Comments on: Nigerian email scam: How to avoid being a victim

By: emil@nollywood movies

emil@nollywood movies — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:03:04 +0000

This is even rampant here in my country. I always receive this kind of emails atleast twice a month and I understand why many fall prey for this. The promised amount is really huge!Thanks for the reminder.

By: Connie

Connie — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:18:30 +0000

This story breaks my heart entirly, not only do I live in Michigan but I to almost fell for the scam. It was my mother that actually saved me from falling for this scam, when I recieved the email from the scammer it seemed to be so real, he gives you a name, an address, that seems to be legit, pics of his family a “copy” of his work place “badge” and it is very easy to get sucked in if your not carefull, after I decided to change my mind and not go through with it, I looked up the name Jerry Ntai, and I was in total shock and disbelief that this name was all over the net warning people to watch out for this scammer, that is why I am very thankful to websites, such as this one, that give people warnings about such scams! Thanks for opening my eyes to the truth you truely saved me and my family from losing a lot of money and our identies!!!

Connie Williams

By: elementaryfinance

elementaryfinance — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:28:47 +0000

In case you are still wondering whether people actually fall for the old Nigerian 419 scam – or are wondering just who would fall for the old Nigerian 419 scam – wonder no more, and instead learn from the story of Thomas Katona, of Harrisville, Michigan. That would be Thomas Katona, the county treasurer for Alcona County, Michigan.

Because authorities in Alcona county in Michigan have reported that their Thomas Katona – their elected treasurer of thirteen years – a good old boy from a long-standing Alcona County family – has lost more than $1 million of treasury funds to a Nigerian scammer.

How could this happen?

Well, apparently Katona started by using his own funds. But, as is always the case, the target (in this case Katona) gets in deeper and deeper as the scammer draws the victim in. And as the scam deepens, you need to send more and more money in order to “help get your money” (the promised payoff) out of the country.

I’m not sure which aspect of this situation is the most hurtful for Alcona County – the fact that the money he took from the county represents more than 25% of the entire county budget, or his betrayal of Alcona County voters’ trust.

Said a spokesman for the Michigan Attorney General’s office, “Every part of this makes you wonder, ‘What was he thinking?’ ”

Actually, it makes us wonder “What, was he thinking?”