Okay… 419ers, Nigerian Scammers, are sometime so obvious that you just want to laugh. In fact; I’d state that they are always laughable, except that they have hurt a lot of people. I have seen the scam done so many times, and have followed exploits on Anti-Scammer sites often. So I was actually shocked when I read that a BANK was stupid enough to fall for them. And not just some small bank, but Citibank.
In October, Citibank received two dozen faxed requests for money to be wired, and it transferred $27 million to accounts controlled by the conspirators in Japan, South Korea, Australia, China, Cyprus and the United States, the complaint says.
Citibank called the officials whose names and numbers it had been given to verify the transactions, prosecutors said. The numbers turned out to be for cellphones in Nigeria, South Africa and Britain used by the conspirators.
Citibank, in its investigation, later determined the package of documents had come via courier from Lagos, Nigeria, rather than from the offices of the National Bank of Ethiopia, in Addis Ababa.
Citibank has credited back the lost funds to the National Bank of Ethiopia, said one person who was briefed about the situation.
[via NYTimes.com]
Seriously, 27 Million Dollars… US. Not 27 Million Dollars Nigerian (which would be about 13 cents [my guesstimate]).
The writer of this article is just plain stupid.If you have done so much research then you should know that the Nigerian currency is known as Naira and not Nigerian Naira.Also, by now you should the major reason people fall victims is either because they are as stupid as you are or just very greedy and 27million dollars is about N4 billion naira or aptly put 27million naira is about 180,000 usd.So do your research properly before you publish your stupidity
Meant to say not Nigerian dollar
Hi, Im a Nigerian scammer I find this email offensive. Thank you
[...] Finally I took the check to the bank it was issued from and then a local police station. It turns out the check was a scam, a common one. The bank informed me that several people cash this type of check and then lose thousands from their personal bank account and there is nothing they can do about it. The cop told me it is a common Nigerian scam #mce_temp_url# [...]
Hey Patrick weren’t you the guy I scammed on ebay few months ago?
Please respect the diversity in our line of work I also find this post offensive like my fellow scammer did.
Fuck you my poster,nigeria dont use dollers you people are the greatest scammers you use ur pen to decieve our leaders to suffer the generation by stealing our oil,and every thing is that not scammer answer me ,you think you can full people sure but not all the time you fucking sick white people
Very poor flame troll…