<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702887664748212804</id><updated>2011-11-27T16:51:04.569-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Nigerian Scammers Secrets</title><subtitle type='html'>Blog that exposes activities of Nigerian Scammers and Fraudsters with the intention of better positioning or branding Nigeria is a better way to outsiders or foreigners</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702887664748212804/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Bello Ahmed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702887664748212804.post-7151115239130187524</id><published>2007-10-29T09:43:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T10:26:19.381-07:00</updated><title type='text'>7 Phrases Successful People Would Never Say</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Have you ever noticed that successful people not only do things in a certain way, but also say things in a certain way?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Success leaves a pattern. Success is a habit.&lt;br /&gt;Whether you are an engineer, sales professional or an entrepreneur, if you want to be successful, you want to pay attention to the words you use.&lt;br /&gt;I want to you get rid of those disempowering words from your vocabulary, words that successful people would never say&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. This is probably a stupid question&lt;br /&gt;There is no stupid question. Stop discrediting yourself. Don’t make emotional self-judgments for others. Don’t give people a chance to negate what would say next.&lt;br /&gt;2. You probably don’t have time for this&lt;br /&gt;If you want people to pay attention and make time for you, stop saying this! Just say what you want to say and let them decide if they have time for you or not.&lt;br /&gt;3. I was just going to say that&lt;br /&gt;You either did say it or you did not. This phrase gives absolutely no value or meaning to your communication.&lt;br /&gt;4. I can’t…&lt;br /&gt;If you are committed to something, you "can" do it. You may not know how to do it, but it doesn’t mean you can’t. If you don’t want to or don’t know how to do certain things, just say it. Stop saying you can’t. Have you ever heard people say: "Can I go to the bathroom?" What would you say?&lt;br /&gt;5. I try…&lt;br /&gt;Try means you don’t want to commit. Try means it is okay not to do it. You either do it or you don’t. Don’t try. Just do it.&lt;br /&gt;6. But…&lt;br /&gt;If you believe in something, don’t add the "but" at the end. The word "but" negates everything you say prior to the word, "but". Instead, use the word "and".&lt;br /&gt;7. I hope…&lt;br /&gt;Take responsibility to your own success. You know things will happen if you are 100% committed to do it. Don’t hope for things to happen. What your mind believe and conceive, it can achieve.&lt;br /&gt;Think About This…&lt;br /&gt;How often do you say these disempowering words?&lt;br /&gt;Just Do This…&lt;br /&gt;How about you commit to stop saying these words for the next couple of weeks? You will notice the difference. I am very sure. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8702887664748212804-7151115239130187524?l=dontgetdupped.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/feeds/7151115239130187524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8702887664748212804&amp;postID=7151115239130187524' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702887664748212804/posts/default/7151115239130187524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702887664748212804/posts/default/7151115239130187524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/2007/10/7-phrases-successful-people-would-never.html' title='7 Phrases Successful People Would Never Say'/><author><name>Bello Ahmed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702887664748212804.post-8500970325649793171</id><published>2007-10-29T09:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T10:14:07.806-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Facts about Credit Score.</title><content type='html'>DID YOU KNOW that three little numbers (your credit score) could end up saving you hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars? Lenders use credit scores to help them determine the “credit worthiness” of consumers applying for credit cards, lines of credit, or loans. The applicant´s credit score will probably be used for figuring out whether he or she qualifies for credit, and if so, what terms and interest rates he or she will receive. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Credit scores are calculated based on data in your credit reports and, as fluid numbers, change over time, sometimes on a daily basis! That´s why its so important to stay on top of your credit reports for changes that could affect your credit scores. Other than pulling your credit report on a daily basis, credit monitoring is the best way to know what´s happening in your credit report.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Triple Advantage credit monitoring lets you do both-it monitors all three of your credit reports for key changes and alerts you if any are found, plus you can pull your credit report and check your credit score every day as a paid member!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8702887664748212804-8500970325649793171?l=dontgetdupped.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/feeds/8500970325649793171/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8702887664748212804&amp;postID=8500970325649793171' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702887664748212804/posts/default/8500970325649793171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702887664748212804/posts/default/8500970325649793171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/2007/10/facts-about-credit-score.html' title='Facts about Credit Score.'