Stupid Punts!

Stupid Punts!

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Examples of the "Nigerian scam" that flood my email box everyday.

Sunday, April 25, 2004

If you think that the amounts of money mentioned in these letters are large, then read the following news item from AFP.

It seems that it is not just individuals who are naive!

"The Nigerian judge presiding over the trial of defendants accused of bringing down a Brazilian bank in the world's biggest case of "419 advanced fee fraud" has postponed a hearing due for Tuesday, a prosecutor said.

Chief Justice Lawal Gumi had been due to start evidential hearings on the alleged $242-million scam, but has delayed proceedings until May 11, chief prosecution counsel Rotimi Jacobs told AFP.

The Abuja High Court judge has not yet decided how to rule on a defence motion to have the case thrown out on the grounds that similar charges have been lodged against the same accused in a Lagos magistrate's court, he said.

The further delay came as a surprise since Gumi, who had previously alleged that the defendants have sought to bribe court officials, warned at the last hearing against any attempts by the defence to delay proceedings.

Three suspects - banker Emmanuel Nwude, housewife Amaka Anajemba and businessman Nzeribe Okoli -face charges they duped a corrupt Brazilian bank official into sending them 190 million dollars of his employer's cash in exchange for a stake in a fictitious airport construction contract.

The bank, Bano Noroeste of Sao Paolo, collapsed in 2001.

When creditors brought a civil case for damages in London, auditors found a $242-million hole in its finances, traceable to transfers made to the Nigerian defendants between 1995 and 1998."

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