Crime

Federal Trade Commission alert on those polite letters from strangers in trouble, which promise a large financial reward for discreetly helping them.

An archive of several hundred scam letters, with date received, names of supposed senders, country where the money is supposed to have originated, and amount.

Pamphlet from the Australian Institute of Criminology. Press release, abstract, information on ordering the print publication.

Description of the scam's mechanics, history, senders' aliases, ways to easily identify the scam email, and related links.

Info about an alleged employment and job training scam running in Chicago.
419Legal - Advance Free Fraud forums, information and links to fraudulent sites.

Describing the Nigerian advance fee scam, with a searchable database of known names used by persons participating in the fraud, along with an archive of the letters and fake documents they use, and a bulletin board.

The experience of a businessman fooled by this scam. Contact is initiated via letter, fax, or email offers of millions of dollars in compensation for holding even more millions of dollars in your bank account.

The "Nigerian Letter" du jour, interspersed with comments. For the small business owner who might think that just possibly an offer out of the blue for a cut of millions of dollars could be truthful.

Devoted to fighting the advance money scam, in which victims are offered millions for allowing an even greater sum to be deposited in their bank account, but end up having their accounts drained or being fooled into advancing fictitious taxes, fees or bribes.

Provides information on fake bank sites and how to distinguish them from legitimate ones, along with announcements of monthly flash mob events aiming to shut down fake bank sites through bandwidth siphoning.