The world truly is smaller

According to this Australian Associated Press report, an Australian man has been arrested in rural NSW in association with the Nigerian Bank Scams. It seems that some people were indeed gullible and foolish enough to fall for these hoaxes that caused the rest of us much amusement at their silliness.

The power of the Internet on global commerce extends through all facets of life - even the illegal. It is amazing to think that a man who lives in a town outside of Dubbo can con people in Europe and the US to think that they are dealing with a former African head of state/businessman/banker etc. To the length that they parted with (presumably a total of) hundreds of thousands of dollars.

It will be sad to no longer receive emails from Barrister Williams Akim the lawyer to the widow of the Late Gen. Sanni Abacha former Nigerian Military Head of State who died mysteriously as a result of Cardiac Arrest and his cohorts. Sadly I suspect that someone will fill the shoes of the current scammers - in fact it is likely that more than the three arrested people are perpetrating the scam around the world (it's hard to patent an illegal scam - but i'm sure it's not impossible ;)