I recently received some spam which talked about compensating victims of Nigerian email scams.

This is a particularly noxious scam, as the spammer is targeting people who are already victims of fraud. Presumably the organisers feel that if somebody is gullible and greedy enough to fall for one fraud, they are an ideal candidate for another.

The scammers claim to be from a “Nigerian Government Reimbursement Committee” but host their web site at itgo.com (also known as freeserver.com) who provide free web hosting. The pages that they present are almost plausible, apart from the fact that they carry advertisements from the hosting company and use free gmail addresses.

Their pages include wonderful statements such as

As regards these ongoing developmental strive; we have over 210 suspects at hand, 135 in Kirikiri prison here in Nigeria. While many are awaiting trial, we are still in search of others, who think they are wise, and hope that you will assist by giving any vital information that could lead to the apprehension of these hoodlums.

We shall be waiting to hearing from you been certain that you were truly scammed by a Nigerian and you have proves to back your claim.
cyberfraud.department@gmail.com

The text of the scam email is as follows:

Attention:

This email is not in any manner directed to you, but its purposely and specifically directed to Nigeria Scam victims. . However, if you have fallen for Nigerian Scams, do not hesitate to contact us or visit our website for more
details on how we can help.

We shall be waiting to hearing from you been certain that you were truly scammed by a Nigerian and you have proves to back your claims. Please read the full report at our website: http://www.nigeria-scamvictims.itgo.com/

Yours faithfully,
Brian Adams
Nigerian Government Reimbursement Committee

This particular specimen claims to have been sent by Brian Adams at baantinigeriascams@gmail.com, but other examples can be found from somebody calling himself David Bamko.

Isn’t it amazing that the supposed anti-fraud parts of the Nigerian government need to use gmail addresses an free hosting services supported by advertising and pop-ups?

Is it possible that they ask for all the information used in one fraud, to duplicate the fraud?



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