Microsoft: 419 cop
p2p news / p2pnet:- “Microsoft is to work with the Nigerian government to help track down and prosecute criminals involved in 419 email scams and other internet-based fraud originating from the African country.”
Prosecute 419-ers? They must have deputised Bill and the Boyz.
“Microsoft will provide technical expertise, training and other security resources to Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which is tasked with fighting cyber crime in the country,” says silicom.com, continuing:
“Nigeria was initially slow to respond to the problem of 419 email scammers operating in the country who were duping innocent internet users out of thousands of pounds by promising a share of the secret multimillion pound fortune of a deposed African dictator.”
‘Were’ duping? They still are. And ‘initially slow’?
But not to worry because with the world’s greatest monopolist behind it, the EFCC is now “at the forefront of that battle and has arrested more than 1,000 people, brought 300 prosecutions and seized a billion dollars in assets,” says silicom.com.
Unfortunately, however, there have only been 17 convictions to date, it says, adding that Nuhu Ribadu, executive chairman of the EFCC, admits it’s a "painful" problem for Nigeria.
Neil Holloway, president of Microsoft in Europe, Middle East and Africa, says the Deputy Dawg Deal with the Nigerian government, “is part of Microsoft’s wider security strategy, which includes the rewards for bringing prosecutions against virus writers” and Bill and the Boyz will look to work with other governments in similar initiatives in the future.
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silicom.com – Nigeria enlists Microsoft to fight 419 scammers, September 14, 2005
October 14th, 2005 at 10:56 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
October 15th, 2005 at 8:08 am
This sort of reply is made by those mental morons that think having two keys and two fingers can result in an intelligent post.
October 15th, 2005 at 9:24 am
lol
October 15th, 2005 at 12:36 pm
hehehehehehehe
October 16th, 2005 at 1:22 pm
How about the keys ‘1′ and ‘0′? You could type the message in binary =).
October 16th, 2005 at 4:43 pm
Here’s the opening of a 419 I got two days ago:
“Dear Beloved in Christ,
It is by the grace of God that I received Christ,Having known the truth, I had no choice than to do what is lawful and right in the sight of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God & acute’s mercy and glory upon my life.
I am Mrs Melissa Pointer the wife of Mr Harry Pointer, my husband worked with the Chevron/Texaco in Kenya for twenty years before he died in the year 2001.We were married for twenty-seven years without a child. My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.Before his death we were both born again Christians.
Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible isagainst. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US $3.5M. (Three MillionFive Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars) with a Bank in Europe.Presently, this money is still with the Bank and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to sign for the release of this money or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not come over.”
October 16th, 2005 at 5:33 pm
Africa is a continent, not a country, I guess americans can’t make the difference they’re so stupid…
October 17th, 2005 at 10:09 pm
DUH!! Where in the article does it say that Africa is a country? Maybe you enjoy bashing Americans so much that you read something into the article. FOR YOUR INFORMATION, there are stupid Americans, but not all Americans are stupid. You also seem to refer to America as a country when in fact, America represents two continents (North America and South America). The country to which you are refering is officially known as the “United States of America.”
Please remove the plank from your own eye before trying to remove the speck from others.