419er

English

Noun

419er (plural 419ers)

1. Alternative form of 419 scammer
   • 2009, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, I Do Not Come to You by Chance, →ISBN:

     The black paint had washed off, leaving gleaming dollar notes behind. Only the first row of notes in the trunk box were real. The rest were old newspapers, painted black and cut to dollar size. Pray tell, who was that 419er who first thought up these serpentine scams?

   • 2011, The Man Who Forgave God, →ISBN:

     A child of a popular 419er or a popular drug dealer or member of the mafia is very vulnerable and suffers social abuse; at school, teachers and fellow students call them names, knowing the source of their parents' wealth.

   • 2017, Daniel Jordan Smith, To Be a Man Is Not a One-Day Job, →ISBN:

     As the examples of the drug smuggler who returned to Nigeria after a long prison sentence in the United States and the 419er who failed in his bid to become governor suggest, the fate of a criminal in Nigerian society depends a lot on how much money he has and how he spends it.