"advance fee scam" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: advance fee scams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} advance fee scam (plural advance fee scams)
  1. (criminology) A consumer fraud that involves obtaining a relatively small amount of money from the victim in advance of some large deferred benefit, such as a job, a high rate of return, or a share of embezzled money. Categories (topical): Criminology Related terms: 419 scam, advance fee fraud, Nigerian scam
    Sense id: en-advance_fee_scam-en-noun-cwT2C9W1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: criminology, human-sciences, law, sciences

Inflected forms

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