Worldwide Slump Makes Nigeria's Online Scammers Work That Much Harder(washingtonpost.com)

18 pointsby miked17 lat temu6 comments

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

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

4 comments

splat17 lat temu

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.

phreanix17 lat temu

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.

miked17 lat temu

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

martythemaniak17 lat temu

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_denied17 lat temu

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

steve_mobs17 lat temu

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