First Nigerian email scammer jailed

Hong Kong has done its bit to crack down on Nigerian e-mail fraud, jailing its first Nigerian scammer :

Hong Kong has successfully prosecuted its first Nigerian email scammer. A 30-year-old Nigerian man was jailed four years today for a US$26 million scam, in which he was convicted at the District Court of attempting to obtain property by deception and possession of a false travel document.

Tagged as: Advance-fee fraud, Confidence trick, Crime, Deception, District Court, E-mail fraud, Ethics, false travel document, Fraud, Law/Crime, Nigeria, social engineering, Spamming, USD