/><author><name>Bello Ahmed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702887664748212804.post-5711290153533906245</id><published>2007-10-13T06:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-13T06:27:26.184-07:00</updated><title type='text'>THE FIVE RULES FOR DOING BUSINESS WITH NIGERIACourtesy of The 419 Coalition</title><content type='html'>1. NEVER pay anything up front for ANY reason.&lt;br /&gt;2. NEVER extend credit for ANY reason.&lt;br /&gt;3. NEVER do ANYTHING until their check clears.&lt;br /&gt;4. NEVER expect ANY help from the Nigerian Government.&lt;br /&gt;5. NEVER rely on YOUR Government to bail you out.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8702887664748212804-5711290153533906245?l=dontgetdupped.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/feeds/5711290153533906245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8702887664748212804&amp;postID=5711290153533906245' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702887664748212804/posts/default/5711290153533906245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702887664748212804/posts/default/5711290153533906245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/2007/10/five-rules-for-doing-business-with.html' title='THE FIVE RULES FOR DOING BUSINESS WITH NIGERIACourtesy of The 419 Coalition'/><author><name>Bello Ahmed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702887664748212804.post-7668289914622994637</id><published>2007-10-13T06:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-13T06:26:22.980-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What To Do If You Receive A Nigerian Scam/419 Letter</title><content type='html'>1. DO NOT RESPOND TO THE 419 SOLICITATION.&lt;br /&gt;2. Notify your Own Nation's National Law Enforcement Agency and your Own Nation's Foreign Office.&lt;br /&gt;3. File a Complaint with the Nigerian Embassy or High Commission in your nation. It used to be possible to email complaints and 419 materials in to the Central Bank of Nigeria and to the Nigeria Police, but those email addresses have not worked for some time.&lt;br /&gt;4. For Loss cases only, you may file a complaint with the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Their website is at &lt;a href="http://www.efccnigeria.org/"&gt;http://www.efccnigeria.org/&lt;/a&gt; You may also file complaints with the Central Bank of Nigeria Anticorruption Unit at &lt;a href="mailto:anticorruptionunit@cenbank.org"&gt;anticorruptionunit@cenbank.org&lt;/a&gt; and should do so especially if CBN is mentioned in the 419 materials.&lt;br /&gt;5. If the contact from the 419ers was via email: write their email provider at their "abuse" address (&lt;a href="mailto:abuse@yahoo.com"&gt;abuse@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="mailto:abuse@onebox.com"&gt;abuse@onebox.com&lt;/a&gt; etc.) and include the 419er message with its headers; complain about the 419 message; and ask that the account be shut down. You may also file complaints with watchdog type sevices like Spamcop to try and get the 419ers email accounts shut off by whatever ISP they are using - Spamcop and other services like it will parse the headers of the 419 email and try to see through forged information etc. to get back to the actual origin of the 419 email, which is often useful in these matters.&lt;br /&gt;Please remember that it is important to include the message's full header information. This is necessary for tracking the message's point of origin. This extra information is not shown by default, and the method of displaying it depends on the email resource you use. If you don't know how to display full headers, please see the instructions in your mail program or website. (Note: Many webpage-based email hosts include a "full headers" option link near the top of the message.)&lt;br /&gt;Some 419ers give different email addies in the body of their mail than the one they sent from. You should complain to "abuse" etc. at those email providers as well.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8702887664748212804-7668289914622994637?l=dontgetdupped.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/feeds/7668289914622994637/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8702887664748212804&amp;postID=7668289914622994637' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702887664748212804/posts/default/7668289914622994637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702887664748212804/posts/default/7668289914622994637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/2007/10/what-to-do-if-you-receive-nigerian.html' title='What To Do If You Receive A Nigerian Scam/419 Letter'/><author><name>Bello Ahmed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702887664748212804.post-4114181769072366794</id><published>2007-10-13T06:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-13T06:23:00.766-07:00</updated><title type='text'>CREDIT CARD SECURITY TIPS</title><content type='html'>You have to be very very careful with the way you use your credit cards, even in your own country, in the best hotels or store, in the most secure environment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THEY ARE AROUND THE CORNER.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basically, what Nigerian Scammers do is employ the service of professional hackers to hack sites that utilizes credit cards as a payment method. Utmost care must be taken when utilizing your credit cards in certain websites. Watch out for this logo at the bottom of the site&lt;br /&gt;this to some extent guarantees that a site is hacker safe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, what some other do is to use the connection or link of a store attendant or hotel waiter etc to extract people’s credit card entries and details.&lt;br /&gt;BEWARE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ALL NIGERIANS ARE NOT SCAMMERS, ONLY THIS FEW LAZY ONES TEND TO BLACKMAIL OUR FATHERLAND.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Updates soon to be published&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8702887664748212804-4114181769072366794?l=dontgetdupped.