The Nigerian Scheme


What can you do about it?
  • Do not answer the email!
  • If you live outside of the US, you can contact the law enforcement agent in your country.
  • Fax hardcopy of the 419 correspondence you received to the United States Secret Service, Financial Crimes Division, 419 Task Force at 202-406-6930 or 202-406-5031, especially any banking data, so that it can be included in the Task Force Database; state what Country you are sending from; and state whether there has been a Loss or there is No Loss.
  • Rather than faxing, you can also email the material to Task Force Main in DC marked Loss or No Loss.
  • Report email abuse to the sender's ISP (e.g. abuse@yahoo.com) and be sure to provide the complete header in the email. Most email programs allow you to display the full header.

Even if you have not suffered a financial loss, the National Task Force would like to see the email you received. They have been compiling a database to trace the IP addresses of the senders. They are trying to locate countries of origin in order to try to stop this scam.

For a detailed document on the Nigerian scam, please visit Nigeria - The 419 Coalition Website .

May 5, 2003

Here is a page of links to other addresses where you can report the Nigerian scheme.

http://www.419fraud.com/419_contacts.htm...

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