How To Stop 419?

Thanks babyosisi I quite agree

The simple solution to the 419 problem is to prosecute the victims. In about 90% of cases, 419 letters are an invitation to commit a crime:

recieve prizes for lottery you did not play.
Pose as next of kin for someone you do not know.

Transfer money you did not earn to your account.

Benefit from contracts you did not win.

Generally, criminologist have found out that the desperation of the perpetuator is strong enough to risk punishment. But the victim is not desperate enough to risk conviction. They just want to earn easy risk free money.

By the time one or two of those maga that come crying on the shoulder of the EFCC are convicted and thrown into Kirikiri for conspiracy to launder money, abetting fraud and impersonating an inexistent next of kin, the rest will run away.

Jobs are being created in Nigeria gradually, but any attempt to generally agitate the business of 419 will lead those boys back to armed robbery. The 419 market itself is gradually thinning out. Its no more paying that much.

This proposal should be taken seriously and victims of 419 should be invited to Nigeria to aid in investigation, but if they are found to be involved in any complicity like our friend rolandwhy. He is a victim but that doesn't mean he didn't commit a crime. He was soliciting a criminal service and should be sent to a maximum security prison.

rolandwhy, I'm not wishing you evil, but the truth is that you "victims" are also involved in the crime and you are the ones that can be easily apprehended by law enforcement agents because you come out to confess your crime thinking you haven't done anything wrong.

Please I am sending this message to the EFCC. Those of you who feel this is a line of action that could work should join me in sending your views to the EFCC.

info@efccnigeria.org
scam@efccnigeria.org
nribadu@efccnigeria.org 

With the rate at which these scams are being pulled, none of you will believe what I just discovered recently. Knowing that a lot of people have been scammed by them, these scammers are now re-scamming the already scammed by posing as the EFCC and telling them that they are helping to investigate their case. They have a fertile field of victims to harvest from by simply going to internet groups formed by those that have already been scammed. Can you beat that?!

@denex
There is no end to it!  I say it can only get worse!  No economic drives for our youths and the culture of curruption is now a genetic mutation!

I totally agree with u denex. biz can only thrive where/when there are customers. This is what i told rolandwhy and he totally cussed me out. 

As for me, I've already sent my emails to Ribadu and his people at the EFCC. I know they may be very busy with the ex-governors, but if we come together and send in as many messages as possible around this same issue, they will have to take action.

@angel101

I suggest you send in a message too in your own words, using the same topic. A copy of my own message is below. I said it almost exactly as I said it here. I no send anybody.

Subject: Victims of 419

The simple solution to the 419 problem is to prosecute the victims. In about 90% of cases, 419 letters are an invitation to take part in committing a crime:

recieve prizes for lottery you did not play.
Pose as next of kin for someone you do not know.
Transfer money you did not earn to your account.
Benefit from contracts you did not win.

Generally, criminologist have found out that the desperation of the perpetuator is strong enough to risk punishment. But the victim is not desperate enough to risk conviction. They just want to earn easy risk free money.

By the time one or two of those maga that come crying on the shoulder of the EFCC are convicted and thrown into Kirikiri for conspiracy to launder money, abetting fraud and impersonating an inexistent next of kin, the rest will run away.

Jobs are being created in Nigeria gradually, but any attempt to generally agitate the business of 419 will lead those boys back to armed robbery. The 419 market itself is gradually thinning out. Its no more paying that much.

This proposal should be taken seriously and victims of 419 should be invited to Nigeria to aid in investigation, but if they are found to be involved in any complicity, they should be punished. They are victims but that doesn't mean they didn't commit a crime. Some of them were soliciting a criminal service or conspiring to launder stolen money and should be sent to a maximum security prison.

It's not like am evil but the truth is that these "victims" are also involved in the crime and they are the ones that can be easily apprehended by law enforcement agents because they come out to confess their part in the crime thinking they're innocent.

 

PS: With the rate at which these scams are being pulled, none of you will believe what I just discovered recently. Knowing that a lot of people have been scammed by them, these scammers are now re-scamming the already scammed by posing as the EFCC and telling them that they are helping to investigate their case. They have a fertile field of victims to harvest from by simply going to internet groups formed by those that have already been scammed. Can you beat that?! They're actually a document I saw on the internet supposedly written by Mallan Nuhu Ribadu.


info@efccnigeria.org
scam@efccnigeria.org
nribadu@efccnigeria.org



Yeah that's my idea of what a formal letter is!