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/feeds/4114181769072366794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8702887664748212804&amp;postID=4114181769072366794' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702887664748212804/posts/default/4114181769072366794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702887664748212804/posts/default/4114181769072366794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/2007/10/credit-card-security-tips.html' title='CREDIT CARD SECURITY TIPS'/><author><name>Bello Ahmed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702887664748212804.post-8910393888635928722</id><published>2007-10-13T06:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-13T06:20:11.852-07:00</updated><title type='text'>STOP THE BLACKMAIL, NIGERIA IS GROWING!!!</title><content type='html'>Let this sound to the inner ears of everyone who’s concerned:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NOT ALL NIGERIANS ARE CORRUPT!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please, please and please, that a small fraction of the country’s population is involved in corrupt practices and scamming does not truly mean all NIGERIANS are corrupt. For God’s sake there are very many good people in this country who really love their country and are God fearing &amp;amp; pious.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can’t say because of the acts of the greedy ones among the people then all the entire citizens have got to suffer in silence, this isn’t fair at all! That’s why blogs like this have been created to change the orientation or thoughts of most website owners and internet entrepreneurs who have taken a narrow decision of NOT doing business with any NIGERIAN CITIZEN.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Infact, immediately you signup on a site and tell them you’re a Nigerian, you’re turned down any business offer you intend to apply for. This shouldn’t be so and should be changed.&lt;br /&gt;We quite understand the kind of damage this few numbskull cause to the outside world and that’s why the present government is leaving no stone unturned in busting this scammers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PLEASE ALL NIGERIANS AREN’T SCAMMERS&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8702887664748212804-8910393888635928722?l=dontgetdupped.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/feeds/8910393888635928722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8702887664748212804&amp;postID=8910393888635928722' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702887664748212804/posts/default/8910393888635928722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702887664748212804/posts/default/8910393888635928722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/2007/10/stop-blackmail-nigeria-is-growing.html' title='STOP THE BLACKMAIL, NIGERIA IS GROWING!!!'/><author><name>Bello Ahmed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702887664748212804.post-4233828579821058932</id><published>2007-10-13T06:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-13T06:18:05.089-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Language of Nigerian INTERNET Scammers [BEWARE!]</title><content type='html'>All the different fields of endeavour, no doubt, have their unique language, or put another way, their slangs. For instance, in the banking sub-sector, you get to hear terms like domicilliary account, forex, exchange rate, capital base etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Therefore, these internet scammers also have their own language or way of tricking or seducing their prey so to speak. Your ability to get a good grasp of their kind of communication methods and strategy will enable you to quickly identify them as scammers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I shall go ahead to identify these communication methods, thus:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Nigerian Internet Scammers generally try to tweak and fine-tune their intonation to align with that of a white man. You’d notice this as you begin talks on phone as they try to mimic your mother-tongue.&lt;br /&gt;· Some don’t speak straight or confidently, they pause at intervals probably to get a more serene atmosphere or otherwise.&lt;br /&gt;· They are proud in their speech as some even try to impersonate reputable citizens of our dear country Nigeria like the CBN governor, chief customs officer, immigration officer etc.&lt;br /&gt;· They go straight to business and will not really like to discuss social issues.&lt;br /&gt;· You won’t have the opportunity to chat with them using a web camera as they never agree to engage in such risky way.&lt;br /&gt;· They always ask you for upfront commitment first for whatever they’re introducing you to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BEWARE! BEWARE!! BEWARE!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ALL NIGERIANS ARE NOT SCAMMERS, ONLY THIS FEW LAZY ONES TEND TO BLACKMAIL OUR FATHERLAND.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8702887664748212804-4233828579821058932?l=dontgetdupped.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/feeds/4233828579821058932/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8702887664748212804&amp;postID=4233828579821058932' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702887664748212804/posts/default/4233828579821058932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702887664748212804/posts/default/4233828579821058932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/2007/10/language-of-nigerian-internet-scammers.html' title='The Language of Nigerian INTERNET Scammers [BEWARE!]'