Calling Card of Nigerian Scammers

October 27th, 2005 Now Nigerian scammers are selling cellphones with lucrative prices, all major brands. You can call them in Lagos to verify their existence or whatever.

October 27th, 2005 Nigerian 419 scammers anthem is titled - "I Go Chop Your Dollars". It aired few months ago as a CD penned by Osofia and is hugely popular in Lagos: "419 is just a game, you are the losers, we are the winners.

August 30th, 2007 Imagine that you have received a notification from a Bank that you are the lucky recipient of a beneficiary fund. What would be the bank you can absolutely trust, even with your life? You guessed it...

April 17th, 2005 I received an email today from the infamous Nigerian scammers. This time it was a job offer for financial manager and it ends with a hilarious disclaimer.

November 18th, 2008 Collect calls and calls to 1-800 numbers should be free, right? Unfortunately in India, there isn't a simple way to call a 1-800 number in USA or make a simple collect call for free. However there is a way and it is free.

August 12th, 2007 Now I have seen it all. I received a nigerian scam as a comment spam on my blog.

February 7th, 2004 Plea From A Canadian Diplomat Or Canadian Mail Scam? Need I say more?

October 7th, 2005 The Internet entrepreneurs of Nigeria received Ig Nobel prize this year "for creating and then using e-mail to distribute a bold series of short stories, thus introducing millions of readers to a cast of rich characters -- General Sani Abacha, Mrs. Mariam Sanni Abacha, Barrister Jon A Mbeki Esq." The scams (also known as 419 scams) are notorious for asking people to reveal their private bank information to help fictitious characters transfer large sums of money.

August 25th, 2007 Several people are having a bad experience with State Bank Credit Card, myself included. The whole operation smells, run by outside-minimally-paid agents and there are gaping holes in the system which can rob your blind.

July 13th, 2006 Phishing has been around for years. You get an email that looks like it arrived from financial institutions like PayPal or Bank of America.

February 8th, 2008 With the popularity of blog spamming, can Nigerian scammers (and spammers) be left far behind? Here is an interesting attempt to scam, posted as a comment on blog against this article: Name: frank taylor | Email: frank****@yahoo.com | URL: http://KindAttention | IP: 41.210.17.190 | Feb 8, 9:06 AM | Type: normal [[A (sub)human being actually took the trouble to spam me!]] Bujumbura Refugees Camp Room 32 Liberia Camp 3 Accra Ghana West Africa Kind Attention, Greetings , my name is Frank Taylor .I am making this contact to you in good faith and hope that it will transpire into mutual relationship for now and in future to come .I am the eldest son of late Sir Beuford Taylor a formal gold merchant and also a know politician in my country Liberia. After the fall of the government, my father with other top government officials was alleged financial losses and detained by the Interim government of the present administration, on 23rd 2003 November, unfortunately he died in the detention custody since then the government has been accusing my family with strange accusation.

May 4th, 2005 I am sure most of us have noticed at grocery stores and large retailers, the cashiers rarely, if ever, verify your signature. In fact some even give back your card before you return your signed receipt! I didn't know how pervasive the problem was till I read John Hargrave's exploits with credit card.

March 12th, 2005 A 'comprehensive' sweep of the net by 70 law enforcement organisations from 26 countries should help authorities combat phishers, spammers and scammers, says a leading consumer protection agency. It sounds too good to be true and effective.

August 30th, 2006 AT&T said hackers broke into one of its computer systems and accessed personal data, including credit card information, on thousands of customers who used its online store. The attack affects about 19,000 customers who purchased equipment for high-speed DSL Internet connections through AT&T's Web site.

August 31st, 2007 Tata Indicom now allows you to pay your bills online using your credit card or using your net banking account. As a Tata Indicom Broadband customer this is a big convenience for me.