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Nigerians Arrested in Holland for Internet 419 Scam
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:35:48 GMT
Via Yahoo! News. [snip] Dutch police said they had arrested 12 Nigerians in connection with an Internet scam in which emails were sent to Americans tricking them into investing in non-existent schemes. The Nigerians were detained on suspicion of commiting fraud or involvement in fraud in the scheme, which earnt them a total two million dollars (1.7 million euros). They were arrested Tuesday after raids on premises in Amsterdam and the central city of Zaandam, during which police seized 25,000 euros in cash, computers and fake travel documents. Most of the victims of the scam were US citizens. Four of the men detained were arrested on the request of US authorities, who cooperated in the investigation. The gang has posted some 100,000 emails to potential victims, police said. [snip] More: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060222/tc_afp/netherlandsnigeriaus - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Nigerians Arrested in Holland for Internet 419 Scam Fergie (Feb 22)
- RE: Nigerians Arrested in Holland for Internet 419 Scam Gary Funck (Feb 22)
- Re: Nigerians Arrested in Holland for Internet 419 Scam Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 22)
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- RE: Nigerians Arrested in Holland for Internet 419 Scam Todd Towles (Feb 22)
- RE: Nigerians Arrested in Holland for Internet 419 Scam Todd Towles (Feb 22)
- RE: Nigerians Arrested in Holland for Internet 419 Scam Todd Towles (Feb 22)
- RE: Nigerians Arrested in Holland for Internet 419 Scam Fergie (Feb 22)
- RE: Nigerians Arrested in Holland for Internet 419 Scam Gary Funck (Feb 22)