NIGERIAN SCAM
\na͡ɪd͡ʒˈi͡əɹɪən skˈam], \naɪdʒˈiəɹɪən skˈam], \n_aɪ_dʒ_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_n s_k_ˈa_m]\
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Mail and email fraud based on false pretenses tempting people to send money or disclosed banking account information. The scam is someone inherited a large sum of money and needs assistance to get the funds. Recipients who fall for the scam send the money requested and never see their money again. Most emails initiating this fraud hail from Nigeria in Africa.
By Henry Campbell Black
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).