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Devil_Doc
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 05 Aug 2007
Posts: 13
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:42 pm |
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file this under "It's about time."
Spanish police have arrested 87 Nigerians suspected of defrauding at least 1,500 people in a postal and internet lottery scam.
The arrests were made in and around Madrid in an operation co-ordinated with the FBI.
Police said millions of euros were taken from the victims, most of them in the United States and European Union.
Those targeted were wrongly told they had won a lottery and asked to send a payment before prize money could sent.
Thousands of letters and e-mails, most in ungrammatical English, were sent out to prospective victims every day, police said.
The faked documents asked them to make an initial payment of 900 euros ($1,400, �720) in taxes or administrative costs.
The scam is estimated to have netted around 20 million euros, but the actual sum could be many times that, say police.
Anglican bishop
Police said the number of those defrauded could run into many thousands, as most of them probably failed to report the crime out of embarrassment.
Police estimate that only one in 1,000 recipients of the letters needed to fall for the fraud for it to make a profit. An Anglican bishop was among those duped, according to Spanish officials.
The operation to track down the gang began in May 2007 when a huge number of identical letters destined for addresses in the US was discovered at Madrid's Barajas airport.
Police confiscated hundreds of computers, mobile phones and 60,000 letters in a raid on more than 30 homes and businesses.
Law enforcement officers also seized a suitcase full of fake $100 notes which they say was used to convince some victims who came to Spain in person to collect their "prize money".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7353003.stm |
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maggiemay
Adamu's soulmate
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Posts: 337
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:01 pm |
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Good - made my day hope they all get nice long jail terms |
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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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Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:37 pm |
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Glad to know someone's doing something. |
_________________ x3
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"YOUR DEATH IS AT HAND HENCE YOU LEARNT HOW TO DOUBLE CROSS OTHER GUYMAN KEEP IT ON AND WATCH OUT" -Don Jack
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daisychain11
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 17 Apr 2008
Posts: 19
Location: Eire
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:49 pm |
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cool its nice to see that some get caught |
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any thing i use is sudo names
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Strongside
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 27 Jan 2008
Posts: 589
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:54 pm |
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Great news |
_________________ You are the uttermost foolishman i ever heard of mugu like your family will be licked by a dog - Dr.Timothy Landon
You claim to be pure and never indulged in Juju, we shall see soon who will come beging for forgiveness, I cast you into the deapest hell and that is where you belong you Lunatic Monkey - Dr. James Carter
DIE NOW DIE NOW DIE NOW WITH YOUR WHOLE FAMILY USELESS MAN - Thambora Vwuku
what is ur problem u what do you do in life? pease dont worry me again otherwise u will die i wil reprot this mails to my boss. You are warned - Tony Kovan |
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Donato
Baiting Guru
Joined: 07 Jan 2007
Posts: 2922
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:01 pm |
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It's 'Bubba' time. |
_________________ ^^^ damn tree hugging hippy. -imike
Your are a complete ASSHOLE!! Dont you dare mail me again BASTARD!!!-george harrison
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Strongside
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 27 Jan 2008
Posts: 589
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:10 pm |
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@Donato |
_________________ You are the uttermost foolishman i ever heard of mugu like your family will be licked by a dog - Dr.Timothy Landon
You claim to be pure and never indulged in Juju, we shall see soon who will come beging for forgiveness, I cast you into the deapest hell and that is where you belong you Lunatic Monkey - Dr. James Carter
DIE NOW DIE NOW DIE NOW WITH YOUR WHOLE FAMILY USELESS MAN - Thambora Vwuku
what is ur problem u what do you do in life? pease dont worry me again otherwise u will die i wil reprot this mails to my boss. You are warned - Tony Kovan |
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Devil_Doc
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 05 Aug 2007
Posts: 13
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:17 pm |
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I wish they would make the names of these lads public so that I could hire a plane to drop a metric tonne of leaflets over the capital with their names and crimes printed on them. Their village too if possible. |
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Spear N. Magichelmet
Wannabe Baiter
Joined: 08 Apr 2008
Posts: 86
Location: eating nice puffy rolls full of yeasty goodness
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:38 pm |
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Seized their computers...hmm...I wonder how many 419 eaters emails are now being read by the police? |
_________________ we must delay in this as soon as possible - k3vin4 w1ll14ms
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Devil_Doc
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 05 Aug 2007
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:43 pm |
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enough to give them a good laugh I hope. |
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419weasel
Baiting Guru
Joined: 26 Jan 2006
Posts: 4207
Location: Somewhere in a hole. Waiting.
