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  2. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission - Wikipedia

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    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is a Nigerian law enforcement and anti-graft agency that investigates financial crimes and unknown transactions such as advance fee fraud (419 fraud) and money laundering. [1]

  3. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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    An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is a common confidence trick. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum.

  4. Scam letters - Wikipedia

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    Based on mostly the same principles as the Nigerian 419 advance-fee fraud scam, this scam letter informs recipients that their e-mail addresses have been drawn in online lotteries and that they have won large sums of money. Here the victims will also be required to pay substantial small amounts of money in order to have the winning money ...

  5. Independent Corrupt Practices Commission - Wikipedia

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    In 2003, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was established as a law enforcement agency to investigate financial crimes such as advance fee fraud (419 fraud) and money laundering. [3]

  6. 419eater.com - Wikipedia

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    419eater.com is a scam baiting website which focuses on advance-fee fraud.The name 419 comes from "419 fraud", another name for advance fee fraud, and itself derived from the relevant section of the Nigerian criminal code.

  7. List of types of fraud - Wikipedia

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    In law, fraud is an intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law or criminal law, or it may cause no loss of money, property, or legal right but still be an element of another civil or criminal wrong. [1]

  8. Email fraud - Wikipedia

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    Advance-fee scam: Among the variations on this type of scam, are the Nigerian Letter also called the 419 fraud, Nigerian scam, Nigerian bank scam, or Nigerian money offer. The Nigerian Senate emblem is sometimes used in this scam.

  9. Bank fraud - Wikipedia

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    Under federal law, bank fraud in the United States is defined, ... Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 ... Advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419 scam)