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People who fall for so-called Nigerian scams aren't victims at all—in fact, they're greedy and should be jailed, according to Nigerian high commissioner Sunday Olu Agbi. He said today that Nigeria has gained a bad reputation because of the scams perpetrated by a minuscule number of people, and that those who find themselves involved with the scams are equally as guilty as those running them.
The Nigerian Government frowns very seriously on these scams... and every day tries to track down those who are involved, Olu Agbi told the Sydney Morning Herald in response to a previous article on Australians falling for Nigerian scams. People who send their money are as guilty as those who are asking them to send the money.
Out of the 140 million people in Nigeria, Olu Agbi said that fewer than 0.1 percent were involved in Nigerian scams. The scams, also referred to as 419 scams or advance-fee fraud, predate the Internet, but have exploded in recent years thanks to the proliferation of e-mail and instant money transfers. Although the scams can take on many forms—from payments for products sold on eBay or Craigslist, to deposits on houses and purchases of plane tickets for rue love on the other side of the ocean—they all follow the same general theme.
Scammers send huge checks to unsuspecting victims with some story attached to explain the overpayment, and the victim is expected to wire back the difference immediately. Eventually when the checks are deposited, they bounce and the victim is out a lot of money. Sometimes, victims are tricked into thinking they'll eventually be paid back and continue to participate in this endless cycle of sending money, especially if the scammer is wooing them romantically (which happens more commonly than one might think, to both men and women).
Although this kind of fraud originates from all over the world, it seems to have an unusually high concentration in Africa and, specifically, Nigeria. This has, unsurprisingly, cast Nigeria in a negative light. Olu Agbi said that Nigeria's reputation for being involved with the scams has even hurt the country's ability to land business deals. [T]hose who want to transact business with us are always very suspicious, he told the newspaper.
Still, Olu Agbi's "blame the victim" mentality won't help Nigeria win any friends, but education on how to spot 419 scams and avoid falling for them can certainly go a long way in curbing their growth. After all, once victims stop blindly forking over cash, scammers will have to figure out some other way to make money.
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Beware!: [Invitation] YOUR SWIFT ATM CARD PAYMENT IS READY |
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Title: YOUR SWIFT ATM CARD PAYMENT IS READY
Location: YOUR SWIFT ATM CARD PAYMENT IS READY
When: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:30:00 PM
Organizer: DR PAUL TOHO
Description: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATION INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT, THE NEW DELIVERY PAYMENT OFFICE DIRECT SECURITY LINE: +234-80-562-79175 EMAIL:-(drpaul010@live.com) GOOD DAY, THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT. SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE-OFFICIALS IN THE BANK ALL YOUR ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU. WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT LIKE THIS HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISHES TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENTCENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM OUR NEW PRESIDENT, UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. NOTE THAT THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECIEVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY CONTACTING THIS OFFICE AND ALSO SEND THE SEND THIS FOLLOWING INFORMATION BELOW TO THIS EMAIL:drpaul010@live.com 1. FULL NAME 2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER 3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD TO( P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE) 4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION 5. A COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION THIS ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT $8,300,000.00 AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL NEW YEAR 2008. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR ATM CARD PAYMENT.FOR ORAL DISCUSSION, I CAN BE REACHED ON +234-80-562-79175 OR EMAIL ME (drpaul010@live.com) AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION. NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, I HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-811) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING ME BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT. REGARDS, DR. PAUL TOHO CHIEF AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA DIRECT SECURITY LINE: +234-80-562-79175 View your event at http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW ... .
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RBN Rizing report... |
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AplusWebMaster writes "FYI...
- http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Calendar.20080301
1 March 2008 - ...Previous studies have suggested that the RBN has ties to nearly every area of cybercrime, including: phishing, malware, DDOS activity, pornography, botnets, and anonymization. In November 2007, media reporting indicated that a large portion of the RBN “went dark.” Since that time, the Shadowserver Foundation has been more closely analyzing outlying networks implicated as being associated with RBN... SecurityZone.org reported in early December 2007 that while not everything in TurkTelekom appears to be malicious, there are some ranges that are “particularly bad” and analysis of Shadowserver Foundation data agrees. Several subranges quickly stand out as being deeply involved in malicious cyber activity...
(PDF document link at the URL above - outstanding report from Shadowserver. Great work!)"
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