Rip off man jailed over nigerian scam

An Adelaide man involved in a Nigerian style scam has been jailed after swindling investors of more than $580,000.

Adelaide Magistrates Court was told on Tuesday that James Patrick Nolan's scam caught up people being told he had access to large sums of money detained overseas but desired cash to have it unrestricted.

Prosecutor Gary Phillips reported, it was the classical Nigerian-type scam . The only difference between Nigerian scam and this is we don't have a Nigerian; instead we have Mr. Nolan operating from South Australia. It was merely a confidential trick.

Last week Mr. Nolan pleaded blameworthy to 41 counts of scam but asked the court to take into account another 185 similar offences. Mr. Phillips said Mr. Nolan, had maintained that he still had access to about $450,000 in a Swiss bank account that might be returned to his fatalities after he was dealt with by the court. Prosecutor said, there is no money in an overseas account.

Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Cannon said Mr. Nolan his victims had suffered extensively because of his greedy behavior. The magistrate imprisoned Mr. Nolan for 5 years with a non-parole period of 3 years.

Interne Money Scams-Fake Drugs

You may think that internet scam is rare, but the truth is different. It affects the lives of many people whose only crime was to be slightly naïve. When some person got in scam, the first thing we tell them is to go straight to the police, but sought us out to talk about the real-life effects of internet crime on people's lives.

Around the world, people are losing their savings and homes to internet criminals. The most common attack is still phishing, believing that they're receiving emails from their bank or some other institution. When they try to log in via the provided link, all they see is an error message apologizing for heavy server load and asking them to try again later. But the truth is, their log-in details have been saved and the criminals now have access to their bank account.

To Beat The Internet scam:

One of the most common tricks and goals of scambaiter is advanced fee fraud. The general approach is to dangle the promise of huge gains and then ask for ever-increasing fees, expenses before they dole out a slice of the fictional cash pie.

Fake Drugs:

A large amount of spam concerns fake drugs, where scammers target those looking for a good time. Viagra, stimulants and smart drugs are freely available via internet pharmacies. In some instances, outfits have even offered cannabis and ecstasy.

The problem is that like some pharmacy will simply collect the credit card details. It isn't worth the risk.

Overseas Scammers

The case of an elderly couple that have been duped into sending money to various people all over the world - and sustained to do it even they were being warned by the police that it is highly apt that these recipients were international fraudsters.

The couple has sent money to various people in Africa, UK and Hong Hong, and they lost a little over half a million of Australian dollars in whole.

The scammers based in the UK and in Hong Kong carried out an "inheritance" scam, while the Ghana scammers, two women forged a friendly relationship with the couple over the Internet and asked for money for accommodation, food and additional expenses. The husband even traveled to Ghana on one occasion and met the woman.

Law enforcement officers visited the couple relating to money transfers linked to these four recipients and talked to them about these recipients were scammers. But have clearly not made much impact, since the couple sustained to send money overseas.

Beware of charity scam

There are many great charitable organizations in our community that deserve our support. Please be careful on charity scam.

scams and frauds

A book related to scams and frauds-Lance Spicer.Don't get scammed by ebay.The scammers may offers to buy some expensive item on eBay.

Phone scam

Telephone scam is the one of the most widely scam in the world. They target each and everyone to try to deceive people out of money. They may call a person and entail that they work for a company or they place ads to convince a people to call them.

Telemarketing scam

Tips to avoid telemarketing scam:

• It's very difficult to get your money back if you've been scammed over the phone. Before you buy anything by telephone, remember.
• Don't buy from a strange company. Genuine businesses understand that you want more information about their company and are happy to comply.
• Always ask for and wait until you receive written objects about any offer or aid. If you get unsolicited mail about costly investments, ask someone whose financial advice you trust to review them. But, unfortunately, be careful not everything written down is true.
• You must not be asked to pay in advance for services. Pay services only after they are send.

scammers list

Give You a List of People Who Practically Waste Your Time and Money.Browse all scammers

operation of scam

The scammer operation is professionally organized in Nigeria, with offices, working fax numbers, and often contacts at government offices.

Operation of scam

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