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MagicMtnDan
11-21-2005, 11:03 PM
Nigerian e-mail scammers jailed
By Reuters
Published: November 21, 2005, 10:01 AM PST
LAGOS-A court has sentenced two men to a total of 37 years in prison for their part in defrauding a Brazilian bank of $242 million, the biggest scam in Nigerian history, newspapers reported on Saturday.
The sentencing of Emmanuel Nwude to 25 years and Nzeribe Okoli to 12 years follows negotiations in which they agreed to plead guilty to 16 of the 91 original charges, and to forfeit assets worth at least $121.5 million to the victims of the scam.
A third fraudster, Amaka Anajemba, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in July after agreeing to return $48.5 million to the Sao Paolo-based Banco Noroeste, which collapsed after the theft.
"The activities of the accused persons not only led to the collapse of a bank in a foreign country, but also brought miseries to many innocent people," Justice Joseph Oyewole was reported as saying.
The fraudsters obtained the money by promising a member of the bank staff a commission for funding a non-existent contract to build an airport in Nigeria's capital Abuja.
Scams have become so successful in Nigeria that anti-sleaze campaigners say swindling is one of the country's main foreign exchange earners after oil, natural gas and cocoa.
These are the first major convictions achieved by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which was established in 2003 to crack down on Nigeria's thriving networks of e-mail fraudsters.
Typically fraudsters send out junk e-mails around the world promising recipients a share in a fortune in return for an advance fee. Those who pay never receive the promised windfall.
Ranked the world's sixth most corrupt country, according to an index by Transparency International, Nigeria has given new powers to the EFCC, which is prosecuting about 200 fraud and corruption cases.
The antifraud agency has arrested more than 200 junk mail scam suspects since 2003. It says it has also confiscated property worth $200 million and secured 10 other convictions.

H20 Toie
11-21-2005, 11:05 PM
They are only the 6th most corrupt country? i wonder who is ahead of them.

cola
11-22-2005, 12:02 AM
They are only the 6th most corrupt country? i wonder who is ahead of them.
I'll bet the good ole USA is the no. 1 :argue:

C-2
11-22-2005, 12:10 AM
Just for kicks and giggles.
listed in reverse order from least corrupt (Iceland) to most corrupt (Chad).
I guess Chad didn't have any kickback money for the survey owners? lol
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Country rank Country 2005
CPI Score
1. Iceland 9.7
2. Finland 9.6
New Zealand 9.6
4. Denmark 9.5
5. Singapore 9.4
6. Sweden 9.2
7. Switzerland 9.1
8. Norway 8.9
9. Australia 8.8
10. Austria 8.7
11. Netherlands 8.6
United Kingdom 8.6
13. Luxembourg 8.5
14. Canada 8.4
15. Hong Kong 8.3
16. Germany 8.2
17. USA 7.6
18. France 7.5
19. Belgium 7.4
Ireland 7.4
21. Chile 7.3
Japan 7.3
23. Spain 7.0
24. Barbados 6.9
25. Malta 6.6
26. Portugal 6.5
27. Estonia 6.4
28. Israel 6.3
Oman 6.3
30. United Arab Emirates 6.2
31. Slovenia 6.1
32. Botswana 5.9
Qatar 5.9
Taiwan 5.9
Uruguay 5.9
36. Bahrain 5.8
37. Cyprus 5.7
Jordan 5.7
39. Malaysia 5.1
40. Hungary 5.0
Italy 5.0
South Korea 5.0
43. Tunisia 4.9
44. Lithuania 4.8
45. Kuwait 4.7
46. South Africa 4.5
47. Czech Republic 4.3
Greece 4.3
Namibia 4.3
Slovakia 4.3
51. Costa Rica 4.2
El Salvador 4.2
Latvia 4.2
Mauritius 4.2
55. Bulgaria 4.0
Colombia 4.0
Fiji 4.0
Seychelles 4.0
59. Cuba 3.8
Thailand 3.8
Trinidad and Tobago 3.8
62. Belize 3.7
Brazil 3.7
64. Jamaica 3.6
65. Ghana 3.5
Mexico 3.5
Panama 3.5
Peru 3.5
Turkey 3.5
70. Burkina Faso 3.4
Croatia 3.4
Egypt 3.4
Lesotho 3.4
Poland 3.4
Saudi Arabia 3.4
Syria 3.4
77. Laos 3.3
78. China 3.2
Morocco 3.2
Senegal 3.2
Sri Lanka 3.2
Suriname 3.2
83. Lebanon 3.1
Rwanda 3.1
85. Dominican Republic 3.0
Mongolia 3.0
Romania 3.0
88. Armenia 2.9
Benin 2.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.9
Gabon 2.9
India 2.9
Iran 2.9
Mali 2.9
Moldova 2.9
Tanzania 2.9
97. Algeria 2.8
Argentina 2.8
Madagascar 2.8
Malawi 2.8
Mozambique 2.8
Serbia and Montenegro 2.8
103. Gambia 2.7
Macedonia 2.7
Swaziland 2.7
Yemen 2.7
107. Belarus 2.6
Eritrea 2.6
Honduras 2.6
Kazakhstan 2.6
Nicaragua 2.6
Palestine 2.6
Ukraine 2.6
Vietnam 2.6
Zambia 2.6
Zimbabwe 2.6
117. Afghanistan 2.5
Bolivia 2.5
Ecuador 2.5
Guatemala 2.5
Guyana 2.5
Libya 2.5
Nepal 2.5
Philippines 2.5
Uganda 2.5
126. Albania 2.4
Niger 2.4
Russia 2.4
Sierra Leone 2.4
130. Burundi 2.3
Cambodia 2.3
Congo, Republic 2.3
Georgia 2.3
Kyrgyzstan 2.3
Papua New Guinea 2.3
Venezuela 2.3
137. Azerbaijan 2.2
Cameroon 2.2
Ethiopia 2.2
Indonesia 2.2
Iraq 2.2
Liberia 2.2
Uzbekistan 2.2
144. Congo, Democratic Republic 2.1
Kenya 2.1
Pakistan 2.1
Paraguay 2.1
Somalia 2.1
Sudan 2.1
Tajikistan 2.1
151. Angola 2.0
152. Côte d'Ivoire 1.9
Equatorial Guinea 1.9
Nigeria 1.9
155. Haiti 1.8
Myanmar 1.8
Turkmenistan 1.8
158. Bangladesh 1.7
Chad 1.7

HM
11-22-2005, 07:41 AM
I'll bet the good ole USA is the no. 1 :argue:
You were only off by 141. USA was the 17th least corrupt out of 158.
Hope you weren't dissappointed. :)

MsDrmr
11-22-2005, 08:12 AM
I'm not surprised they work, as many of them as there are out there, there has to be some idiot willing to fall for it.