Apparently the feds, who in conjunction with Spanish police arrested 310 people in Malaga, Spain, in connection with a $124 million bogus e-mail lottery scam run by Nigerian gangs.
Four hundred officers from Spanish police, the FBI and the U.S. Postal Service raided 166 homes and seized $264,000 in cash, 2,000 mobile telephones, 327 computers and 165 fax machines. We didn’t even know the post office had “officers.” Do you think they wore the blue shorts and carried mace?
Anyway, officials believe “Operation Nile” will drastically reduce spam traffic for the time being. In addition to the fake lottery, the group also sent our classic 419 scams and had duped more than 2,000 people.
Via The Register
