419ers take Aussie financial advisor for AU$1m

419ers take Aussie financial advisor for AU$1m
Lester Haines, The Register 2004-10-19

A Melbourne financial manager faces a hefty prison sentence after stealing AU$1m from his clients and handing it over to Nigerian advance fee fraudsters.

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419ers take Aussie financial advisor for AU$1m 2004-10-19
BobCat

Anyone stupid enough to fall for such scams doesn't deserve to be a financial manager. But somehow this guy got a job as one. Heh.

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419ers take Aussie financial advisor for AU$1m 2004-10-21
Anonymous

I remember a partner of a large accountancy firm seeking my legal advice in the 1980s after having received a telex (yes before emails and faxes) from Nigeria suggesting the same sort of get rich idea. Needless to say I told him that the higher the rate of return the greater the risk. things seem ...

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What a maroon... 2004-10-26
Anonymous

...as Bugs Bunny would have put it. This guy is too dumb to be on the streets. A Financial professional this dumb certainly deserves prison. It's one thing to screw up for yourself; to wilfully pass the consequences on to others is criminal.

Sheesh!

Mal the Elder

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419ers take Aussie financial advisor for AU$1m 2004-10-28
Anonymous (1 replies)

Maybe the guy is an idiot (okay, he is) but what about the 419'ers? Why does the international community continue to abide these scammers? I think we should just knock their whole damn country off the 'net until their government corrects the problem. Call it incentive....

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419ers take Aussie financial advisor for AU$1m 2004-10-29
Anonymous (1 replies)

The scams are apparently a profitable business. If we should knock anyone of the net it would be all those stupid people who send money to them. It is the only reason that they're still in business. Isn't that kind of like financing terrorism? Maybe someone could talk to George W about this problem....

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Re: 419ers take Aussie financial advisor for AU$1m 2005-06-19
Anonymous

Only a greedy and morally bankrupt fellow would agree to a deal that obviously shows that somebody wants to defraud his country and wants him to be an ally. You cant knock off a whole country of 130 million people off net because of few desperate miscreants seeking debased dubious but foolishpeople ...

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419ers take Aussie financial advisor for AU$1m 2007-02-19
Magnus

What a disgusting story.

People is not so stupid you might think they are even more stupid.

This scam is so old!It's time for people to sharpen up it's tiresome for the rest of us to hear stories like this!

These scammers are like a virus making people disgusted

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419ers take Aussie financial advisor for AU$1m 2008-05-15
Imelda

I think the senders of these fake offers should be stopped because they deceived, defrauded, and framed their victims! Western Union should really crack down on those who pick up the advance fees on non-existent funds, and refund the victims. If the authorities side with the victims, and this fina...

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