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News Photos: Google Android comes out to play silicon.com Classics: 'Nigerian' money scam - What happens when you reply? One such digital classic is an old gem going by the rather self-explanatory title: 'Nigerian' money... [28 Feb 2008]
silicon.com Classics: 'Nigerian' money scam - What happens when you reply?
News Everyone is now familiar with these 419 scam emails, so called because of the section of the criminal code in Nigeria (where a number of these emails have originated) which deals with fraud. Anybody who... [04 Feb 2008]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: The worst ever 419 scam emails
Comment Either way, the scam emails dropping into my inbox are now so poor that I've taken to saving the worst of them. So here's my extremely non-scientific run down of the top five lamest scam mails I've... [27 Sep 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.08.06
Round-Up Could it be the days of the 419 scam are numbered? The Round-Up's favourite statistic of the week is undoubtedly the number of bananas that supermarket giant Tesco has sold online this year. In the first... [25 Aug 2006]
Fraudsters ready with "a scam for everyone"
News Research from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) shows that nearly half of the UK population - or 20 million consumers over the age of 15 - have been targeted by a scam. The OFT said people most likely to be targeted by... [16 Feb 2006]
Spam scams targeting smaller firms
News Earlier this week silicon.com highlighted the case of another finely tailored email scam which saw an apparent endorsement for one tech company's products emailed specifically to silicon.com, in an apparent attempt to... [28 Oct 2005]
London bomb victim used by 419 email scammers
News Computer users are being warned about a sick new 419 email scam claiming recipients are in line to receive millions of pounds from the estate of one of the victims of the London suicide bombings. The... [02 Aug 2005]
419 victims not greedy or stupid, says OFT
News The government has proclaimed February 'scam awareness month' and is turning to the internet to help consumers avoid falling for offers that are literally too good to be true. The first clue that should warn consumers... [18 Feb 2005]
Cyber-vigilantes go after scammers
News The criminals who operate the 419 scam, also known as the advance fee fraud, send out emails, letters and faxes asking for help to recover a large sum of money from a bank, in return for a share of the... [11 Feb 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.01.05
Round-Up While such plights are sadly commonplace in the aftermath of the tsunami, these scam emails, which tellingly usually provide bank accounts with Dutch street addresses, are diverting much needed funds from the genuine... [07 Jan 2005]
Tsunami email hoaxer charged
News Many other email hoaxers, most notably spammers and those committing frauds such as the Nigerian 419 scam, prey upon any topical event to find a hook for their emails - no matter how tasteless. Already... [04 Jan 2005]
Exclusive: The headlines you WON'T see in 2005
News People continue to fall for scams such as the Nigerian 419 scam and the Dutch National Lottery emails. Gates: Longhorn 'bug free and on time' If there are two certainties in life it's that Microsoft... [22 Dec 2004]
Spammers use the Lord's name to part firewalls
News However, similar mails have preyed on victims' gullibility in variations of the Nigerian 419 scam. Email recipients are being offered religious salvation through the power of spam, according to security... [19 Nov 2004]
Leader: Spam wars hotting up
Leader The man was perpetrating the notorious 419 scam - so called because of the section of Nigerian law which covers advanced fee fraud. The battle to conquer spam has taken a number of interesting turns so... [05 Apr 2004]
Nigerian '419' scammer sent to prison
News Peter Okoeguale, 33, who was arrested in Wales while is the process of committing one such '419' scam, also faces deportation from the UK at the end of his sentence. One individual in Scotland lost... [05 Apr 2004]
