419

plural 419s

1. A 419 fraud; any of the various advance fee scams in which the scammer solicits up front payments promising large sums of money.

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   Above him, on the wall of the cybercafe, is a large yellow sign with black block letters that warns: “TO OUR CUSTOMERS – Tomsed Cyber Cafe now has an activity monitor software that monitors all activities of 419s including their mails in all our workstations. Therefore any customer caught with 419 job will be handed over to the police. BE WARNED!”

   2007, Teju Cole, Every Day is for the Thief, Faber & Faber (2015), page 26