The dramatic undercover sting exposing Nigerian fraud syndicates.
You might think they’re a bit of a joke, all those pesky e-mails, faxes and letters offering you a fortune but they’re not and those get rich quick schemes are the Nigerian fraud scams and they are big business.
A vicious international racket, run by serious gangsters. And now, for the first time we have some idea how many ordinary, hard-working Australians are being conned and how much they’re losing.
Millions of dollars every month. But, after a three-month-long investigation here and in Nigeria, there’s sweet revenge. We tracked down the racketeers. And in a series of dramatic raids and sting operations, nailed the Mr Bigs.
Just when you thought you’d seen the worst of those Nigerian money scams, something like this comes along. A con job so brazen and so low, it takes your breath away.
And this time, it’s not run from some dingy office in Africa, it starts right here with a local villain. A notorious international conman, a liar and a cheat, who’ll take anything that’s not nailed down.
He says he’s a Christian preacher but really, he’s a middleman for the Nigerians. And he’s preying on the poor and the vulnerable.
But you’ll be pleased to hear, greed got the better of him, it was more than enough to lure him into Liam Bartlett’s trap.