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According to a 1995 U.S. State Department report, over fifteen persons were murdered between 1992 and 1995 in Nigeria after following through on advance-fee frauds. [66] In 1999 Norwegian millionaire Kjetil Moe was lured to South Africa by scammers and was murdered. [67] [68] George Makronalli was lured to South Africa and was killed in 2004 ...
Review Fraud – Alex Copola Podgor, Ellen S. Criminal Fraud, (1999) Vol, 48, No. 4 American Law Review 1. The Nature, Extent and Economic Impact of Fraud in the UK. February, 2007. The Fraudsters – How Con Artists Steal Your Money. ISBN 978-1-903582-82-4 by Eamon Dillon, published September 2008 by Merlin Publishing; Zhang, Yingyu.
On January 16, 2009, the United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office uncovered an £80 million buy-to-let property fraud scheme operating under a company called Practical Property Portfolio in which at least 1,750 investors were conned out of £25,000 each in return for a promise of a house in the North East of England. All five directors—John Potts ...
Edward Davenport, self-styled as a "Lord"; [17] from 2005 to 2009 was the "ringmaster" of a series of advance-fee fraud schemes for (non-existent) loans that defrauded dozens of individuals out of millions of pounds, [18] while costing his clients further hundreds of millions in losses when they signed development property commitments backed by ...
Travelgate was one of the first major political corruption scandals in post-apartheid South Africa. It implicated over 30 Members of Parliament (MPs) as accomplices and beneficiaries in a large-scale fraud scheme, under which Parliament unknowingly recompensed MPs and private travel agencies for millions of rands in fictitious travel expenses.
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The idea's called a "sou-sou," and while it may be unfamiliar here, the concept's actually pretty old hat in some countries of West Africa. It works like this: Say John wants to buy himself a ...
Cybercrime in Ghana can be traced back to the "419 schemes" in Nigeria, also known as "advance-fee scams" prior to the internet. [3] These scams were a form of credit card fraud whereby the perpetrator would offer a monetary incentive, usually in the form of an international money transfer, in exchange for several down payments from the victim.