Advance fee frauds ask for payment up front in order for the deal to go through. The advance payment may be described as a fee, tax, commission, or incidental expense that will be repaid later. Some...

Advance fee fraud covers a variety of situations in which a fraudster persuades a victim to pay him an advance commission in connection with the arrangement of financial facilities. Before the victim [..]

Advance free fraud is a type of fraud in which a person uses deceit to acquire assets from another person. Advance free fraud is often attempted by e-mail whereby the victim is invited to transfer a s [..]

If a fraudster tries to trick you into sending large sums of money in advance on the promise of significant financial gain, this is known as advance fee fraud. Examples include lottery wins, employmen [..]

A scam where you are persuaded to pay fees to a scammer and promised huge rewards in return. Also known as a ‘Nigerian scam’. Similar to a money transfer request.

A type of confidence trick, designed to extract from its victims an up-front payment for commission, fees, interest payments, or funds for investment in return for offers of, for example, loan finance [..]