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