| Ah, don't you love those Nigerian scammers? | | | | with these problems, an independent Economic |
| I'm the brother of Finance Minister... Well, | | | | and Financial Crimes Commission has been set |
| they are finally being prosecuted and going | | | | up in Nigeria to go after all the fraudulent |
| to jail. | | | | activity. The "EFCC" has the stated goal of: |
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| Banco Noroeste - Brazil | | | | "The EFCC will curb the menace of corruption |
| | | | that constitutes the cog in the wheel of |
| In the biggest scam of its sort, three | | | | progress; protect national and foreign |
| Nigerian scammers managed to steal $242 | | | | investments in the country; imbue the spirit |
| million dollars from Banco Noroesto, a bank | | | | of hard work in the citizenry and discourage |
| in Brazil. The Nigerians came up with a fake | | | | ill gotten wealth; identify illegally |
| contract to build an airport in Abuja, the | | | | acquired wealth and confiscate it; build an |
| capital of Nigeria. They promised a bank | | | | upright workforce in both public and private |
| official a healthy commission in exchange for | | | | sectors of the economy and; contribute to the |
| funding the contract. Sound familiar? Of | | | | global war against financial crimes." |
| course, there was no airport and the scammers | | | | |
| headed off with the money. The bank, in turn, | | | | While a bit utopian, the Commission has a lot |
| collapsed and customers lost everything. | | | | of power and is making a beeline for the |
| | | | people sending you the fraudulent emails. At |
| In a joint investigation by Nigerian and | | | | this time, the Commission claims to have |
| Brazilian officials, the three fraudsters | | | | arrested over 200 email scammers and seized |
| were identified as Emmanuel Nwude, Nzeribe | | | | assets in excess of $200 million dollars. |
| Okoli and Amaka Anajemba. In prosecution | | | | |
| efforts, Nwude and Okoli plead guilty to | | | | Warning |
| numerous crimes and forfeited $121.5 million | | | | |
| dollars in assets. Anajemba rolled on the | | | | While this is all very nice, there is a |
| other two and received a two and half year | | | | certain amount of common sense involved in |
| sentence after agreeing to give back $48.5 | | | | this issue. Do you really believe someone |
| million. Nobody has explained what happened | | | | will contact you out of the blue with a |
| to the other $70 million. | | | | desire to give you a few million dollars? |
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| Nigeria Corruption | | | | Just because you are on the Internet, it |
| | | | doesn't mean you should abandon your common |
| Nigeria is currently considered the sixth | | | | sense when you start reading email. Trust me, |
| most corrupt country in the world. To deal | | | | such offers aren't legitimate. |