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advance-fee fraud<\/span>:<\/span>
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1. <\/span>A criminal fraud in which the victim is persuaded by the perpetrator to pay \u201cfees\u201d in anticipation of receiving a much larger benefit that is ultimately never delivered.\u00a0 *\u00a0 The perpetrator usually claims to have, or to represent someone with, a large sum of money that must be immediately transferred out of a foreign country for some compelling reason, such as to avoid seizure by a government.\u00a0 The criminal promises the victim a portion of the money in return for the victim\u2019s agreement to open a bank account in the victim\u2019s name.\u00a0 The victim then must pay \u201cupfront fees\u201d to the designated \u201cbank\u201d and others.\u00a0 Although the internet has become a favorite tool for this fraud, it has been around for years, beginning with handwritten or typed letters and later faxes.\u00a0 Because advance-fee fraud is believed to have originated in Nigeria, it is also termed 419 fraud after the section of the Nigerian penal code designed to punish those who defraud by this method.<\/span><\/strong> [1]<\/span>
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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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