Ooof, this is a lesson in how not to deal with Nigerian advanced fee fraud schemes. 22 year-old John Rempel was fleeced out of $150,000 while hoping to cash in on a bogus $12.8 million inheritance. He borrowed money from friends and family hoping for a huge return.
Rempel’s initial lay-out was a bank transfer of $2500. Then blinded by avarice he forked out thousands of dollars for bogus documents, bank accounts and “tax.” He even handed over cash to a “lawyer” in London as part of the scam. Read on at the links below.
Posted by
ed
on January 18, 2009
Read on...
The Consumerist: No, You Should Not Give Nigerian Scammers $150,000 To Claim Your Inheritance
The Windsor Star: Leamington family fleeced of $150,000
Tech Radar: Man loses £100,000 in Nigerian 419 scam
Snopes: Nigerian Scam
Say something
