Nigerian 419 Scams
The Bulletin Magazine (sort of Australian Time or Newsweek) has done some numbers on Nigerian scams, and to be honest, they are scary.
133 people were interveiwed about being in the scams. (sending money to Nigeria).
Of those, only 2 people were actually conducting a business. The rest were scams.
$16m was lost by those people.
About US$400,000 a months is being sent from Queensland to the scammers. Thsi is estimated to be about $2mill a month Aust wide.
Most people in the end game of the scam were receiving death threats if they backed out, including threats to their families.
2/3rds of people contacted by the police, refused to believe they were being scammed, and continued to send cash.
Most of the scammers were in Lagos, but were actually run by people in England and Spain.
There may in fact be links to Russian mafia. 2000 scammers were arrested in the last 2 years in Nigeria.
While many links are traced back to England, because the crimes have not been commited in England, no arrests have been made.
A Hong Kong Woman managed to recover $4m, a Brazilian bank got back $100m of $240m lost.
People, we are in the wrong game.
Thank you for supplying these statistics.
These Nigerian 419 advance fee scams rely on a computer-savy, dishonest English speaking nation with a large, educated expatriate population. They in turn rely on the availability of a credulous and greedy target population. There are people who deserve to be victims because they credulous and greedy. They get no sympathy from me.
133 people were interveiwed about being in the scams. (sending money to Nigeria).
Of those, only 2 people were actually conducting a business. The rest were scams.
$16m was lost by those people.
About US$400,000 a months is being sent from Queensland to the scammers. Thsi is estimated to be about $2mill a month Aust wide.
Most people in the end game of the scam were receiving death threats if they backed out, including threats to their families.
2/3rds of people contacted by the police, refused to believe they were being scammed, and continued to send cash.
Most of the scammers were in Lagos, but were actually run by people in England and Spain.
There may in fact be links to Russian mafia. 2000 scammers were arrested in the last 2 years in Nigeria.
While many links are traced back to England, because the crimes have not been commited in England, no arrests have been made.
A Hong Kong Woman managed to recover $4m, a Brazilian bank got back $100m of $240m lost.
People, we are in the wrong game.
Thank you for supplying these statistics.
These Nigerian 419 advance fee scams rely on a computer-savy, dishonest English speaking nation with a large, educated expatriate population. They in turn rely on the availability of a credulous and greedy target population. There are people who deserve to be victims because they credulous and greedy. They get no sympathy from me.
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