Replies to post #31018 on Bancorp International Group Inc (fka BCIT)

[matrix]

OT: Depends on the scenario used. If they ask for personal and banking info to transfer money in, they can use that to empty out the account and steal your identity. If tricked into visiting their location, the person might be kidnapped and held for a ransom. Sometimes they smuggle folks into another country w/o a visa then threaten to contact authorities unless they pay up. Often times, they simply convince the person to send a certain amount of money because it's needed for the "deal" to go through.

Since these scams are normally conducted by folks outside your own country, it's hard to get them prosecuted. Most victims don't have the money to track down the culprits then sue long-distance. Each country has a limited number of law enforcement to handle internal problems. The US has applied pressure on Nigeria to go after these conmen. Seems like this merely pushed operations into other parts of the world.

[Billybob_TX]

Here's a good site about the scam:

http://www.quatloos.com/scams/nigerian.htm

Here's a guy who gets into conversations with the scammers:


http://www.quatloos.com/brad-c/directory01.htm