The experience of a businessman fooled by this scam. Contact is initiated via letter, fax, or email offers of millions of dollars in compensation for holding even more millions of ...
http://www.greaterthings.com/News/NigerianScam/
The author describes the mass of offers he has received from African nations, offering him a share of millions, with a description of how the scam works. [Salon]
http://archive.salon.com/people/feature/2001/08/07/419scams/print.html
Describing the Nigerian advance fee scam, with a searchable database of known names used by persons participating in the fraud, along with an archive of the letters and fake docume...
http://www.superhighway.is/iis/index.asp
The aim of the site is to provide information and assistance to unsuspecting potential victims of the 419er (advance fee scammer). Provides articles, a lexicology of terms, links...
http://mugu.info/
This site discusses the advance fee fraud scheme in Nigeria and touches upon the problems facing that third world country. This page also includes links on issues affecting that n...
http://artistic.fadingwhispers.org/nigeria/index.html
Description of the scam's mechanics, history, senders' aliases, ways to easily identify the scam email, and related links.
http://www.re-quest.net/internet/myths/nigeria/index.htm
Detailed information on the scheme, centered largely in Nigeria, wherein people are offered a share of millions of dollars to help transfer the money to their bank account. From th...
http://www.state.gov/www/regions/africa/naffpub.pdf
Pamphlet from the Australian Institute of Criminology. Press release, abstract, information on ordering the print publication.
http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi121.html
The Minnesota Attorney General's office describes how the scheme works, and tells businesses, nonprofits, and individuals what they can do if they receive an offer through the mail...
http://www.ag.state.mn.us/consumer/fraud/Fraud_Nigerian.htm
A collection of e-mail from various supposed African dignitaries offering millions of dollars to perfect strangers. Also correspondence where the intended victim pretends to fall ...
http://www.haxial.com/fraud/nigerianfee.html
An archive of several hundred scam letters, with date received, names of supposed senders, country where the money is supposed to have originated, and amount.
http://www.potifos.com/fraud/
Detailed description of how a person looking for a roommate online found himself dealing with a scammer.
http://truthhurts.org/articles/75/nigerian-roommate-scam/
Outlines the basics of this con, mentions variations, gives an example of a typical letter, explains how victims are taken in by this long-running scam. Links to further informatio...
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/nigeria.htm
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