, whether on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or wherever they are online.

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