"advance fee scam" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: advance fee scams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} advance fee scam (plural advance fee scams)
  1. 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. Related terms: 419 scam, Nigerian scam, advance fee fraud
    Sense id: en-advance_fee_scam-en-noun-cwT2C9W1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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