Friday, July 22, 2005

A few less Nigerian widows smuggling money out

Over three hundred people were arrested in Spain in a crackdown on e-mail scamming.
According to Spanish media reports, the FBI worked alongside Spanish authorities in what is believed to be the biggest round-up of so-called 419 or "Nigerian email" scammers.

Officers raided 166 properties, seizing 2000 cell phones, 327 computers, 165 fax machines, and 218,000 Euros ($263,000) in cash. According to officials, the scam is said to have claimed over 20,000 victims in 45 countries including United States, UK, France, Germany, Australia and Japan.
I expect to get an e-mail soon from a woman in Spain asking me to help smuggle out $1,000,000 before Spanish authorities find the money her husband hid away before he went to prison....