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LEMON TIME
Afghanistan
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 Posted - 20 Nov 2006 : 11:01:24
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BE AWEAR OF THE HUGE NIGERIANS FRAUD  
Nigerian Fraud 'Huge Problem For UK' Monday November 20, 04:45 AM
New research says scams operated by Nigerian fraudsters are becoming "a large and pressing problem" in the UK. A report by an independent research body says internet scams, credit card fraud and money-laundering are going unchecked by governments in both countries. Nigerian-style "fee frauds", which see conmen send emails asking for help to spirit looted funds out of the country, are said to cost the UK economy £150m a year - with average losses per victim topping £30,000.
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study, by Chatham House, said corruption is sneaking through the net because it is not seen in Britain as a priority problem.
"Criminal activity is carried out by a small minority of Nigerians, relative to the size of the country and the number of nationals resident in Britain or visiting it," it said.
"But the numbers of people involved are still significant and their successes reflect wider political and logistical shortcomings with the way the British authorities deal with financial crime.
"Nigeria-related financial crime has become a large and pressing problem for UK authorities."
Despite the country's booming oil industry many Nigerians are very poor, which has helped spark a series of criminal networks, the report added.
On a single day in 2005, a check at Heathrow airport revealed £20m-worth of forged cheques and postal orders in courier mail from the African country's capital, Lagos.
And in another incident last year at a parcel centre in Coventry, customs officials seized more than £1m in cheques hidden in a single handbag sent from the country.
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mbay
Germany
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jambo
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Posted - 20 Nov 2006 : 16:54:07
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| this is just the tip of the iceberg, this is what they have found, i hate to think what has gone undetected. |
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serenata
Germany
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Posted - 21 Nov 2006 : 20:27:29
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Once I found a 419 mail in my office account, and though it is said that one should never answer to such a mail, I couldn't help writing to it's sender, allegedly a prince from Ghana. I thanked politely for his interesting transfer offer, but proposed to try a more serious way to earn his money, because his fraud method is known for a long time, and the German police would surely be highly interested to meet him... Never again I received a 419 letter, which could mean informations are interconnected within the scene.
Meanwhile I heard that at least in Germany people make a lot of fun with 419, sending nonsense letters to them; some even send rhymes, as a newspaper wrote. This is a creative way to handle the problem, though greed still seems to blind enough addressees to make the 'business' profitable.
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LEMON TIME
Afghanistan
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Posted - 23 Nov 2006 : 00:01:08
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| If it sounds too good to be true then its probably a scam.I personnal dont trust Nigerians,tho not all of them are into 419 frauds. |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 23 Nov 2006 : 00:19:10
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| Section 419 is the penal code for financial crimes in Nigeria |
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LEMON TIME
Afghanistan
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Posted - 23 Nov 2006 : 00:51:18
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| Really Kondorong, it say it all. |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 23 Nov 2006 : 00:58:02
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| Yes. Its name after the penal code. |
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LEMON TIME
Afghanistan
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Posted - 23 Nov 2006 : 07:24:05
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| Hope the Nigerian police step up some Security tactics to stop this Fraud as its damaging their reputation. |
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as i follow the same stories at bbc.