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Post by Sapphire Capital on Jul 12, 2008 23:09:10 GMT 4
July 8, 2008
A South African and his Nigerian co-accused have been jailed for 15 years each over the so-called 419 scam.
Jabu Nkabinde, 33, and Olusegun Justus Davies, 35, opened a bank account using a dead man's identity and then defrauded four people with the 419 scam.
They also defrauded another bank.
The men told their victims they had won about R30,5-million in a UK lottery, which they would receive on paying "administration fees" into a fraudulent account.
Nkabinde and Davies were found guilty on six charges of fraud by the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court.
They opened a bank account at Absa in 2005 in the name of Mthandazile Bhudane, and sent out emails to unsuspecting victims informing them they had won a "6 Ball Lotto Game" competition in the UK.
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