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Nigerian shot dead in email scam row

419 scams are fast becoming the story of the week...

By Will Sturgeon on 20 February 2003 16:40

NEWS A Czech pensioner has been arrested and charged with the murder of a Nigerian diplomat after being left out of pocket by the notorious Nigerian money scam. The 72-year old man fell for the email scam, which invites recipients to hand over bank details and several forms of ID so that vast sums of money can be laundered through their account in return for a share of the spoils. However, those who have fallen for the ploy soon realise the error of their ways when, far from getting rich quick, they actually start to lose money from their accounts. Police say the man took out his anger on the innocent Nigerian diplomat, Michael Lekara Wayid, the Nigerian Consul in Prague, after demanding reparations from the African state. Earlier this week silicon.com published an email conversation which we conducted with a Nigerian conman, who had approached us with a similar offer. Read the full account here. If convicted the unnamed Czech could face up to 15 years in prison.

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  1. 1. anonymous

    You should try selling a boat on the internet. Half the replies I got were from scammers most I presume were Nigerian in origin. If this is anywhwere near normal then selling things on the internet is tettering on the brink of unusuable!

    • 21 February 2005 13:34
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  2. 2. anonymous

    ONE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT BY NOW THIS SCAM THING WOULD HAVE STOPPED. BUT IT HASN'T EVERYDAY SCAMMERS (NOW ALL OVER AFRICA AND ASIA, SOME PARTS OF EUROPE AND AMERICA)ARE COMING UP WITH MORE DANGEROUS SYSTEMS. THE WORLD CANNOT JUST SIT AND WATCH UNTIL THESE IDIOTS THE BEST OF WHOM ARE HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE DROPS-OUTS MALIGN THE IMAGE AND CHARACTER OF WELL OVER 120MILLION GOOD PEOPLE ACROSS NIGERIA. YOU CAN IMAGINE, I GOT THREE SCAM MAILS WITHIN THIS WEEK ALONE AND WONDER ALOUD HOW THEY GOT MY E-MAIL ADD, ONLY GOD KNOWS

    • 25 April 2005 19:28
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  3. 3. kleurling

    how can people be so naive an stupid,since when we getting warned bout 419ners but we still hear stories of victims! thats idiotic man,no one will ever trust you with millions of dollars,why cant they use their family members or friends overseas? k@k! maan laat ons nie dom mense wees.nigerians are fraudsters period.

    • 12 May 2011 12:00
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