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:05 pm |
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FrumpyBB
Baiting Guru
Joined: 22 Nov 2006
Posts: 5988
Location: Germany
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:08 pm |
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Yeah! Bravo to the Spanish LEOS! |
_________________ SIR,I DON'T ENTERTAIN RIGMAROLE AND THERE IS NO ROOM FOR DILLY- DALLY.
the ball is in your cult
x 5 ARK & Co. incl. 1 safari w/ RS17 & NTBS
Dan the lotto man, ARK mugu wedding
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Zake (w/ SH, SL & Craig)
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x 2 another MMM w/ SH
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Slootie
Master Baiter
Joined: 23 Mar 2008
Posts: 182
Location: Deep in the heart of Tecksus
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:12 pm |
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The scam is estimated to have netted around 20 million euros, but the actual sum could be many times that, say police. |
Wow. |
_________________ Thank you Annie Oakley for assuring me that we both can trust one another and have a successful business partnership. - J0hn Kennedy aka James Kennedy aka James R0bin aka Peter Ch0i
Mr Frank i want you to know that you are not God and the way you do things i dont like it.because you have been fooling me around and causing me more pains. - Juliet
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sir scam alot
Baiting Guru
Joined: 19 Mar 2008
Posts: 5076
Location: Louisiana
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:15 pm |
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Devil_Doc wrote: |
enough to give them a good laugh I hope. |
The cops are going to need new monitors and keyboards after they read some of this stuff. |
_________________ = Rev. JB Johnson. Lome to Parakou "i thought it will just be a day jouney. unknowingly to me that it will last up to one week."
2 = Harrison: Owerri, Nigeria to Cotonou, Benin and Accra, Ghana "i know ive been a sucker for twat "
= (Group safari) Oy3nka Ch1dinma: Lagos to Cotonou: "Thank you so much for the embrassment."
= Group safari - Dan Nkwerre: Port Harcourt to Abeche, Chad
2 = Barr. Mustapha Marlick: Lome, Togo to Abuja Nigeria and Accra, Ghana.
x15 (some survived) x280
<b>Have you kicked your lad today?<b>
Over $1 million USD in fake checks/money orders confiscated |
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bill mcdill
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 03 Feb 2008
Posts: 966
Location: Sleeping in Charles Saludo's wet spot
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:18 pm |
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I wonder how many 419 eaters emails are now being read by the police |
Oh no, and I sent that nice young man a collection of pictures of me in the nude... |
_________________ So many phony websites, so little time...
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"So if i may ask,who bangs you?" J03L Akum14h
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"In fact, our correspondent is almost arrested by the security agent for bringing in fake information" Barrister W0ngM@rtins
"hey what fuck are u don't reply bul sheet go to heal" Mr. Samuel (a jilted love lad) |
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CowboyBuck
Elite Baiter
Joined: 04 Aug 2007
Posts: 1077
Location: Riding the Western Union Trail
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:22 am |
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I was wondering why I haven't heard from some of my lads this week. |
_________________ Accra to Abuja to Lagos
Mr. King - May 2008 to May 2009
A few more
Right now I am getting pissed with your responses
And still you later claimed there are snakes on the road to the Western Union
Please for the sake of humanity help Mr. Felix and I to get this money |
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dr stephen williams
Baiting Guru
Joined: 06 Aug 2007
Posts: 16749
Location: Dreadful Hater-ville
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:15 am |
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I've got a lad in Spain! Part of Dr R@ys outfit... with my trunk box, in Madrid. I was hoping to get him to sfari to Barcelona, but if he ends up en el carcel, creo que no hay mejor! |
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The False Italian
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Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 3779
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:42 am |
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Good luck for long jail terms. Today two �45k wash-wash lads got away with probation here. |
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Yudid.What
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 18 Apr 2008
Posts: 5
Location: South Africa
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:53 am |
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Hi all, I am a newbie that got scammed by a syndicate and it is so embarrassing that I could not even tell my wife... she would kill me!! I tried the police , but they laughed at me ass well. They told me that they cant catch these guys because they always hit a brick wall. By the way I am in South Africa and the criminals love it over here. More and more we see illegal people hopping over our borders and many are Nigerian.
