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Online 'Nigerian Prince' scammer caught
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ferri
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Online 'Nigerian Prince' scammer caught
SLIDELL, La. (WPMI) — The Slidell Police Department in Louisiana say they have arrested a "Nigerian prince'' scammer who is accused of pretending to be African royalty as part of a scam to trick people out of thousands of dollars.
Michael Neu was arrested and charged with 269 counts of wire fraud and money laundering by sending emails to people and then claiming to be a Nigerian Prince who claims they are beneficiary of a large sum of money -- but in order to receive their "inheritance" they must first send him their bank account details. Police say people fall for these scams.
http://komonews.com/news/offbeat/nigeri ... oud-expect
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That has got to bet the funniest thing that I have read in days, especially when looking at the photo.
That is GREAT, thanks for that.
That is GREAT, thanks for that.
Bring back the LIKE button.
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my5cents
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Ah, don't be so hard on the guy, I think he's the one who sent me an apology this summer for all the scams perpetrated by Nigerians and offered to send me some money, if only I'd send him my information.
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But my inheritance is still coming right?
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JLives wrote:But my inheritance is still coming right?
It's in the mail
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I feel sorry for all you fools who fell for this. Fortunately, I have to a much greater cause and donated my money to help those poor Nigerian astronauts who have been stuck in space 
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Catsumi
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Gosh, that Nigerian Prince scam is as old as internet. I wonder why it took so long for him to be caught? 
Or, could there be more than one?
Or, could there be more than one?
Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice. There’s a certain point at which ignorance becomes malice, at which there is simply no way to become THAT ignorant except deliberately and maliciously.
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Catsumi wrote:Gosh, that Nigerian Prince scam is as old as internet. I wonder why it took so long for him to be caught?
Or, could there be more than one?
Lol there are thousands.
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Like Catsumi stated, that’s been around since the internet began. Who falls for this kind of 
anyway? Guess people still do... 
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If you want a laugh, look up Ebola Monkeyman. It details the trolling of the Nigerian scam email people and the things they get them to do.
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Omnitheo
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Or Hoax Hotel on YouTube
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Catsumi
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Were any of you around for the Dare to be Great pyramid sales/scam, around 1978 or so?
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