Nigeria's anti-corruption agency says it has shut down some 800 fraudster e-mailers and arrested those behind 18 high-profile "cyber crime syndicates".
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it has been working with the computer giant Microsoft to crack down on the scammers.
BeeDeeDubbleU
12:16 pm on Oct 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
And about time too. Actually I refuse to have anything to do with anyone from Nigeria and this must be costing the country a massive amount in lost business. It has been going on for many years and I don't know why they haven't clamped down before now.
I got an enquiry from Nigeria just yesterday. It looked genuine but I immediately deleted it because I won't take the chance of dealing with ANYONE there. Why should I when greater than 99% of my email from Nigeria is from scammers?
LifeinAsia
3:23 pm on Oct 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
A small step in the right direction. We'll see what type of punishment they actually get.
Also, I worry that many newbies reading the story will thing the "Nigerian problem" is solved and will be more trusting of Nigerian scams in the future because they think the government got rid of the scammers.
wheel
4:47 pm on Oct 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
I used to know a fellow from Nigerian immigrant, did some business with him. He was actually exporting stuff back over to family in Nigeria. When I asked him about these issues, his response was the only way to do business there was to know and trust someone in Nigeria (for him, it was family). Otherwise his recommendation was to simply not do business - you'll get eaten alive.r
sgietz
5:52 pm on Oct 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
They should be put in jail and be forced to eat Spam for the rest of their lives.
wyweb
5:55 pm on Oct 23, 2009 (gmt 0)
Does anyone still think any email with the word "Nigeria" in the text body should still be taken seriously?
