419legal.org was established as a forum in 2004 to enhance public awareness about 419 email scams. Today it is an open forum where members can discuss everything from potential scams to suspicious or fraudulent looking emails (including those 419 emails that were are original focus). We ask that visitors review our rules, posting suggestions, moderation policy and TOS before participating in our community.

419Legal Forum Rules (This is a brief summary - complete list is here)
1) Be courteous.
2) Absolutely no swearing or posting of adult material.
3) Be informative and well researched.4) 2) No self promotion –Spam and Self Promotion is Erased.
5) Before creating a new - see if a similar topic already exists.
6) Post in the correct section.

This website assumes no responsibility for comments or content posted by its members. This is based on several court rulings. content based on these US Court rulings and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act which provides that "[no] provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider

Other than removing spam – we don’t moderate (moderation policy) 419legal.org. 419legal.org does not endorse or attest to the accuracy of any information posted by any of its members. Readers should not assume the accuracy of any post. Often scammers will try to take advantage of those looking for help so please beware. Several means exist to find out more about our members please make use of them (Finding out more about members).

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