Nigerian scammers nailed
p2p news / p2pnet: Twelve Nigerians have been nabbed by Dutch police on suspicion of committing fraud, or of being involved in fraud, in a scheme which netted them $US2 million ($2.7 million).
"They were arrested Tuesday after raids on premises in Amsterdam and the central city of Zaandam, during which police seized €25,000 ($45,000) in cash, computers and fake travel documents," says Agence France-Presse.
Four of the Nigerians, "were arrested on the request of US authorities, who co-operated on the investigation," says the story, adding most of the victims were US citizens.
The gang sent some 100,000 emails to potential victims, police said.
"419" spam scammers, named after a section in Nigeria’s criminal code, flood emails with get-rich-quick messages often purporting to come from high-level officials, or their relatives.
Also See:
Agence France-Presse – Nigerians stung over scams, February 23, 2006
February 24th, 2006 at 7:20 pm
Just how STUPID do you have to be to answer such an obvious Scam. Like Duhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
February 27th, 2006 at 2:46 pm
It’s hard to believe that these fuck-offs netted over 2 million bucks by these scams! I guess there’s a sucker born every minute! But they’ve got to be the STUPIDEST marks this side of Uranus.