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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.
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
that it really wasnt some jerk in Nigeria behind the scam.
Yep, it sure does. I can't wait until the catch the one guy sending the penis enlargement and the other guy sending the viagra spams. With the three of them behind bars, spam will pretty much cease to exist forever.
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.
"Proudly Posting Without Reading The Article"
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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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.
I call fake. It wasn't written in ALL CAPS.
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.
A man in Australia, claiming to be a Nigerian, dupes people in the US!
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??