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Story: Six arrested over 'Nigerian email' frauds

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Agreed, there are fraudsters abusing the internet platform. Inspite of this we should not take measures that would make users loser faith in the medium. My candid advice is that people should continue their businesses on the internet as usual, encourage correspondence but when it comes to parting with valuables (money, etc), get some form of security or fall back references within your locality. In my opinion, frausaters whats to take valuables from you and go into hiding so looking for someone that could guaranty pay back of the transaction in your locality. Get some form of performance bond. Don't be passionately driven by high profit margins, which is the cause of some of these problems. A guy comes to me and tells me, I'll get you a product that normally cost $100 for $5. I'll throw him out of the window. Don't even let it happen. STOP WASTING THE POLICE TIME, YOU STOP THE TRANSACTION. Get to know your client before parting with valuables. I am sick of this daily cry of fraud. Funny enough, the victims are those from advanced countries expected to be found with higher IQ and ought to know better. What you want internationally, look for it next door first! I am hurting because, this keeps painting African negatively. Then the positive ones can even hold their heads high. It is natural for an hungry man without character to take the easy way out, don't let it happen. I have nothing to say to the fraudsters, their minds are set. I just hope they get stopped by you. Thank you.

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