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Re:Worldwide Slump Makes Nigeria's Online Scammers Work That... by splat on Sunday August 09, 2009 @09:26AM (#750777)
But in these tough times, the scammers said, they are relying more on a crucial tool: voodoo. At times, Banjo said, he has traveled six hours to the forest, where a magician sells scam-boosters.

I do enjoy the irony.

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Re:Worldwide Slump Makes Nigeria's Online Scammers Work That... by phreanix on Sunday August 09, 2009 @01:03PM (#750967)
I'm gonna have to say thanks to their voodoo suppliers, anybody who takes these guys away for from their computers and internet for 6 hours at a time is a friend of mine.
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Re:Worldwide Slump Makes Nigeria's Online Scammers Work That... by miked on Sunday August 09, 2009 @11:20AM (#750865)
The best part is they're paying $300 a pop for what is probably ground-up chicken bones, or some such. Love it!
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Re:Worldwide Slump Makes Nigeria's Online Scammers Work That... by martythemaniak on Sunday August 09, 2009 @11:15AM (#750861)
I sometimes wonder how I would have turned out had my family not immigrated to Canada. You take a corrupt place where ethics don't quite exist, mix in an aptitude for technology and tremendous social pressure to "make it" (much more than in north america) and I can see myself in their shoes.
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Re:Worldwide Slump Makes Nigeria's Online Scammers Work That... by access_denied on Sunday August 09, 2009 @01:10PM (#750977)
Interview with a Nigeria-Spammer http://blog.oliver-gassner.de/archives/3257-Interview-with-a...
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Re:Worldwide Slump Makes Nigeria's Online Scammers Work That... by steve_mobs on Sunday August 09, 2009 @08:33PM (#751613)
recessions force companies to be more efficient even if the business is a nigerian scamming business.
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