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Man Arrested in Australia Over Nigerian E-mail Scam

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the urgent-proposals dept.

slasher_14 writes "A 39 year old Sydney man has been arrested over the Nigerian Scam. Simultanious raids were conducted in two homes by police, who siezed computers and documents. Over the last 6 months, Australian police have tracked about 1.5 million dollars. The man faces Dubbo Local court today, charged with 17 offenses." Hopefully this means my inbox will be seeing less of these e-mails.

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  1. Re:Thank God we're seeing more of this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It's so nice to see that governments and police forces are finally able to catch up to these kinds of spammers and criminals to get them out of my damned inbox.

    Fuck your inbox; try sparing a thought for the (admittedly silly) people who got suckered by these scams.

    PS. I don't believe in your 'God', and even if I did, I certainly wouldn't be thanking that figment of my imagination for this news. I can only assume you meant it, as you spelt 'God' with a captial g. You're an idiot.

  2. Re:Thank God we're seeing more of this by ScottKin · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Typical A-C Moron-post.

    Get over your self-importance before your head bursts because of your self-inflated ego.

    Crispix DOES stay crunchy in milk longer!

    ScottKin

    --
    I don't give a rat's behind about "karma" here or anywhere else. Don't like what I have to say here? Deal with it!
  3. Re:Thank God we're seeing more of this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Get over your self-importance before your head bursts because of your self-inflated ego.

    That's a hot one, coming from you.

  4. Re:Spammers and Big Red Hats by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You fucking arrogant little shithead. Not everybody is as saavy with computers as you are. Some people are a bit overwhelmed being in front of a computer, and take for granted that the information presented to them is factual and authoritative. I'm sure there are lots of scams YOU would fall for if you were placed into another field without training. Say, an aircraft pilot. Or an auto mechanic.

    Piece of shit.