Nigerian Lagos High Court in $242 million E-mail Case

    I read an article just yesterday, with my mouth open in disbelief. The article states that the Nigerian Lagos High Court has sentenced a woman to 2-1/2 years in jail for e-mail fraud. That is not what made my mouth drop it was the dollar amount of the case. It is the $242 million boggles my mind.  

The woman is just 1 of 3 people involved in this case. All three pleaded not guilty, she later changed her mind and pleaded guilty. The article goes on to say that she will return $48.5 million to the bank; give $5 million to the government and pay a fine of $15,000 ( 2 million naira in Nigerian currency).

While this is a terrible thing. I do have to ask in the words of  "Dr. Phil", what were the people who responded to these e-mails thinking? They obviously did not know the person sending the e-mail. It is hard for me to feel sorry for those taken in by this scam. It appears that greed became more important than common sense.  

See story here. http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jul2005-daily/17-07-2005/business/b15.htm