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justjay
Baiting Guru
Joined: 22 Mar 2007
Posts: 2412
Location: ~Data Miner & Esoteric Trivia Collecter~
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:44 pm |
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Well, one victim that got money back (after year+ it was probably someone else's money)
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Darth Sidious
Message Animal
Joined: 26 Mar 2008
Posts: 88
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:48 pm |
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Good for her. Score one for the good guys! |
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Mugatu
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Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 3773
Location: The star of India
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:05 pm |
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This is the first time regionally that postal inspectors have successfully recovered money that was sent overseas in this type of scam. |
First time? Cool. So we're in 2008. And the 419 scam has been going since the 80's, drawing in thousands of victims a month, tens of thousands per year.
The Postal Inspectors can give themselves a well deserved pat on the back. That's one in many thousands. I guess it's a start.
Thanks for the link JJ. |
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viereinsneun
419Eater is my life
Joined: 04 Apr 2006
Posts: 365
Location: Planet Earth
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Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:04 am |
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That's an amazing result and hopefully there will be more cases like that in future.
Sadly though, the chances of winning a RL lottery are better. |
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ChainYanker
Collecting TShirts the Hard Way
Joined: 02 Dec 2007
Posts: 1497
Location: Shouting "Fire!" in crowded theaters across America
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Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:44 am |
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About time! |
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Scam Vigilante
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 28 Feb 2008
Posts: 16
Location: When I figure it out, I'll let ya know.
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Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:02 pm |
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the man was arrested, convicted and sentenced to six years in prison through the Nigerian court system. |
w00t, she should get a badge in her siggy. |
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luckey
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Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Posts: 5672
Location: Check the lost and found
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Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:17 pm |
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I wonder if the check came from [email protected]. Smells like a recovery scam to me.
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... she sent the cash, tucked inside a book, to the man who claimed to be stranded in Nigeria. |
Interesting, sending cash may be safer that using Western Union or MoneyGram. |
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