Scam Information Links

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419 Scam Information Links

Scam Victim Warning Sites

ScamWarners.com - Informing & assisting victims of internet fraud
ScamPatrol.org - Scam Patrol, working to protect
ScamVictimsUnited.com - Offering support and resources to victims of fraud

419 Information Sites In English Language

ID Theft - Information and advice about ID Theft and ID Fraud
Scam Info Links - A wide variety of information about scams
419scam.co.uk - Advice about 419 scams & other internet scams
419 - Information & advice about 419 scams & how they work
What Is Phishing - Advice about phishing & internet scams
419 Eater - Welcome to the world of Scambaiting
ScamWarners.com - Informing & assisting victims of internet fraud
Artists Against 419 - The site & forum that fake scammer websites fear
419 Fake Bank Databse - Artists Against 419's database of fake scam sites
419 Romance Scams - Support & information for victims of romance scams
Joe Wein 419 Blacklist - 419 advance fee & fake lottery scams
Expert Law - Nigerian Email Fraud - 419 Scams
The 419 Coalition Website - The Nigerian scam defined
Crime Online Info - Crime-Online conference room & crime blog
Nigerian 4-1-9 Scam - Quatloos cyber museum of scams & frauds
Nigerian Scam - Snopes on the 419 scam
Nigerian Frauds - The Freeman Institute literature on 419
Nigeria to tackle e-mail scams - BBC scam news item
West African criminal networks in Southern Africa - Research paper on crime
Western Union security advice - Western Union security questions/answers
The lure of easy money - UK newspaper item about Nigerian cyber criminals
Online scams create "Yahoo! millionaires" - CNN scam news item

419 Information Sites In Other Languages

Onlinedetektiv - In German
Croque-Escrocs Forum - In French
Scambaiter Deutschland - In German
Nigeria-Connection - In German
Mugumania - In German
Fraude Nigériane - In French
Nigeriabreven – 419 Sverige - In Swedish

Police, Government & Embassy Scam Alerts

Worldwide

Interpol - Advanced fee fraud: 4-1-9 letters (Nigerian letters)

US Sites on 419

US & Dutch Consulate - Advance fee fraud scheme alert
US Secret Service - Financial crimes & advance fee fraud
US Department Of Justice - Internet fraud
Iowa Attorney General - Nigerian counterfeit check scam warning
U.S. Secret Service - USSS Field Offices
The "Nigerian" Scam: Costly Compassion - FTC consumer fraud alert
Common Fraud Schemes - PDF download
Investigating and Prosecuting Nigerian Fraud (see page 40) - PDF download
US State Department on Advance Fee Fraud - PDF download

Canadian Sites on 419

Advance Fee Fraud - Royal Canadian Mounted Police fraud warnings

UK Sites on 419

West African advance fee fraud - Metropolitan Police fraud warnings

Australian & New Zealand Sites on 419

Scamwatch - Scam information provided by Australian Government
Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud - PDF Download
New Zealand Police - Scam and fraud advice
Scamwatch - Scam information provided by New Zealand Government

Nigerian Sites on 419

EFCC - Nigerian economic & financial crimes commission
Nigerian Embassy - Nigerian embassy fraud alert(1)
Nigerian Embassy - Nigerian embassy fraud alert(2)

419 Scammer Databases

419 Database - Scams letters, crooks, frauds and security alerts
Nigerian Scam Letter Museum - Examples of Nigerian scam letters
"419" Scam Hall of Shame - 419 advance fee & fake lottery scams
International Investigation Services - Info on fraud, lottery & bank scams.
419 Known Operatives - A list of known Nigerian 419 scam operatives
Example 419 Email Frauds - Scam emails from 2001 to December 2007
Nigerian 419 Scam - Nigerian scam email archives & 419 fraud information
MuguWise Database - A database of 419 scam emails
Nigerian Email Scam Examples - Fraud emails from Africa & around the world
Scamdex - Searchable, indexed archive of scams

Scambaiting Sites

419 Eater - Simply the best scambaiting site & forum on the internet
The Numpties - See how a scammer thought he was communicating with George Bush
Romance ScamBaiter - Romance scammers captured live on video, and shamed for life
Scamorama.com - Scamorama presents the lads from Lagos
419Bittenus.com - My Nigerian pen pals
Scam Joke Page - David Lee Roth vs. the lads
Quatloos - The Brad Christensen exhibit
The Great Nigerian Internet Scam - And the fun you can have with it
La Petit Lessons - Conversations with a Nigerian bank scammer
Ebola Monkey Man - P*ssing off Nigerian scammers one at a time
Nigerian 419 Fraud - Fighting back at Nigerian 419 advance fee fraudsters
Mr Udo Watt - Scam baiter pages
Whats the Bloody Point? - Baiting the Nigerian 419 money scammers
Marxist Detective - Taunting the 419 scammers
Bait a Mugu - Baiting scammers
Scammers Exposed - 419 scammers get pilloried
419 fun - Anti-scam website of two twisted scam baiters
Scambuster 419 - Insight into the world of the 419 advance fee fraudster
Scammertainment - Scamming for fun, not for profit
Donn O - Goofing with Nigerian scammers
Football 419 - The home of arse clowns football club
Trevor & That - Trevor & That's scambaits
The Kman Site - Kman's scambaits
419 Baiter - The land of extreme B.S.
419 Zeros - Fake scammer passports, emails and scambaiting
RambleMind 419 - Adventures in scambaiting
Scambait International - Nuking email scam artists
419 game - Reverend Ebenezer Codpiece's 419 game
Good Morning Nigeria - How to screw with Nigerian 419 scammers

Scambaiting Help & Tips

419 Eater - Scammer baiting hints & tips
Scamorama - Scambaiting pointers
Scambuster - Scambusting tips
419 Fun - Want to try scambaiting?
Wikipedia Article - Scam Baiting

Scambaiting Forums

419eater.com - The best scambaiting forum on the internet

Reporting Internet Fraud

FBI and NW3C - Internet crime complaint centre at IC3
PhoneBusters - Fraud, recognise it, report it, stop it. (Canada)
Recol - Reporting economic crime on-line (Canada)
FakeChecks.org - U.S. postal inspection service
Cybercrime - The Swiss coordination unit for cybercrime control
Efrauda - Romanian cyber crime center
ScamWatch Australia - Recognise, report and protect yourself from scams
Ecops - Belgian internet crime reporting site
Hong Kong Police - Hong Kong technology crime prevention unit

419 Discussions

Delphi Forums - Dubious business offers
Relay Operators - Nigerian scammers using IP relay