419 scam had been existed around for quite a while, but despite many warnings it continues to draw in many victims. In fact, the Financial Crimes Division of the Secret Service receives about 100 telephone calls from victims and 300-500 letter pieces of related correspondence per day about this 419 scam!

1. NIGERIAN 419 SCAM

2. OVERVIEW

3. Global Scam

5. Southeast Asia

6. Australia

7. New Zealandand also in the US. which involves the receipt of an unwelcome letter claiming to come from somebody who claims to work for the Nigerian Central Bank or from the Nigerian government. The Central Bank of Nigeria actually denies all connection to those who promote this spam scheme.

8. In the letter, a Nigerian scam baiters claiming to be a senior civil servant would inform the recipient that he is seeking a honest foreign company into whose account he could deposit funds ranging from $10-$60 million which the Nigerian government actually overpaid on some procurement contract. Global Scam

9. Nigerian Advance Fee Scam

13. Scam email senders might even establish the credibility of his contacts, and thereby his influence, by arranging a meeting between the victim and “government officials” in real or may be with fake government offices.

16. Victims are roughly always requested to travel to Nigeria or to the border country to total a transaction. They are often told that a visa would not be necessary to enter the country.

18. Don't let promises of huge amounts of money impair your judgment?