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A variant of the extremely popular Nigerian 419 scam is possible via Paypal, the INQ has discovered. On paper it looks bulletproof but it's still a big con.
A Nigerian man has been arrested over an Internet-based lonely-hearts scam, which stripped a 45-year-old Queensland man of thousands of dollars. Sophos is urging wireless internet users to ensure the maximum security of their networks following the arrests of ten people in Spain for allegedly distributing bogus email lottery scams via unsecured Wi-Fi networks. A ‘Nigerian letter’ scam has won this year’s annual ASIC ‘Pie in the Sky’ award for the most outrageous offer that was too good to be true. Computer Crime Squad Detectives in Perth have arrested a 29 year-old Nigerian man for his alleged involvement with an international online crime syndicate which media reports claim has defrauded its victims of $1 million.
South Australian Police are warning local residents of a surge in Nigerian scam emails targeting South Australian residents.

Redmond allegedly squeezed out Mandriva in educational laptop sale. Three men pleaded guilty this week in New York to running get-rich-quick spam schemes - including a scam where one of the men claimed to have terminal throat cancer - targeting email users. Cyber-crooks are using new technologies and reinventing forms of social engineering to ensnare consumers and businesses, security experts warn. A list of the five most spammed people in Britain, found one person received 44,000 unwanted emails a day. McAfee has released the results of its Spammed Persistently All Month campaign.. Nigerian scammers have launched a new spam campaign sending fake Google Calendar meeting invitations in an attack targeted towards corporate users, security vendor BitDefender warned today.
Business tycoon, the late Kerry Packer, is the subject of an unsolicited email that is attempting to dupe vulnerable Australian’s into transferring personal funds to overseas scammers. Social networks such as LinkedIn are being exploited by online fraudsters, experts warned today.. Internet-related criminal activities resulted in nearly US$240 million in reported losses in the US, according to the 2007 Internet Crime Report released by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and the FBI. The ACCC has released the latest edition of "The little black book of scams", a user friendly guide that draws attention to a wide variety of scams regularly targeting Australian consumers and businesses in areas such as online, over the phone and door-to-door. An Australian man has lost $1.8 million in a Nigerian email scam, according to reports. Spammers find yet another way to target the unwary. Male. Between 30 and 50 years old. Residing in California, Texas, Florida or New York. That's the most likely profile for a 2006 victim of web-based crime, according to a report from the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center. Queenslanders are forking out around $500,000 a month to Nigerian email scammers.