http://www.articlesnatch.com/rss2/419ER 419ER Articles from ArticleSnatch.com Rss Follow Up Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:17:56 -0500 Internet scams are becoming prevalent, and many have fallen victims. One of the popular scams is the Nigerian 419 Scam. The Nigerian scam also known as the 419 fraud is one of the most prevalent and popular. It started in the early 1980s. The name was derived from 419, a sub-classification of all Advance Free Fraud crimes. The 419 Scam works in many ways. It can be through unsolicited emails or fax messages. It can also be done through crude oil and commodity deals, money cleaning, spoof banks, fake lottery or fake endorsements like employment. Sending unsolicited letters is also known as classic 419. The messages usually contain illegal proposals or money laundering. It can be in the form of over-invoiced or double invoiced business proposals. Crude oil and commodity deals are offered to you as goods and services. You will be buying the commodities that do not really exist. Such scam is also called Goods and Services 419. Money cleaning is offering currency that needs to be cleaned chemically. Before the money can be used, he will get the cost of the chemical. When payment comes, he has already gone together with the money you had cleaned.Money cleaning]]> Spoof Banks]]> Fake lottery]]> Employment 419]]> 419ER]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Nigerian-419-Scams/526272 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Nigerian-419-Scams/526272