aircobra19
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I find it hard to believe so many fall for this. 12m?
Aussies fall for Nigerian Scam
Daft drongos cough up £12 million
By Nick Farrell: Wednesday, 20 August 2008, 10:33 AM
INSPECTOR KNACKER of the Queensland Yard is worried that so many Aussies are falling for the Nigerian scam.
Apparently more than £12 million is transferred from Aussie bank accounts to Nigerian scammers every year.
Coppers fear this might be the tip of the iceberg because victims fail to report incidents and some of the cash might be wired through other countries.
Detective Superintendent Brian Hay, part of the Queensland Police fraud squad, said Australians sent about £1.1 million a month to Nigeria, at least 80 per cent of which was fraud related.
He said that New South Wales people seemed to be the biggest victim group in Oz, quite why is another matter.
Hay got on the blower to 139 people who had sent money to Nigeria and found 135 were fraud victims. One romance victim lost more than £10,000 and a business invested in £2.5 million in a fictitious oil pipeline. µ
That cop has a racist name!
That cop has a racist name!
I'd say the word "apparently" might be key here - i.e. we just made that figure up?
The British satirical magazine Private Eye often refers to senior police figures as "Inspector Knacker" or the police force in general as "Knacker of The Yard", a reference to Jack "Slipper of the Yard" Slipper.
Not to mention ISP's, hardware manufacturers, telecomms infrastructure providers, and, and...just think of all the jobs that would be lost in western union offices if these scams stopped...
An unusually sophisticated "baiting" response to these scammers is here:
http://www.419eater.com/html/john_boko.htm
- LL
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