This makes me feel so much better that some of these scammers gets caught, but then it also makes me kind of worried to see how many of them are involved. This means that if they do find your personal info they most probably have the contacts to physically harm you...
Thanks guys for doing a great job and I want to learn how to do baiting before I jump into this. |
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Tsnerd
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 14 Jul 2005
Posts: 41
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:24 am |
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I'm sorry that you were stolen from, Yudid, but I would encourage you not to be embarrassed. The lads use this sense of shame to their own advantage. |
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Fakers: many, many, lots; an SSL and a couple of Resellers.
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Spear N. Magichelmet
Wannabe Baiter
Joined: 08 Apr 2008
Posts: 86
Location: eating nice puffy rolls full of yeasty goodness
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:39 am |
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Being scammed is nothing to be ashamed about. It means that you have a good heart. Some of the scammers are obvious, but many of them have been doing this for a long time, and know how to make themselves believable.
Although I can easily understand why you might not want to talk about it, I would encourage you to let other people know that the scams are out there, even if you don't mention your personal involvement. Anything you can do to educate other good, well-meaning people is a good thing.
It's nice to read news stories about people being arrested for this. If the police in all countries were as willing to do something about these crimes, I have to admit, I probably wouldn't be baiting. |
_________________ we must delay in this as soon as possible - k3vin4 w1ll14ms
I DO NOT LIKE INSULTS AND ABUSIVE LANGUAGES - P4stor B4ll4s W4l4s |
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Chibuike
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 07 Mar 2006
Posts: 693
Location: My corner of the world...
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:55 pm |
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Additional information from another news source:
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Police searched 39 addresses, seizing more than 60,000 letters ready to send. The fraud was profitable even if only one in 1,000 addressees fell for it.
Police launched the investigation in May 2007 on discovering the dispatch of large amounts of identical letters from Madrid. The swindlers found the addresses of their victims in data bases of easy access on the internet, police said.
Police sources described the scam as a new version of the 'Nigerian letters,' in which people pretending to be representatives of the Nigerian government or institutions asked for help in getting a large amount of money out of the country.
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From the Ghana news media:
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The operation to track down the gang began in May 2007 when a huge number of identical letters destined for addresses in the US was discovered at Madrid 's Barajas airport. |
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_________________ "I didn't know Oscar was a pimp!" Chibuike
"simple....go fuck a tree trunk" Phillip Johnson
<--I got ponies! Wahhooo! |
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Chibuike
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 07 Mar 2006
Posts: 693
Location: My corner of the world...
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Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:56 pm |
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From DailySpain.com - 17-04-2008
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Crackdown on fraud network,87 arrested
Spanish police have arrested 87 Nigerians suspected of defrauding at least 1,200 people of millions of euros, mostly in the United States and Europe, the interior ministry said Thursday.
The gang sent out thousands of emails and letters every day to potential victims, making them believe they had been selected among thousands of others to participate in a Spanish lottery.
It also told them that they had won a prize of thousands of euros, the ministry said in a statement.
Those people who responded received official-looking but faked documents asking them to pay administrative costs or taxes.
Around 1,200 people filed complaints over the scam. But there were others "who did not file complaints out of shame, and who could represent about 90 percent of the total," the statement said.
"So, we estimate that the total amount known to have been defrauded is 20 million euros (32 million dollars), but that could be only about 10 percent of the total."
It said officers searched around 30 homes and nine business premises in the operation, seizing some 200 computers, 100 mobile phones, more than 60,000 letters and many false documents.
Those arrested operated from Madrid and the surrounding areas. Police began investigating the network in May 2007.
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_________________ "I didn't know Oscar was a pimp!" Chibuike
"simple....go fuck a tree trunk" Phillip Johnson
<--I got ponies! Wahhooo! |
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midnitedriver
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 14 Apr 2008
Posts: 76
Location: anywhere
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Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:40 am |
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i hope the turds get more than is coming to them. fantastic news |
_________________ if a man speaks in the forrest, and noone is around to hear him, AM I STILL WRONG?
http://www.ip-adress.com/
www.otr.net somthing to listen to
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tigertale
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 08 Apr 2008
Posts: 40
Location: Western Australia
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Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:40 pm |
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Does anyone know if a foreign diplomat by the name of Chr1st0pher Da1avan was one of those arrested? I'm flying to Madrid in two weeks time to meet him... I hope he still has my money waiting! |
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