Nigeria - The 419 Coalition Website We Fight the Nigerian Scam. The Nigerian Scam Defined A Five Billion US$ (as of 1996, much more now) worldwide Scam which has run since the early 1980's under Successive Governments of Nigeria. It is also referred to as Advance Fee Fraud , 419 Fraud (Four-One-Nine) after the relevant section of the Criminal Code of Nigeria, and The Nigerian Connection (mostly ...