'Cash never recovered'
Pint then ..
An internet fraudster was sentenced to two years prison yesterday for his part in a gang which pocketed hundreds of thousands of pounds from various web-based scams. Michael Ugboaja, 48, of Beckton, was sentenced for his part in laundering £470,000. The gang targeted a Canadian doctor on a dating site and persuaded her to …
A sucker for a quick buck that is..
You'd think with the main stream press coverage on these scams that intelligent people like doctors and bean counters would know better
Apparently not, they reap what they sew!
Keep them coming El Reg, admittedly these reports do put a smile on my face while making me wonder how the victims could be so very gullible...
Until then, I await the next email from the lads in Lagos telling me I've come into a large sum of cash!
In addition to the article, Apple just released an iPhone app a few days ago, called Scam Detector, which has a lot of internet scams. The app exposes in detail over 350 of the most notorious scams in the world. It is worth checking it out, if you have an iPhone. It’s kinda cool, actually. There is their info: http://www.scam-detector.com