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Dateline: Abuja; Nigeria Fights Email Scam

Posted by Hemos on from the just-need-your-bank-account-number dept.

dosten writes "Computerworld.com is reporting that the Nigerian government is tired of being known as the Spam/Scam capital of the world and setup a web site to combat the common email scam. The web site is almost as funny as the Spam Letters. There is even a place to report your victim "experiences" so they can be published. One of the "coming soon" features will be a lineup of bad guys so you can avoid them in case you end up in Nigeria to collect your loot."

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  1. Nigeria has computers and Internet conections? by cscx · · Score: 0, Troll

    Pardon my ignorance, but I thought both are necessary to send/receive spam...

  2. I was just in Niger.... by ShaggusMacHaggis · · Score: 0, Troll

    and of course, the internet connections are horrid there...

    I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT /. LINKED TO NIGERIA...their web connection is bad enough as it is. You would be doing them a favor if you took that link off of your mainpage.....

    Story: In Niger, they charge users by the time they use the internet. Well the only ISP in town thought to themselves, hey, we can slow down the internet connection and get more money! Someone complained, and not only did they turn off his phone and internet access at work, they turned it off at his house!!

    Gotta love 3rd world "democracy".