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8 Nigerians Charged With Alleged Internet Scams, Promising Romance, Travel by shogsman(m): 1:54pm On Oct 24, 2021
Eight Nigerians have been charged in us with running widespread internet scams at least for a decade from their base if operations in cape town, South Africa, Federal prosecutors in new Jersey announced Wednesday.
The suspects, who were arrested in Cape Town and are awaiting extradition, have suspected ties to a transnational organized crime syndicate originating in Nigeria known as .

From 2011 through 2021 the defendants allegedly ran schemes that involved their telling victims in the United States false narratives about traveling to South Africa for work and needing money after a series of unfortunate and unforeseen events, according to the indictment.


According to fbi reports Americans lose over $600m yearly to this scams which is mostly orchestrated by NIGERIANS.

He said the schemes allegedly perpetrated by the Nigerians charged this week were particularly insidious because they played on people's emotions.

"Widowers, widows, divorcees, they really target those folks in a vulnerable state, pulling at their heart strings, all with the intent of separating them from their money," Crouch told ABC News in a phone interview.

Re: 8 Nigerians Charged With Alleged Internet Scams, Promising Romance, Travel by shogsman(m): 1:55pm On Oct 24, 2021
Yet they're surprised this countries don't offer their people Visas
Re: 8 Nigerians Charged With Alleged Internet Scams, Promising Romance, Travel by realstars: 2:16pm On Oct 24, 2021
yahoo boys, the more you arrest them, the more they multiply.

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Re: 8 Nigerians Charged With Alleged Internet Scams, Promising Romance, Travel by floss(m): 2:24pm On Oct 24, 2021
Only us will help us

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Re: 8 Nigerians Charged With Alleged Internet Scams, Promising Romance, Travel by Boogyman557: 2:44pm On Oct 24, 2021
HOLLY GRAM cool WTF MAN

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Re: 8 Nigerians Charged With Alleged Internet Scams, Promising Romance, Travel by Bigpapi: 5:23pm On Oct 24, 2021
realstars:
yahoo boys, the more you arrest them, the more they multiply.

Re: 8 Nigerians Charged With Alleged Internet Scams, Promising Romance, Travel by realstars: 8:48pm On Oct 24, 2021
[quote author=Bigpapi post=107024863][/quote] I sight you. one of you sported.

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