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What is Advance Fee Scam (Nigeria 419)

Chapter 540
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
An advance fee fraud which involves a payment in advance with the promise of wealth, wills, gifts, employment or prizes. The scammer contacts their intended target via mail, phone, fax or email. Originally known as the Spanish Prisoner Letter it has been carried out since at least the 16 th century via ordinary postal mail. Section 419 of the Nigerian Penal Code prohibits this type of activity and it has often referred to as ‘419 frauds’ or ‘Nigeria 419’.
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Mobile Technologies Impact on Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Adam Crossan (Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Ireland), Nigel McKelvey (Computer Science Department, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Ireland), and Kevin Curran (Ulster University, UK)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch540
Abstract
Mobile technology today is increasingly being used to help improve under developed and developing areas such as sub Saharan Africa. With the statistics showing the number of adults in Africa owning mobile devices steadily increasing, mobile technology has been a popular area of interest to use to help improve areas such as healthcare and education throughout African cities and rural areas. The purpose of this study was to examine the different ways mobile technology was being used to help the residents of sub-Saharan Africa in the sectors of health care and education, and examine the possible ethical effects these technologies could be having. The study concludes that while the mobile technology can be implemented to help better the standard of health and education, it is mainly focused on urban areas and contributing to a poverty imbalance between urban and rural Africa.
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How Mobile Technologies Are Leading to Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Is an advance fee fraud which involves a payment in advance with the promise of wealth, wills, gifts, employment or prizes. The scammer contacts their intended target via mail, phone, fax, or email. Originally known as the Spanish Prisoner Letter it has been carried out since at least the 16 th century via ordinary postal mail. Section 419 of the Nigerian Penal Code prohibits this type of activity and it has often referred to as ‘419 frauds’ or ‘Nigeria 419’.
Published in Chapter: How Mobile Technologies Are Leading to Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fifth Edition
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