Concept information
Preferred term
advance fee scam
Definition
- Some of the most ubiquitous e-mails that a person can encounter involve efforts to embroil their recipients in an advance fee scam. The purpose of these scams is to trick and persuade prospective victims into voluntarily parting with their money, because they are supposedly to receive a substantial benefit in return. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Advance Fee Scam]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/advance_fee_scam
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