Dutch Police Arrest 12 Nigerians Over Fraud
Posted on: Friday, 24 February 2006, 15:00 CST
Text of unattributed report entitled "12 Nigerians arrested in Netherlands" published by Nigerian newspaper This Day website on 24 February
Dutch police have arrested 12 Nigerians in connection with an internet scam that tricked people into investing in non-existent schemes.
The Nigerians were detained on suspicion of committing fraud or involvement in fraud in the scheme, which earned them a total of 2m dollars.
They were arrested Tuesday [21 February] after raids on premises in Amsterdam and the central city of Zaandam, during which police seized 45,000 dollars in cash, computers and fake travel documents.
Most of the victims of the scam were US citizens. Four of the men detained were arrested on the request of US authorities, who cooperated on the investigation. The gang sent some 100,000 emails to potential victims, police said.
Computer users across the world are regularly bombarded by emails from Nigerian crooks seeking to trick them into handing over bank details or making advance payments on non-existent money-making schemes. Experts say the so-called "419" fraudsters -named after the relevant section in Nigeria's criminal code -steal hundreds of millions of dollars every year from unsuspecting targets.
Source: BBC Monitoring Africa
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