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.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....
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.
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.