WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-fee_scam

    An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum. [1] [2] If a victim makes the payment, the ...

  3. 419eater.com - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/419eater.com

    419eater.com is a scam baiting website which focuses on advance-fee fraud. The name 419 comes from "419 fraud", another name for advance fee fraud, and itself derived from the relevant section of the Nigerian criminal code. The website founder, Michael Berry, goes by the alias Shiver Metimbers. As of 2013, the 419 Eater forum had over 55,000 ...

  4. Romance scam - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_scam

    A romance scam is a confidence trick involving feigning romantic intentions towards a victim, gaining the victim's affection, and then using that goodwill to get the victim to send money to the scammer under false pretenses or to commit fraud against the victim.

  5. Nigerian letter scams are whimsical in thought, but remain a ...

    www.aol.com/news/nigerian-letter-scams-whimsical...

    Nigerian Letter Scams prey on various human emotions – greed, ego, desperation, and/or the desire to be a hero. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call ...

  6. Nigerian Scam Email Ring Indicted for Swindling Seniors - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/2011-03-08-nigerian-scam-email...

    Ten alleged members of a Nigerian email scam crime ring have been indicted on federal charges of swindling at least two dozen victims nationwide out of some $1.5 million, the U.S. Attorney for the ...

  7. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

    help.aol.com/articles/identify-legitimate-aol...

    Call live aol support at. 1-800-358-4860. Get live expert help with your AOL needs—from email and passwords, technical questions, mobile email and more. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications. Scammers and bad actors are always looking for ways to get personal info with malicious intent.

  8. Nigerian, Ugandan sentenced for email scam hitting Iowa ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/nigerian-ugandan-sentenced-email...

    Two men charged in an email scam that cost an Iowa company and other victims as much as $10 million have received years-long federal prison sentences.. Emmanuel Ogbeide, 28, a Nigerian national ...

  9. Scam letters - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_letters

    Today scam letters are a general part of electronic life, ending up in mailboxes in hordes. Types Lottery scam letter. Based on mostly the same principles as the Nigerian 419 advance-fee fraud scam, this scam letter informs recipients that their e-mail addresses have been drawn in online lotteries and that they have won large sums of money ...