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Aussies fall for Nigerian Scam

By Nick Farrell
21 August 2008 07:56AM
Tags: aussies | fall | nigerian | scam

Inspector Knacker of the Queensland Yard is worried that so many Aussies are falling for the Nigerian scam.

Apparently more than $25 million is transferred from Aussie bank accounts to Nigerian scammers every year.

Coppers fear this might be the tip of the iceberg because victims fail to report incidents and some of the cash might be wired through other countries.

Detective Superintendent Brian Hay, part of the Queensland Police fraud squad, said Australians sent about $2.3 million a month to Nigeria, at least 80 per cent of which was fraud related.

He said that New South Wales people seemed to be the biggest victim group in Oz, quite why is another matter.

Hay got on the blower to 139 people who had sent money to Nigeria and found 135 were fraud victims. One romance victim lost more than $21,000 and a business invested about $5.3 million in a fictitious oil pipeline.

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What the hell is this all about? Inspector Knacker at the Queensland yard? Hay "got on the blower"?????

Posted by Pete, Aug 21, 2008 9:35 AM

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Its from theinquirer, and more specifically Nick Farrell (who is an idiot). Ignore at will.

Posted by RJ, Aug 21, 2008 10:13 AM

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I'd started to see ITnews.com.au as a professional news service. Including reporting like this is a little disappointing! Hope Nick Farrell didn’t get paid much for this drivel.

Posted by Demented, Aug 21, 2008 12:29 PM

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