Nigerian Diplomat Slain Over Notorious E-Mail Scam

[Aves]

From wired.com,

Nigerian Slain Over E-Mail Scam

A notorious e-mail scam has resulted in the murder of a Nigerian diplomat in the Czech Republic.

Fifty-year-old Michael Lekara Wayid, Nigeria's consul in the Czech Republic, was shot dead by an unidentified 72-year-old Czech at the Nigerian Embassy in Prague on Wednesday.

According to police reports, the suspect was a victim of the 419 scam, a thriving industry that employs thousands of people around the world. The scammers successfully manage to extort money from thousands of victims by promising them compensation for assistance in moving funds from foreign countries to banks in the United States...

 

[gopunk]

you b!tch

 

[FoBoT]

killed by spam, that really sucks

 

Originally posted by: gopunk
you b!tch

haha

 

[Ornery]

72-year-old Czechs rock! 😀

 

[radioouman]

I think that he deserved it. I got that email from him at least every other day!

 

[Beau]

Does this mean I won't be getting any more emails about some guy wanting me to hold on to millions of dollars to protect it from the government, and then leaving me with half of it when he's done?

 

[MrCodeDude]

Wait, why does this guy deserve it? Wasn't the scammer just pretending to be this diplomat character?
-- mrcodedude

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude
Wait, why does this guy deserve it? Wasn't the scammer just pretending to be this diplomat character?
-- mrcodedude

Yes, everyone in the thread is just being sarcastic. 😛

 

[SSP]

This is the kinda weird sh!t that happens in Guy Richies movies. 😉

 

[slydecix]

i've gotten a few of those emails because i manage some of the incoming e-mail for a club at my university... crazy stuff

 

[QTPie]

i couldn't believe that there were people still falling for it. Here , in this country, and this guy is an engineer, :Q

 

[LeeTJ]

Originally posted by: QTPie
i couldn't believe that there were people still falling for it. Here , in this country, and this guy is an engineer, :Q

You can be taken by a scam if you aren't greedy. he was trying to get something for nothing. he isn't a victim, he's an @sshole. and now he's a murderer.

 

[yobarman]

wait... so... so does this mean that we're not gonna get these goddamn emails anymore?

 

[Reel]

Does this mean he won't be able to complete the transfer of $40 million into my account so that I can wire it to him and keep 15%? I was so close to my first million too. 🙁 They always did say it was the hardest to get.

 

[SherEPunjab]

i really don't get the use of sarcasm for this.

an innocent man was murdered for something he had no part in.

its tragic.

🙁

hope his family is coping okay.

 

[edfcmc]

its been widely speculated that the Nigerian goverment condones the scam and has been rumored to benefit from the scam.