Nigerian prince scam

Referring to earlier scams that claim to be from royalty in Nigeria who sought money to escape their country.

Nigerian prince scam (plural Nigerian prince scams)

1. A scam in which the solicitor offers large sums of money in return for a smaller up front investment.

• Macau scam (Malaysian usage)
• 419 fraud

• Yahoo boy
• mugu (a victim of said scams)