"419" meaning in English

See 419 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: 419s [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} 419 (plural 419s)
  1. A 419 fraud; any of the various advance-fee frauds in which the scammer solicits up front payments promising large sums of money. Categories (topical): Crime Related terms: 419 scam
    Sense id: en-419-en-noun-pqN4LJ~L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Above him, on the wall of the cybercafe, is a large yellow sign with black block letters that warns: “TO OUR CUSTOMERS – Tomsed Cyber Cafe now has an activity monitor software that monitors all activities of 419s including their mails in all our workstations. Therefore any customer caught with 419 job will be handed over to the police. BE WARNED!”",
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