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Man Arrested in Australia Over Nigerian E-mail Scam
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.
that it really wasnt some jerk in Nigeria behind the scam.
Over the last 6 months, Australian police have tracked about 1.5 million dollars.
Foolish American police! If only they knew the money they could make by only sending an account number in a confidential transaction!
They can't seize that money, part of that 1.5 million is supposed to be mine. Dammit I got the emails to prove it too!
Ignore the "p2p is theft" trolls, they're just uninformed
TO: Slashdot.org community
Dear Sirs Madams
"I am Mrs. Mariam Abacha, the widow of Gen. Sani Abacha, The Late Nigerian Military Head of State. I am presently in distress and under House arrest while my son Mohammed is undergoing trial in Sydney by bribed officials in Australia. He is presently detained in prison custody. The government has frozen all the family account and auctioned all our properties.
To save the family from total bankruptcy and to save my son I have managed to ship to Europe and Asia through a Shipping company, the sum of US20, 000,000.00 respectively kept by my late husband."
You assistance is requested as a non-Nigerian citizen to assist in countering this crime. I will pay large sums in order to pay these bribed officials of Australia, in order to free my son. You will be paid most handsomely to aid in the transfer of these monies. If the funds can be transferred to your name, in your United States account, then you can forward the funds as directed by my associates. In exchange for your accommodating services I would agree to allow you to retain 10%, or US$4 million of this amount.
However, to be a legitimate transferee of these moneys according to Nigerian law, you must presently be a depositor of at least US$100,000 in a Nigerian bank which is regulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
If it will be possible for you to assist us, we would be most grateful. We suggest that you meet with us in person in Lagos, and that during your visit I introduce you to the representatives of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, as well as with certain officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Please call me at your earliest convenience at [Phone Number]. Time is of the essence in this matter; very quickly the Nigerian Government will realize that the Central Bank is maintaining this amount on deposit, and attempt to levy certain depository taxes on it.
Man arrested for penis enlargement scam. 17 millions of penis inches were found during the raid...
"There is no teacher but the enemy."-Mazer Rackham
Check out The Ebola Monkey Man. Not only is it extremely funny, but it shows just how widespread the problem is, and just how far these fucks will go to try and steal your money.
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Send me AUD$50 and I'll hit him for you...
honest!
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Has anyone concidered how bad this might be for the local economy. After all, the $1.5M in the bank account was probably the only reason that the bank was even open...
:-)
I am just concerned how the local economy is going to handle so much less money coming in. This was probably 80% of the business at the bank
Darryl
We currently have this 1.5 Million dollars and are trying to return it to its rightful owners. If you have been subjected to this evil Nigerian money scam, please send your Name, Social Security Number, Date of Birth, and the amount stolen from you along with a bank account number where we can return your funds. Our e-mail address is u.r.sucker@hotmail.com. Please help us to right this terrible wrong:)
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Isn't $1.5 million AUD is like, what, close to $10 US these days?
It is that easy to get a hot chick with money? Forget about those rich russina woman, I am going American!
Eve Fairbanks says I drive a hybrid!LOL
Do these people who mimic the 419 scams also mimic the atrocious spelling, typos and poor command of the english language in most of the Nigerian scam emails I get? I just wonder how an Australian dude could pull off a _true_ Nigerian scam unless he gets all those little details just right.
obviously never had the pleasure of working a hekp desk job. Ownership of a computer has nothing to do with intelligence or common sense.
> These 419 scams (named after the nigerian police code) can be dangerous. There have been reports of where people have actually gone to foreign countries and then been kidnapped forcing the familes to pay a ransom note.
Sounds like natural selection to me. I'm surprised they figured out how to book the plane ticket.
Bailif whack his pee pee.
(with apologies to Cheech & Chong)
Professional Politicians are not the solution, they ARE the problem.
The Lord's peace be with you!
I brother Fede Raltra working at a mission in the Decom district, Lagos, Nigeria. I am also the organizer of the annual Nigerian email conference. You are hereby cordially invited to the conference.
To register, send your address, daytime telephone numbe, name of your contact in Amsterdam, and the registration fee to me (the address on the page is out-dated):
Nigerian EMail Conference
c/o Fede Raltra
Decom Mission
600 Penn. Av. N. W.
Wa Shing
Ton D. C. 20580
Lagos
Nigeria
Irene KHAAAAAAN!
