419

English

Noun

419 (plural 419s)

1. A 419 fraud; any of the various advance-fee frauds in which the scammer solicits up front payments promising large sums of money.
   • 2007, Teju Cole, Every Day is for the Thief, Faber & Faber (2015), page 26:

     Above him, on the wall of the cybercafe, is a large yellow sign with black block letters that warns: “TO OUR CUSTOMERS – Tomsed Cyber Cafe now has an activity monitor software that monitors all activities of 419s including their mails in all our workstations. Therefore any customer caught with 419 job will be handed over to the police. BE WARNED!”

Related terms

• 419 scam

Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from English for one night.

Pronunciation

As English: "four one nine".

Noun

419

1. (slang) one-night stand

   • 在CCAV工作的朋友4月19號為了419去了成都，我給買的機票。約炮成沒成我不知道，如今作為前幾批到達現場的記者活躍在報道第一線…我該怎麼吐槽比較好？… [MSC, trad.]
     在CCAV工作的朋友4月19号为了419去了成都，我给买的机票。约炮成没成我不知道，如今作为前几批到达现场的记者活跃在报道第一线…我该怎么吐槽比较好？… [MSC, simp.]

     From: [1]

     Zài CCAV gōngzuò de péngyǒu 4 yuè 19 hào wèile 419 qù le Chéngdū, wǒ gěi mǎi de jīpiào. Yuēpào chéng méi chéng wǒ bù zhīdào, rújīn zuòwèi qián jǐ pī dàodá xiànchǎng de jìzhě huóyuè zài bàodào dìyīxiàn... Wǒ gāi zěnme tùcáo bǐjiào hǎo?... [Pinyin]

     My friend working at CCAV(CCTV) went for 419 at April 19th. I bought his plane ticket to Chengdu. I don't know whether the booty call succeeded or not, but it turned out that he started working as a journalist of CCTV to report emergency. What should I say about this?