Advance Fee Fraud

Advance Fee Fraud depends on convincing the victim of the fraud to send money or goods (the “advance fee”) to the scammer, in the expectation of future reward that far exceeds the temporary cost to the victim; the reward never arrives. Fake checks feature in a variation of the scam - the check you get is more than needed, so you send the difference back by money transfer... but the check doesn't clear and you're left out of pocket.

Report at Report 419 Fraud

• What is Advance Fee Fraud?
• 419 Advance Fee Fraud
• Internet Dating Advance Fee Fraud
• Classified Ad and Auction Scams
• Lottery Scams
• Lost Pet Scams
• Begging Letters

What is Advance Fee Fraud?

Make sure to also check out the section on the 419 scam for much more background on advance-fee fraud.

Advance Fee Fraud - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud
Fake Checks - www.fakechecks.org/
Cross Border Scams - onguardonline.gov/crossborder.html

419 Advance Fee Fraud

The 419 scam is the most well-known example of the advance-fee fraud, and is strongly associated with Nigeria.

419 Advance Fee Fraud Scam

Internet Dating Advance Fee Fraud

An advance-fee fraud is carried out by Russian and Ukrainian gangs through Internet dating sites.

Anti-Scam - www.antiscam.org/
UA(PRO)FILER - www.uaprofiler.com/

Classified Ad and Auction Scams

Classified Ad Scams - www.scambuster419.co.uk/classifiedadscams.htm
P-P-P-Powerbook - www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/
The Car Buying Scam - www.swapmeetdave.com/Scam/

Lottery Scams

International Lottery Scams - www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/intlalrt.htm
Lottery Scam - www.lottery.co.uk/info/scams.asp
“Dutch”, “Belgian”, “British”, and “Swiss” Lottery Scam - w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/~wm/wm-lotto.html
Lottery Scam - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery_scam
Whole Lotto scamming going on - www.scamorama.com/lotto.html
Online Lottery Frauds and Email Lotto Scam Examples - worldwidespam.info/lottery-scams/
UK DTI: Scam promotions prize draws and competitions - www.dti.gov.uk/consumers/fact-sheets/page38333.html
Known Lottery Scam Operatives - www.fraudwatchinternational.com/known-scam-operatives/

Lost Pet Scams

Beware: Lost Pet Scams - www.1888pets911.org/animal-academy/lost-pet-prevention/beware-lost-pet-scams

Begging Letters

Charles Dickens' “The Begging Letter Writer” - scarymonsters.net/~corleyj/fraud/dickens.html
Begging Letter Fraud - www.larry-adams.com/9412_benny.htm