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The original form of Internet fraud has been the Nigerian Advance Fee
Fraud, known internationally as "4-1-9" fraud after the section of the
Nigerian penal code which addresses fraud schemes; they are often very
creative and innovative.Indications are that Advance Fee Fraud grosses hundreds of millions of
dollars annually and the losses are continuing to escalate. In all likelihood,
there are victims who do not report their losses to authorities due to either
fear or embarrassment. This crime exploded after the Clinton Administration announced aid to
Nigeria for setting up community resource centers to provide Internet
access, training and support. In response to the negative consequences
on Nigeria, including decreased Foreign Direct Investments in the country
and tainting of Nigeria's national image.The menace of these crimes and the recognition of the magnitude and
gravity of the situation led to the establishment of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The legal instrument backing the
Commission is the attached EFCC (Establishment) Act 2002 and the
Commission has High-level support from the Presidency, the Legislature
and key security and law enforcement agencies in Nigeria.After the enforcement of the laws and the raids on numerous cafs, the
criminals needed a new method of income. They returned to the cafs to
find those perceived to be wealthy foreigners. With the influx of the online
dating sites they found their victims, lonely, romantic, recently single and
ripe for the picking. Using techniques of social profiling, hours are spent
scouring the sites targeting singles or unhappily married men and women
between the ages of 35 and 65.
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The person is young and very attractive. Using this as an example...If you are 40 years old, it would be strange if a 20 year old contacts you. It can happen but most of the time people tend to stick to their age range.The person falls in love with you almost immediately, usually within a few weeks or even a few days!The person needs money for travel expenses to visit you or for an ailing relative or has been robbed. The person may mention that a local travel agency is handling the travel details. You should also know that a person from outside your country cannot get a visa without involving your countrys embassy.Some also claim to have lost their job or that they are stuck in a country because that country does not except credit cards.The persons PC has crashed or has been stolen and the only way to keep in touch with you is if you will lend them the money to purchase a new one or ask you to buy and send them one which in return they will send you a check.The person has no postal address but some will give you a cell phone number. They may supply you with fake addresses from the UK or USA. Cell phones with UK numbers can be preprogrammed to ring anywhere in the world. So you think that you are calling UK when you may actually be calling Nigeria or Ghana. In may cases trying to contact them is a failure with the phone service and the scammer will act as if he has no clue as to the reason why. The best thing is to ask to see them on web cam.Questions about personal information are not very welcome and the person will try to avoid those questions by acting offended or by simply ignoring your questions and redirecting the light on you. However, beware that more advanced fraudsters may actually provide you with some fake personal information.Most are young and they are looking for someone within the age range 30-80. Raise that red flag when the person doesn't care about your age!When they fall in love with you they need your address to send you flowers, candy and assorted gifts. If they even send these to you the items will be purchased with a stolen credit card.They need money for family or own medical expenses. They have Money Orders, but they can't cash them overseas, the M/O has to be cashed here in USA, so they ask you to cash them and send the money via Western Union.
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