Sunday, February 22, 2009

Citibank Sends Nigerian Scammer $27 Million

Here's where part of the banking bailout money is going ...
37-year-old Nigerian scammer Paul Gabriel Amos convinced Citibank officials to wire him $27 million belonging to Ethiopia. Rather than go with the usual Nigerian nom de plumes like prince or will executor, Famous Amos pretended to be an official with the National Bank of Ethiopia. Amos forged "official-looking" documents that confirmed his status with the central bank and instructed Citibank to await faxes telling them where to send the country's cash. ...
Boy, if they only fell for that 40 or so times, they be out over a billion dollars! Now that would start to look like significant money ...

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