I call fake. It wasn't written in ALL CAPS.
... moved out of Australia. Maybe I should email him my bank details.
A while later, he stops to gas up his land rover, and sees a one-legged man jacking off with furious abandon.
The American says to gas station attendant, "What sort of fucked up country is this? I see naked men running after kangaroos, and this pervert is masturbating in public!"
The gas attendant looks at him and replies, "Well, mate, you can't expect ol' Tommy to catch a kangaroo if he's only got one leg"
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
Being that Travelogia is "one of the fastest growing companies in North America", did you get routed to the correct call center in the correct state? Was there even a receptionist? And was this "Yeah this is Robert" guy the technical contact? If so, why didn't you get transferred to the legal department after you threatened to sue? What is their business model? Who is the CEO? And what's the ticker symbol, by the way?
It kinda makes me angry to think that they acutally expect me to believe them! And aside from that, I still would not care if what they said were true!
With the three of them behind bars, spam will pretty much cease to exist forever.
As long as there are lusers stupid enough to fall for it, someone will take their place.
With every caught spammer - fraudulent or "not fraudulent", authorities should be compiling lists of their customers for at least public humiliation, if not prosecution for aiding the spammers.
I'd love to see FTC ads: "The following is a public service announcement. Joe Brinkerhoff of Lubbock, Texas [show unflattering picture] purchased baste-on Magical Penis Enlargement Potion on January 16, 2003. You can thank him for giving spammers a reason to fill your mailbox with crap. Just thought you'd like to know." Add the threat of public humiliation and the stupid will think twice. I'm sure the PSAs could even become a TV show in their own right.
If it were up to me, they'd also be neutered and forced to wear bright red helmets with strobe lights for the rest of their natural lives.
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A man in Australia, claiming to be a Nigerian, dupes people in the US!
An old high school buddy called me about 2 weeks ago. His voice was all hushed, and he asked me if I knew anything about getting a bank account set up in a fake name.
Well, I thought about it for about 3 seconds, and started snickering. I said to him, is this, by any chance, for someone wanting to bring funds into the U.S.? He said yes...
I started to laugh out loud. I said to him, guess what, guy... You've got scam! I explained the 419 scam to him, and started to quote one (approximately) from memory. "Sound Familiar?" I asked him. Sheepishly, he said yes.
I have received about 50 of these so far, and I forward them to the FTC, with "No Financial Loss" heading up a copy of the email. They won't reply, but they will add it to their gallery of rogues. I hope this guy was one of the ones I turned in...
-- You are in a maze of little, twisty passages, all different... --
Informative !?!?!
He's making figures up.
au$1,500,000.00 was worth at least us$12.70 this time last year.
What is it they say? Lies, Damn Lies and Finance Reports?
Get the Hell off my planet, you slimy mobster Bush!
I was amazed they had electricity, let alone "the internet".
Dont worry, you can still naturally enlarge your breasts.
BTW, does selling natural breast enlargement to male computer users seem redundant to anybody else?
Manipulate the moderator system! Mod someone as "overrated" today.
Robert Holman II
4617 E Holiday Estate Court
Granbury, TX 76049
US
Phone: (817) 326-6107
Fax..: (817) 326-5066
Gee, Granbury is just a few miles southwest of Ft. Worth, TX. Think there might be a few trick or treaters showing up at this slimeball's door tomorrow night?
And no one would even think of going to a local bookstore and grab a subscription postcard from all the magazines on the rack, fill in this slimeball's name and mail them in. Would they?
WOULD THEY??
By sister lives in Nyngan you insensitive clod!
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In Soviet Russia, YOU send email scams to Nigeria!
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There is inferior bacteria on the interior of your posterior.
It exists, it's called televangelism....
Oh legal AND ethical... well one out of two isn't so bad, is it ?
Actually, this type of thing predates even postal scams. Back in the copper age, it is recorded that a boy once ran back to his family and falsely accused a wolf of attacking the herd. This happened many times and proved to be quite lucrative until authorities just ignored the boy. Unfortunately, the final plea was real, and they lost the whole herd. Tragic....
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People falling for this kind of scam just confirms the fact that hydrogen and stupidity are the two most common elements. Not necessarily in the listed order I might add.
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