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Sydney 419 Scammer Jailed

Posted by timothy on from the many-pensioners-still-on-the-loose dept.

kjots writes "The ABC is reporting that the Sydney District Court has sentenced a disability pensioner to more than five years in jail for his part behind a Nigerian email scam. One down ..."

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  1. Interesting... by cfalcon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How come when they finally get busted, it's not the stereotypical sleazeball you hope for? Life would be easy if it were 1 dimensional. Oh well, still good to see crime being punished.

    1. Re:Interesting... by frovingslosh · · Score: 4, Insightful

      So he's a "disability pensioner", so what? Why assume he's not a sleazeball? Heck, I'm assuming his "disability" is a scam too.

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      I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
  2. "disability pensioner" by Kris_J · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How disabled? If he's one of those "disabled" people that you see up on the roof fixing tiles despite a "bad back", then this is no huge surprise. If we're talking wheelchair then I officially lament how times have changed. It used to be that wheelchair-bound geeks ran the local BBS.

  3. Re:Here's my reply to those things by ravenspear · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Asking them to give you money through Paypal is a bad idea. These people have a buttload of stolen credit cards and that's what they will use. Ultimately all (or almost all) of it will be charged back by the card owners and removed from your account by Paypal's fraud department.

    Don't do it. It would only result in more grief for everyone involved.

  4. Re:fuzzy math by Marlor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Presumably he's already spent some time in jail while he was awaiting trial.

    He has been in jail since October 2003 (according to The Register). If there is a significant risk that an alleged criminal will flee the country, then it is standard practice to deny bail. Someone who claims to have "African Brothers" throughout the world who will help him flee probably fits this description.

    There is more information here.