Nigerian scammer actually caught and sentenced to 12 years
Just about everyone has received an email scam from some pretend Nigerian prince or official with a deal too good to be true. Despite growing public awareness, there are still some unfortunate individuals that fall for these scams.
These scams can be annoying and even devastating for those that fall prey to it. According to PC World, a Nigerian man has been sentenced to 12 years after being arrested late last year after running an advance-fee email scam operation.
Nigerian advance-fee scams usually involve someone pretending to be a wealthy individual in need of “urgently” moving massive amounts of funds from one location to another. However, these individuals will ask you to help them by paying for the fees required to do this.
These scams can get fairly complex as official looking documents are sent to the victim to prove the authenticity of the deal. That is exactly what Okpako Mike Diamreyan did as he scammed 67 victims between 2004 and 2009 out of $1.3 million.
Diamreyan pretended to be the various individuals such as Prince Nana Kamokai of Sierra Leone. Apparently, he told acquaintances that he wanted to make $1 million before going back to Nigeria. He told prosecutors, "I want to forget America and come back home… once i take like 1m or half m."
It looks like he won’t be going anywhere anytime soon as he will be spending the next 12 years in jail.
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September 4th, 2010
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