/><author><name>Bello Ahmed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702887664748212804.post-2217167718234903376</id><published>2007-10-13T06:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-13T06:16:51.808-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Nigerian Scam Defined</title><content type='html'>A Five Billion US$ (as of 1996, much more now) worldwide Scam which has run since the early 1980's under Successive Governments of Nigeria. It is also referred to as "Advance Fee Fraud", "419 Fraud" (Four-One-Nine) after a formerly relevant section of the Criminal Code of Nigeria, and "The Nigerian Connection" (mostly in Europe). However, it is usually called plain old "419" even by the Nigerians themselves. In brief, 419 is a sub-classification of Advance Fee Fraud crime in which the perpetrators are West Africans, primarily Nigerians, operating globally from Nigeria and elsewhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Scam operates as follows: the target receives an unsolicited fax, email, or letter often concerning Nigeria or another African nation containing either a money laundering or other illegal proposal OR you may receive a Legal and Legitimate business proposal by normal means. Common variations on the Scam include "overinvoiced" or "double invoiced" oil or other supply and service contracts where your Bad Guys want to get the overage out of Nigeria (Classic 419); crude oil and other commodity deals (a form of Goods and Services 419); a "bequest" left you in a will (Will Scam 419); "money cleaning" where your Bad Guy has a lot of currency that needs to be "chemically cleaned" before it can be used and he needs the cost of the chemicals (Black Currency 419) ; "spoof banks" where there is supposedly money in your name already on deposit; "paying" for a purchase with a check larger than the amount required and asking for change to be advanced (cashier's check and money order 419); fake lottery 419; chat room and romance 419 (usually coupled with one of the other forms of 419); employment 419 (including secret shopper 419) ; and ordering items and commodities off "trading" and "auction" sites on the web and then cheating the seller. The variations of Advance Fee Fraud (419) are very creative and virtually endless, so do not consider the above as an all-inclusive list!&lt;br /&gt;At some point, the victim is asked to pay up front an Advance Fee of some sort, be it an "Advance Fee", "Transfer Tax", "Performance Bond", or to extend credit, grant COD privileges, send back "change" on an overage cashier's check or money order, whatever. If the victim pays the Fee, there are often many "Complications" which require still more advance payments until the victim either quits, runs out of money, or both. If the victim extends credit on a given transaction etc. he may also pay such fees ("nerfund" etc.), and also stiffed for the Goods or Service with NO Effective Recourse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Nigerian Scam is, according to published reports, the Third to Fifth largest industry in Nigeria. It is the 419 Coalition view that the elites from which the governing classes of Nigeria are drawn contain 419 Scammers which can make it difficult for victims seeking recourse in these matters. Monies stolen by 419 operations are very rarely recovered from Nigeria, although the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) led by Nuhu Ribadu and Ibrahim Lamorde has made some welcome progress in that regard over the last few years.&lt;br /&gt;Most 419 letters and emails originate from or are traceable back to Nigeria. However, some originate from other nations, mostly also West African nations such as Ghana, Togo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast ( Cote D'Ivoire ) etc. In most cases 419 emails from other nations (even European nations like the UK, the Netherlands, Spain etc. ) are also Nigerian in that the "Home Office" of the 419ers involved is Nigeria regardless of the apparent source of the contact materials. But there are occasionally some "local" copycats trying to emulate the success of the Nigerians, generally not very successfully.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DO NOT RESPOND TO THE 419ER&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8702887664748212804-2217167718234903376?l=dontgetdupped.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/feeds/2217167718234903376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8702887664748212804&amp;postID=2217167718234903376' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702887664748212804/posts/default/2217167718234903376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702887664748212804/posts/default/2217167718234903376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/2007/10/nigerian-scam-defined.html' title='The Nigerian Scam Defined'/><author><name>Bello Ahmed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702887664748212804.post-7499320157490024973</id><published>2007-09-26T08:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-26T08:32:42.217-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome: An Introduction</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Welcome to this BLOG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;At this blog, you get to know all about the several tips and tricks used by various INTERNET SCAMMERS especially those from NIGERIA.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;This BLOG is dedicated to protecting YOU from being dupped the next time you decide to do business online. Also, to further protect the image of innocent NIGERIA's who use the INTERNET for genuine businesses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Thank YOU for visiting and we hope to keep you posted always.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Yours in success&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;BELLO AHMED&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;08058528185&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8702887664748212804-7499320157490024973?l=dontgetdupped.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/feeds/7499320157490024973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8702887664748212804&amp;postID=7499320157490024973' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702887664748212804/posts/default/7499320157490024973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702887664748212804/posts/default/7499320157490024973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dontgetdupped.blogspot.com/2007/09/welcome-introduction.html' title='Welcome: An Introduction'/><author><name>Bello Ahmed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
