They aren't.
the Nigerian government is about as corrupt as they get. they operate
under a system of payola there.
the 419 fraud problem would only come into play of the money were being
shipped OUT of the country
(most times it is being imported, usually after being washed through
several international accounts). Also,
most of the scammers involved usually have some ties to one terrorist
group or another.
So, if they are starting to make direct phone calls, that generally
means their income stream of electronic
requests are starting to get dumped and they have taken a page out of
the "social engineering" book
to bolster their earnings (not that it works much as most folks in the
US don't like talking to overseas
outsourced call centers and they would be even less likely to speak with
someone they can't even understand).
On 4/4/10 7:31 PM, Stephen wrote:
I was doing some reading and interestingly enough found this blurb on
the FBI website:
The Nigerian government is not sympathetic to victims of these
schemes, since the victim actually conspires to remove funds from
Nigeria in a manner that is contrary to Nigerian law. The schemes
themselves violate section 419 of the Nigerian criminal code, hence
the label "419 fraud."
looks like they have been using regular letters as well:
http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/fraudschemes.htm
so i guess maybe the Nigerian government might be interested
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