# Advance fee fraud

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  "id": "S2006001129",
  "title": "Advance fee fraud",
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  "provider": "lcsh",
  "revision": "73f85a6acb933020",
  "catalogue_revision": "f050b5d4780b1289",
  "numeric_address": "9547644414399489636",
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  "answer_status": "Directory metadata; local answer requires separate source review",
  "truth_status": "Subject descriptor, not a factual answer or a demonstrated knowledge gap"
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Here are entered works on fraudulent attempts to persuade people to advance relatively small sums of money in the hope of realizing a much larger gain, often referred to as the Nigerian letter fraud or 419 fraud, after a section of the Nigerian criminal code.

Directory metadata is not a factual answer or evidence of a global knowledge gap.

Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006001129

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