Nigeria renews efforts to stop 419 scammers
News The notorious email scam is also known as the 419 scam -- 419 being the part of the Nigerian criminal code that relates to fraud. The Nigerian government has launched a new crackdown on organised criminals who attempt to con email users with get...
[November 27, 2003, 10:10]
Six arrested over 'Nigerian email' frauds
News Six people were arrested in South Africa last weekend on suspicion of being involved in the infamous Nigerian email and letter fraud. Four of those detained were Nigerian, one was Cameroonian, and the sixth was South African.
[May 21, 2002, 14:13]
Fatal shooting linked to Nigerian email fraud
News A Czech pensioner who had been defrauded by a criminal gang operating the notorious Nigerian email scam has been arrested on suspicion of shooting dead a Nigerian diplomat, according to reports. This scam claims to be a get-rich-quick scheme...
[February 20, 2003, 15:36]
Microsoft 'lends security expertise' to Nigeria
News Microsoft is to work with the Nigerian government to help tackle the problem of 419 email scams and other cybercrime originating from the African country. Neil Holloway, the president of Microsoft for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said the...
[October 14, 2005, 17:50]
Psychiatrist 'gave millions to email scammers'
News Nigerian' email scams — also known as 419 scams after the section of Nigerian legal code that deals with fraud — begin with a message offering the recipient a very large sum of money in return for helping to move an even larger amount of cash out...
[March 3, 2006, 11:55]
US charges email scammers
News Last year, a Nigerian court sentenced a woman to two-and-a-half years in prison after she pleaded guilty to conspiring in what was called the nation's biggest scam case ever — a $242m fraud incident involving a Brazilian bank.
[March 24, 2006, 9:45]
Spanish police smash £13m email scam
News Spanish police have arrested eight people involved in a Nigerian-led email scam believed to have defrauded Internet users of up to 20m euros (£13m), according to Spain's El Mundo newspaper. The Nigerian government has set up a unit in London to...
[October 3, 2002, 11:56]
Spam levels skyrocket in UK
News MessageLabs said that the so-called "Nigerian scam", also called the "419 scam", was the fastest-growing threat of the year. The scam messages typically request help in transferring a large amount of money out of Nigeria, and the victim is lured...
[November 25, 2002, 12:09]
Scamalot
Blog In the early twentieth century, the Nigerian Customs and Trade even printed a letter from Britain’s ambassador in Spain warning the public in Nigeria to be 'upon their guard' against the scam. Now, we all know the "419 scam" scenario - email rocks...
[November 20, 2006, 13:55]
Alternative title: Greedy people lose money
Talkback As a landlord letting my property to foreigners I should have been hit by the ol' cheque scam by now, but I always phone the issuing bank before I cash a cheque and I have just recently shredded a cheque from a Nigerian model who told me she would...
[April 14, 2007, 12:14]
419 spammers use Holocaust to boost credibility
News In what appears to be similar to a Nigerian 419 scam, the fraudster has used legitimate organisations to plead his case. A spammer has bombarded at least 75,000 inboxes with an email scam that offers recipients a share of $35m (£19.5m) from a World...
[October 1, 2004, 17:40]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Young Graeme Wearden, superhack newshound extraordinaire, did a story today about various Nigerian fraudsters getting rounded up. These were some of the people behind the '419' scam -- where an earnest relative of some famous chap asks you to help...
[May 27, 2002, 17:26]
Spam growth increases during March
News According to Brightmail's figures, the most common scam is the notorious and typically Nigerian-based 419 con, where recipients are offered a share of an unclaimed fortune. Anti-spam firm Brightmail recorded a 4 percent month-on-month increase in...
[April 9, 2003, 10:55]
And on the eighth day, the Lord created spam
News However, similar mails have preyed on victims' gullibility in variations of the Nigerian 419 scam. Email recipients are being offered religious salvation through the power of spam, according to security company MessageLabs.
[November 19, 2004, 10:45]
NCC grasps at straws to save telecom consumers in limbo- Part 1
Blog This writer’s experience is quite illuminating and demonstrates the levity with which mobile telephone operators hold their Nigerian customers. The manner in which some of them rip off their customers’ phone credits leaves very few people in doubt...
[March 10, 2008, 9:03]
Nigeria renews efforts to stop 419 scammers
Talkback This book is called, Nigerian 419 Scam "Game Over! I have been actively educating people and businesses around the globe about the 419 scam and how it works and how to avoid being stung by it. I have a great novel that takes the reader through what...
[April 1, 2004, 2:32]
Nigeria renews efforts to stop 419 scammers
Talkback You can always check up from the Nigerian If the proposal is too good to be true, it is probably a scam. Once the offer sounds patronising even though the writer knows very little about you, it is likely to be a scam.
[October 21, 2005, 13:48]
Six arrested over 'Nigerian email' frauds
Talkback Everyone knows the 419 scam operates why do people persist in being taken ? The scam only carries on because of the greed of a few who get taken, but perhaps I'm too hard on sophicsticated westerners getting taken by 3rd world con artists.
[June 6, 2004, 23:02]
