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Understanding the West African cyber crime process

Pages 105-114 | Published online: 22 Jul 2010

Notes

  • Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) . 2009 . 2008 Internet crime report, National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) 1 – 5 . http://www.nw3c.org(accessed 10 June 2009)
  • The name ‘419’ was coined from section 419 of the Nigerian Criminal Code, which is the principal legal instrument that criminalises the phenomenon in Nigeria
  • Coomson , J . 2006 . Cyber crimes in Ghana . Ghanaian Chronicle , 4 October http://allafrica.com/stories/200610040856.html(accessed 23 February 2009)
  • Oumarou , M . 2007 . “ Brainstorming advanced fee fraud: ‘Faymania’—the Camerounian experience ” . In Current trends in advance fee fraud in West Africa , Edited by: Ribadu , N , Lamorde , I and Tukura , D W . 33 – 34 . Nigeria : EFCC .
  • Salifu , A . 2008 . Impact of Internet crime on development . Journal of Financial Crime , 15 ( 4 ) : 432 – 444 .
  • Raz , U . Email harvesting techniques FAQ http://www.windowsecurity.com/whitepapers/Email_Harvesting_Techniques_FAQ.htmlFor a comprehensive analysis of harvesting techniques, see (accessed 1 July 2009)

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