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Madrid (Spain) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) working with the Spanish police, have arrested 87 Nigerians suspected of Advanced Fee Fraud aka 419.
The 419 suspects were accused of defrauding at least 1,500 people in a postal and internet lottery scam. The Spanish police said millions of euros were taken from the victims, most of them in the United States and European Union.
Those targeted were wrongly told they had won a lottery and asked to send a payment before prize money could sent.
Thousands of letters and e-mails, most in ungrammatical English, were sent out to prospective victims every day, police said.
The faked documents asked them to make an initial payment of 900 euros ($1,400, £720) in taxes or administrative costs.
The scam is estimated to have netted around 20 million euros, but the actual sum could be many times that, say police.
Police said the number of those defrauded could run into many thousands, as most of them probably failed to report the crime out of embarrassment.
Police estimate that only one in 1,000 recipients of the letters needed to fall for the fraud for it to make a profit. An Anglican bishop was among those duped, according to Spanish officials.
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1 Sol
// May 1, 2008 at 12:53 am
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nigeria
I would like to share the strategies of scammers strategy who in one way or another vicitmized me as he acted as “British Travel Agent”.
He was introduced to me by an employer from
a BRITISH IMMIGRATION SERVICE AGENT ‘,DR.FRANK BURKEN.
He was assigned in Nigeria accoding to DR Burken as he is a businessman .He started calling me when Dr. Burken sent me the details of the requirements for the process of my papers.
He received remaining 175GBP, 8OO $ for my pocket money , $7OO for his fare in coming to Manila.
I am willing to send the copies of the western union to be checked from the different western union offices there in Nigeria as you would consider my reasons regarding the issues.
I had his telephone numbers … and you know what to do to contact him and serch the offices of western Union and he took the money and I believed he has files .
I humbly ask the Director of FBI there in Nigeria to lessen the criminals that this people are doing.
Here are the Money transfer numbers “.
1.3834441021-Philippines -12-03-07-Nigeria question: my birthday -february 10, 1962
700$ -31,625 Orji E.John Chinedu
2.339326-0190-Manila -London-12-27-07
P/21,303.77-22,478.77- United Kingdom
Orji E.John chinedu
3.1173016586-Robert Wright-11-27-07-Phil-London-11 Bolt Court,Fleet Street London,
P/21,016.87
4. 109-315-108-Mr.Orji E. John Chinedu-Philippines -Nigeria-12-18-07
13,901.02
5.325 763-5724=Philippines_Nigeria-11-28-07
P/16,850.80
Here are his Telephone or mobile numbers:
1.Mr. Orji E. John chinedu+2347037275356
2.+2347983382939
3.+2348068918574
These numbers he frequently use is number 1 now.
Please contact these numbers and I am willing to charge him .I lost my reputation just to borrow money co’z Dr. Frank Burken assigned him as credit line officer.
With my faith I believed that your office could do as much as search to the different western union office there in Nigeria.
The address of that Dr. Frank Burken is that of Mr. Robert Wright.and I will give the numbers of Dr. Durken and his fax with the number of Mr. John Williams.
Please do your part as we try to catch these people and I will forward to your office the emails that I received from them .
Mobile phones:
Mr. John Williams -+4470240693345 -same with Dr. frank Burken +4470240693345
Mr John Williams presently used number:+447045761850
I need your help as what these people had done must be paid if they will not pay back then they will be put to jail.
Respectfully,
Soledad Zaballero
sol_402002@yahoo.com
+639203975406
Please ! Ineed your help and as we work together lessedn the criminals all over the world.
2 Sol
// May 1, 2008 at 1:16 am
Director:
FBI -Nigeria Office
Nigeria
I humbly file a claim regrading the above named mentioned due to their scam that they had done in my part.
I was really mad at these people and I now gathered all the strategies that they are doing to convinced the victims.
I did not expect that United Kingdom , London as one of the riches country in the world, would then be one of the source of scammers.
These people, Dr. Frank Burken , Mr. John Williams , Robert Wright, Mr. Orji John E. Chinedu might be one yet many names.or Mr. Orji John is different from Mr. John Williams.
I had gathered information of Dr. Frank Burken which was sent by Orji E. Chinedu . from the Sterling Company.
I will be sending you the Permit Certificate which was link to an Autralian Nationals,Mr. Tim Denny.
It is Mr.Orji E. John Chinedu who sent this profile Certificate in Immigration Law (DEAKIN)
Registered Immigration Agent No. 9683856,
Memberof Migration Institute of United Kingdom.Membership No. 259.
If ever you search this number, it could be said as stealing the right of “Intellectual Property, co’z Mr. Orji Chinedu change only the name of Tim Denny to Dr. Frank Burken and the picture itself.
Only the name was change.So to convince the people and the complainant.
I am afraid to let be put to jail and will never stop asking help to search thses people in London and as in Nigeria.
With all my request , I am proud to help you catch these people … if they are the same 4 in one.. personality .
I thank you and … I wish to hear from you as my email ad awaits your rely.
I want tos solve this as early as possible.
If you have want more eveidence just use the numbers and check it where are they now… and let be in jail without any explanation.co’z I am willing to charge them till they will not pay the money back.
Thank you very much!
Resoecfully,
Soledad P. Zaballero
P>S. I think you will not find it hard tio contact them as secret agent.
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