The Crooks are having a ball at your expense! And what's really amazing is that they are making a ton of money while they are at it, your money to be exact, which you send to them so willingly, believing in this once in a lifetime opportunity. Read this fascinating story written by a former Crook.

One of the main characters in the book is Albert, he is holding all the strings as he sits there behind his desk waiting for your call. He has several phones on his desk, couple of them are labeled with your name on it, you are now in an advanced state of the scam, you have been upgraded from possible to active status, he knows you will be his next victim, the only question now is how much.......

You may think you are just helping Albert to transfer some funds using your account for a share of the outcome, or perhaps you have been awarded a government contract to provide goods or services. Maybe you were so fortunate to inherit some money from someone in Nigeria. A donation to charity or churches is also a very popular scam, who can resist such rich pickings.

Well surprise surprise, these deals have all one thing in common, they are Advance Fee Fraud or better known as 419, and Albert is not going to let you off the hook before your funds dry up, and then throw you away.

Are you going to go to Nigeria to have a look at your earmarked stack of money?

The story gives you a good insight into how the scam is pulled off, an essential reading for those who intend to or are considering business deals with Nigerians.

"The Nigerian Sting” is written by Kingsley a suspected crook, an insider, who realized that the 419 scam is ruining the reputation of Nigeria and making young Nigerians think they can make it by scaming the whites.