419

American  

[fawr wuhn nahyn] / ˈfɔr ˌwʌn ˈnaɪn /

noun

1. fraud, especially internet fraud, in which a victim pays in advance for access to a larger sum of money, such as an unclaimed inheritance or bank account balance, which turns out to be fictitious or is never realized.

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Example Sentences

A Syrian security official told AFP on condition of anonymity that 419 Kurdish fighters, including 59 wounded and an unspecified number of dead, were transferred from the Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhood -- the second area to come under army control -- to the Kurdish-controlled zone in the northeast.

From Barron's

Durant went into the game needing 15 points to eclipse Chamberlain's 31,419 points and finished with a game-high 30.

From Barron's

Out of these participants, the team identified 419 people with genetic variants known to cause familial hypercholesterolemia.

From Science Daily

UCLA’s physical footprint of 419 acres is the smallest among UC’s nine undergraduate campuses and it sits atop some of the state’s priciest real estate, near Brentwood, Bel-Air and Beverly Hills.

From Los Angeles Times

In a February report pursuant to that law, the California Geologic Energy Management Division determined there were 1,566 wells, of which only 419 were still in production, 85% of them low-performing.

From Los Angeles Times