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Nigerian Scam Artists Taken For $33,000

Posted by timothy on from the respectfully-for-your-most-elegant-attention-and-regards dept.

smitty777 writes "An Australian woman who was being used by a group of Nigerian scam artists stole over $33,000 from the group who employed her. Her bank account was being used to funnel the cash from a dodgy internet car sales website. Irony aside, it makes one wonder how these folks ever got the nerve to go to the police with this matter. Those of you wondering, this article offers some answers to the question of why so many of these scams originate from this area."

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  1. What?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    FTFA :

    The car buyers who were ripped off reported the matter to police, who traced the account to Cochrane-Ramsey.

    From the fucking Summary:

    Irony aside, it makes one wonder how these folks ever got the nerve to go to the police with this matter.

    Because they didn't.

    Oy vey!

    1. Re:What?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      We can't bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for m'shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you'd say. Now where was I... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion tied to my belt, which was the style at the time. You couldn't get white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

    2. Re:What?!? by v1 · · Score: 5, Funny

      My grandma went to the fbi after being scammed by nigerians. They told her to contact homeland security. She did and nothing came of it.

      wrong homeland

      She needed to contact the office in Nigeria.

      If she's having problems getting ahold of them, I have a contact over there, let me know and for a small fee I'll arrange to get them in touch with her.

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  2. Re:Another view of the reason. by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 5, Funny

    I asked that same question of a missionary who had just come from Nigeria. His answer was that there is a culture there of "you're a clever individual if you can get the other fellow to pay for your lunch." For what it's worth...

    My cats must be considered geniuses.

  3. Re:Another view of the reason. by hoggoth · · Score: 5, Funny

    > I refuse to support the Chinese and avoid goods with Chinese components like the plague.

    You're not doing a very good job of it, unless you're posting articles to Slashdot using smoke signals.

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  4. Re:If you steal money that has been stolen .. by jdgeorge · · Score: 5, Funny

    Serves her right... she was stealing from Artists!

    Sure, musicians have the RIAA, moviemakers have the MPAA... but those poor Scam Artists don't have a lobbying group with high-powered lawyers protecting their interests!

  5. Re:Another view of the reason. by gblues · · Score: 5, Funny

    They aren't doing this to feed you. They think you suck so bad as a hunter that they are bringing you food out of pity.

  6. Re:Hello, I am a Nigerian Prince and you're a mark by Runaway1956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, Africa will probably be the last 3rd world country . . . .

    And, I'll bet that you are a Palin supporter. You can probably see Russia from your backyard, and all the other ignorant, inane shit that she spouted.

    HINT: AFRICA IS A CONTINENT, STUPID!!!

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