419ers take Kent minister for ï¿½12k

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Not quite a Newb Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 72

419ers take Kent minister for ï¿½12k:

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The Rev Robert Nooney met a man claiming to be a Nigerian trainee pastor called David in a Christian chatroom. They duly got chatting about a "multi-faith church and soup kitchen" Nooney was planning to set up in Thanet, and David generously offered to fund the operation from a ï¿½7.5m inheritance.

The catch, however, was that David needed a bit of help with legal costs "so he could free up cash from his inheritance and buy an airline ticket so he could visit the project in Kent". At one point, David asked for extra money "for hospital bills after he said his taxi to the airport crashed".

In total, Nooney sent "ï¿½1,200 from his savings, ï¿½1,800 he raised on credit cards, and ï¿½9,000 he took out in bank loans", after which David disappeared.
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Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/05/textbook_419/

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:45 pm

Damn that get me annoyed

Master Baiter Joined: 18 Dec 2004 Posts: 106

Sad but an example for others to learn

Baiting Guru Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 11857 Location: UK

This story was on the news in Thanet the other day, but I missed it, another eater member told me about it, the victim is very local, only a 10 minute drive from me, having a google at the moment to see if I can find any contact details for him.

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