Crimes against the English language – and Anglican bishops
Here's an interesting report from BBC News for everyone thoroughly sick of getting fake lottery notifications in their email inbox, involving the arrest of no less than 87 Nigerians.
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Here's a very sad tale from BBC News - and a salutary one for all of us that have rolled our eyes on receiving yet another 419 scam email. It's a story of how Nigerian fraudsters are preying on the...
View ArticleReasons to be suspicious of surprise inheritances and magic money-cleansing...
Like the common cold, the advance fee fraud (or 419) scammers keep adapting to survive. Here's a cautionary tale from The Register which seems to involve almost every trick in the scammers' book
View ArticleA lady in distress in Dubai (not)
Interestingly, the classic 419 scam does not appear to have had its day yet. This fine example dropped into the inbox a few days ago.
View ArticleNever mind altruism, let's go straight for greed
After a period when it looked like scammers had got bored with the 419, here it is back in abundance. We have received five or six of these in the course of a couple of weeks, after months of being...
View ArticleThe FBI is coming!
Looks like the 419 scam (or advance fee fraud) email has morphed into yet another form, after this gem of imaginative creativity dropped into the inbox this morning.
View ArticleAll necessary documents will be made available for prove in needed time
Me and Colonel Gaddafi, we're like that... and, by the way, would you like a chunk of his missing millions? Yep, the 419 scammers have been to call this morning with another amusing missive.
View Article“Personal Fund Manager to the late President Muammar Gaddafi for many years…”
Not for the first time, a close business associate of Colonel Gaddafi has been in touch, soliciting our help with some tricky but of course strictly temporary financial circumstances. How could you...
View ArticleAdvance fee fraudster jailed
A London fraudster responsible for tricking pensioners out of their savings to fund his champagne lifestyle using advance fee fraud has been jailed.
View ArticleBut wait, where is the offer of untold wealth…?
And this morning, following closely on the heels of Frank Onyeachonam's conviction for fraud, is a communication from Ms Ms Simbiso Chisirimunhu - whose situation is so desperate that she is cut off...
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