Nigerian lady schooling in the U.K shares her exam question about Nigerian fraud

A Nigerian lady identified by her Instagram handle as @folaogunsemo who is

schooling in Manchester, United Kingdom, has taken to the social media platform to

share her exam question about Nigerian fraud.

She wrote;

The question is as below with option A to D;

The Advance-fee fraud is also known as:

A. The Spanish fraud

B. The Egyptian fraud

C. The Nigerian fraud

D. The Russian fraud

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), “An advance fee scheme

occurs when the victim pays money to someone in anticipation of receiving

something of greater value—such as a loan, contract, investment, or gift—and then

receives little or nothing in return.”

There are many variations of this type of scam, including the 419 scam (also known

as the Nigerian Prince scam), the Spanish Prisoner scam, the black money scam,

Fifo’s Fraud and the Detroit-Buffalo scam.[2] The scam has been used with fax and

traditional mail, and is now prevalent in online communications like emails.

Example email