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The Weekly Round-Up: 29.07.05
Round-Up There was also some more even-handed justice meted out to one group of spammers this week with the arrest in Spain of 310 individuals involved in committing Nigerian 419 scams. Spanish police and the FBI arrested the Nigerian gangsters, who are... [29 Jul 2005]
Leader: Don't fall for same old scams
Leader This was followed today by a promise from the Nigerian president to take action against criminals carrying out the 419 operations from his country. The volume of emails containing a variety of internet scams trying to con credit card details and... [27 Nov 2003]
The Scam Files: Email central
Comment The Nigerian 419 scam: Although its roots are in Nigeria, which is where it gets its name - section 419 is the article of Nigerian law which covers this kind of fraud - it has since spread to most of West Africa and even parts of Europe - but the... [18 Aug 2003]
It's been another week of spam, spam, spam...
Comment Since silicon.com published an email conversation with a Nigerian 419 scammer in March and publicised this common con, we have seen a 1300 per cent increase in the amount of 419 emails we receive each week. [09 May 2003]
419 scam emails: ISPs - admit you have a problem
Comment silicon.com has recently brought you extensive coverage of the problem of the so-called 'Nigerian' 419 email scam. Having spoken to ISPs it is clear most are taking the problem seriously but they cannot deal with reports on a case by case basis due... [04 Mar 2003]
ID theft - very 21st century, very serious
Comment Of course, the argument goes, get them wrong or leave the system open to abuse and the pitfalls are even more severe than now.silicon.com's recent coverage of the 'Nigerian' 419 scams has highlighted the fraudsters, even when they don't get away... [26 Feb 2003]
Who's looking after the fortune of the dead president of Nigeria?
Comment This week silicon.com published an email conversation with somebody carrying out the notorious 419 fraud - better known as the Nigerian email, or money, scam. What are your experiences of this Nigerian scam. [19 Feb 2003]
The silicon.com Weekly Round-Up: 14.02.03
Comment It's OK, the Round-Up's not been hi-jacked by Nigerian 419 scammers. "I am Mr samuel savimbi of Angola whose father was killed on the 22nd of February 2002. I got your contact through 'The world business journal' when I was desperately looking for... [14 Feb 2003]
Fighting Fraud: How far we've come (Part I)
Comment On the same day, Kevin Sartain, a silicon.com reader, tried to report that he had been contacted, via the web, by the Nigerian 419 fraud group. Two weeks ago UK Home Secretary Jack Straw launched the National Crime Squad's new National Hi-Tech... [02 May 2001]
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