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Title: | Demystifying the advance-fee fraud criminal network |
Author: | Simon, Okolo Ben |
Year: | 2009 |
Periodical: | African Security Review |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 6-18 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Africa Nigeria |
Subjects: | commercial crimes fraud organized crime |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10246029.2009.9627554 |
Abstract: | The emergence of 'advance-fee fraud' (AFF) or '419 scams' in its present manifestation as an international phenomenon has puzzled security analysts and experts, especially with regard to its apparently organized nature. While there are various manifestations of the crime, the infamous variant is often associated with section 419 of the Nigerian Criminal Code, which criminalizes the act of obtaining something under false pretenses. This article argues that the organized nature of the crime is incidental to the activities carried out by scammers and so should not attract the same level of attention as other organized criminal groups. The article concludes that although States should be responsible for the prevention and punishment of the perpetrators within their boundaries, there should be a coordination of efforts between the different States' security apparatuses because of the loose arrangements between some of the criminal elements and the cross-boundary nature of the crime. Ref., sum. (p. V-VI). [Journal abstract] |