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| FBI and Spanish police arrrest 310 in Nigerian spam ring | |||
| 2005-07-20 | |||
A joint operation between the FBI and Spanish police saw the arrest of 310 people in the Malaga area in connection with a EUR100m bogus lottery scam run by Nigerian gangs. The scam claimed at least 20,000 victims in 45 countries including Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan and a number of Arabic countries. The operation, codenamed Nile, centred on a gang which operated in the Malaga area of the Costa del Sol. The fraudsters were offering lottery prizes for bogus competitions sent most often by email.
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| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #12 I inquired about the Nigerian spam with one of the federal agencies. I think it was the Secret Service. I was asksed to forward the Nigerian emails to a government mailbox. Not much happened that I could tell because it seemed like the emails came with greater enthusiasm and vigor. I then decided to just reply by saying "Fook you b_stard and by the way rot in hell." |
| Posted by: John Q. Citizen 2005-07-20 17:29 |
| #11 Oh gawd gawd ima have the twichery twitch! Ima need two two doubles AB |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-20 16:03 |
| #10 You got it Dreadnaught! Ima postulate there is a series of human that wants to be fooled, conned, bamboozled. You may get lucky, but you without doubt will get something to bitch about and hey! That's exciting too. /bridgeport half |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-20 16:02 |
| #9 You got it Dreadnaught! Ima postulate there is a series of human that wants to be fooled, conned, bamboozled. You may get lucky, but you without doubt will get something to bitch about and hey! That's exciting too. /bridgeport half |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-20 16:02 |
| #8 20,000 victims! How many dumb people are there? There's an old saying that for a con to work, the mark has to be somewhat dishonest himself. The real question is how many dumb, greedy people are there? Answer: like grains of sand on the beach. |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2005-07-20 13:54 |
| #7 you did, Steve, please fwd your checking account and ssn numbers so they can deposit your winnings directly (oh, and passwords too....) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-20 13:26 |
| #6 This is horrible news! Now we're going to get a wave of spam asking for help from people trying smuggle millions in spammer cash out of Malaga! |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-07-20 13:24 |
| #5 Damm, you mean I didn't win the (insert country here) lottery? I must get 20 of those a day. |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-07-20 13:15 |
| #4 Oh, shoot. Most of the spam I get implies that I am fat (which I am - I admit), or that I need viagra (which I do not)... What spam will make me laugh now? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-07-20 12:42 |
| #3 Mrs. Achocha get scooped up? That bitch! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-07-20 12:35 |
| #2 20,000 victims! How many dumb people are there? Never mind. I forgot Kerry got 48% of the vote. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-07-20 12:34 |
| #1 Thank the enforcers of law! These guys were a pain in the f00ken ass! Rot in the pound-my-ass prison! |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-07-20 12:21 |