Revenge of the Net Vigilantes ; How Internet Bounty Hunters Are Turning the Tables On Money Scamming Gangs

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YOU'VE probably deleted dozens of them from your inbox. The email from the Nigerian Oil Commission telling you a distant relative who owns $25 million in shares has died and left you the cash - after you pay a hefty bank charge.

Or the one asking you to allow your account to be used for a transfer of a huge amount of cash, of which you'll receive a fat slice.

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Revenge of the Net Vigilantes ; How Internet Bounty Hunters Are Turning the Tables On Money Scamming Gangs

These badly written email scams, known as 419 scams because of the penal code they violate in Nigeria, are estimated to net hundreds of millions of dollars annually worldwide.

Each year, about 200 people in the UK contact police to say they have fallen victim to similar emails and have...

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