Nigerian Scammers Brought to Justice

KaushalParekh writes "Almost all of us get those junk emails from someone in Africa usually promising millions of dollars if you give them your bank details. Finally good to know that they are being caught by the authorities and punished. These are also known as 419 emails named after the Nigerian penal code for fraud. As an interesting aside, fooling these scammers by responding to their emails is a fun passtime for quite a few who call themselves baiters. Check out the trophy pictures of these spammers.. pretty funny."

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Re:may be the shooting helped?

[arivanov]

Well...

The reason why 419 continue to be at this level is the extreme corruption in Nigeria, Kongo and a number of other African governments.

Also, while it is not the only reason, it is one of the reasons behind the extreme poverty and famine in Africa. For example when 20%+ of Swazi population is dieing of AIDS the king of Swazilend used international aid money on buying new BMWs for his existing 9 wives, refurbishing their palaces and arranging a wedding ceremony for the 10th.

Frankly shooting people like him may be the right approach when dealing with extreme poverty in Subsaharan Africa.

The best way to use the Live8 money would have been to hire a good gang of contract hitmen and "clean it up".

Multiple times if necessary.

Unfortunately it will be given to the same corrupt genocidal f***heads which are in charge now.