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The Five Nigerian Gangs Behind Most Craigslist Buyer Scams
itwbennett writes Five Nigerian criminal gangs are behind most scams targeting sellers on Craigslist, and they've taken new measures to make their swindles appear legitimate, according to a study by George Mason University researchers Damon McCoy and Jackie Jones. In a new innovation, they're using professional check-writing equipment plus U.S.-based accomplices to not raise suspicions among their victims. McCoy and Jones will present their paper on Sept. 24 at the IEEE eCrime Research Summit in Birmingham, Alabama.
In a lot of countries, that may not be spoofed.
Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.
So, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.
If you've got some time on your hands, toddle over to 419 Eater and get educated. If you have even more time on your hands, become a scam baiter.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
It doesn't mean they can bottle piss and sell it as Sprite.
Well duh. The color is all wrong. You have to sell it as lemonade, Mello Yellow, Mountain Dew or something else with at least a vaguely similar coloration.
I thought a good host file could protect against this?
I gladly accept Nigerian checks on CL. This way the scammers are out of FedEx/UPS fee and I add another fake check to my office collection.
how did the scammers get professional check writing equipment? Did they buy it on craigslist with a fake check??
If telephones are outlawed, then only outlaws will have telephones.
Not funny. I have a rich relative in Nigeria. He's sending me 6 million dollars.