Nigerian spammers nicked !
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From: Wet Coast
Nigerian spammers nicked !
Ever get one of those emails asking you to help 'repatriate' some funds from/to Nigeria ?. .. .Well, the Mounties got the perps.. .<a href="http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/03/18/Consumers/letterscam_020318" target="_blank">http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/03/18/Consumers/letterscam_020318</a>
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From: HKG
It amazes me that after "all this time", there are still people falling for this sort of scam. I had one of these just the other day, this time from a Namibian housewife (!) on behalf of her husband.. .. .The troubling thing is that it was addressed to me by name, and I NEVER use my real name in any email programs. Quite who/where/how they found me is concerning. The only exception is the Co. use our names for Co. email, and we get spammed by the hundreds daily, so someone, somewhere has been naughty..
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From: UK
It has not ended yet...I received another one today, strange thing is, that it came on a very rarely used account.... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Embarrassed]" src="redface.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="mad.gif" />
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From: Location, Location, Location
I get on average 6 or more per week from various sources. There are obviously more than one group of people participating in this scam. It is quite amazing the variety of scenarios that they come up with. I have saved all that have been sent to me (several hundred).
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From: Dorset, UK
There are certainly more than 2 people involved in this. It is a whole industry in some parts of West Africa!. .. .I first came across this type of fraud more than 10 years ago. The police usually refer to it as "advanced fee fraud" ie the victim sends a fee up front & gets ****all in return. In the worst cases, victims have given the fraudsters full details of thier bank accounts + blank, but signed, sheets of their business notepaper. The victims are expecting funds to be transferred into their bank accounts, but, of course funds are transferred OUT. . .. .In the early days they only used snail mail, & are still doing so, as well as now, email. I understand that the fraudsters sending out the letters or emails, use very old trade directories, mailing lists etc, that they can acquire at no cost. This seems in line with some of you saying that you have recieved the claims on old email accounts.. .. .At least a decade ago, Scotland Yard set up a department to co-ordinate the complaints received from all the county police forces. I am not sure if it is still in use, or whether the authorities have long since assumed that the public are well aware of these frauds, as they have been in the media so often.. .. .This is definitely not a recommended method for Wannabees to try to fund their fATPLs <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="mad.gif" />
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From: UK
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">At least a decade ago, Scotland Yard set up a department to co-ordinate the complaints received from all the county police forces. I am not sure if it is still in use</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">NCIS (National Criminal Intelligence Service) are dealing, but request that printouts of examples, including original sender's address etc, are handed in at any UK police station, marked for the attention of the local Fraud Squad.
