Indonesian government whacks SMS fraudsters with big plank

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by Tony Alton

I  am often been contacted  by Nigerian Oil Magnates, coup organisers and Lottery officials to tell me that i am entitled to more money than i could possibly wallow in naked.  Thanks to Yahoo!’s rubbish spam filters i am lucky to have a window into this opulent world, however it Indonesian fraudsters have been having so much success convincing Joe Public to part with their money via text that the government has decided to hunt them down and chuck them in a big pit full of spikes.  They have launched a campaign, which  claims to have banks, government officials and even ’some celebrities’  (Chanelle from Big Brother, The Cheeky Girls and Bob Carolgees) on board.

However at the bottom of the article it outlines the simple steps that one potential victim did to dissuade the mobile Fagans: "Learning from the experience of
my relative, who was a victim of such fraud, I didn’t buy it. Instead
of transferring some money to him, I yelled, calling him a robber". 

Obviously not that scary then.

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