Worldwide Slump Makes Nigeria's Online Scammers Work That Much Harder

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/06/AR2009080603764.html

by miked • 17 years ago

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splat• 17 years ago

But in these tough times, the scammers said, they are relying more on a crucial tool: voodoo. At times, Banjo said, he has traveled six hours to the forest, where a magician sells scam-boosters.

I do enjoy the irony.

miked• 17 years ago

The best part is they're paying $300 a pop for what is probably ground-up chicken bones, or some such. Love it!

phreanix• 17 years ago

I'm gonna have to say thanks to their voodoo suppliers, anybody who takes these guys away for from their computers and internet for 6 hours at a time is a friend of mine.

martythemaniak• 17 years ago

I sometimes wonder how I would have turned out had my family not immigrated to Canada. You take a corrupt place where ethics don't quite exist, mix in an aptitude for technology and tremendous social pressure to "make it" (much more than in north america) and I can see myself in their shoes.

access_denied• 17 years ago

Interview with a Nigeria-Spammer http://blog.oliver-gassner.de/archives/3257-Interview-with-a...

steve_mobs• 17 years ago

recessions force companies to be more efficient even if the business is a nigerian scamming business.

Worldwide Slump Makes Nigeria's Online Scammers Work That Much Harder

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