Comments on: Dealing Spammers/Scammers a deadly blow

By: Oluniyi D. Ajao from Texas, United States

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:13:41 +0000

Interswitch Nigeria & member banks move against ATM fraudsters…

Long after several people have been defrauded of their money through social engineering scams, Interswitch Nigeria the leading issuer of local ATM/Debit cards appears to be acting now. According to a recent report by Daily Trust:

Interswitch Nigeria L…

By: mypenmypaper from Nigeria

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:14:44 +0000

count me in on this one.

but note that all the mails dont come from webhosts in Nigeria/Africa. I think what we need is that internet access be domiciled in Nigeria. Presently, everybody gets his/her internet access from anywhere. People are free to subscribe to any service provider in/out of Nigeria by various technologies, most common the VSAT.

If service provision is domiciled, regardless of where the webhost is, we can place restrictions(filter, IP location etc)on such practices.

an example is: The Great Firewall of China.

By: SOLOMONSYDELLE from Maryland, United States

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:38:05 +0000

I support this effort wholeheartedly. Please let me know how I can help. I am absolutely frustrated by scam artists and equally frustrated by the people who fall prey for their shenanigans.

By: Oyewola Olusola from Satellite Provider

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:54:06 +0000

That is a lovely piece.
I almost became a victim of these ruthless spammers. I remember receiving a mail telling me she’s the soul survivor of a certain minister in Cote d’Ivoire and she has difficulty in claiming her entitlement.
Obviously the spammers thought I stay in France and solicited for my support by given “her” my account details. I was lucky because I knew the country and after several interactions I discovered that she was a fake.
Till today I still receive spam messages in my box. All I do is ignore them.
There activities is even more frustrating to casual users like me.

By: Ifeoluwa from Lagos, Nigeria

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:49:43 +0000

Good luck to you guys.

By: Oluniyi D. Ajao from Ghana

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:08:59 +0000

Don’t worry about that Kay. We in the industry know exactly what to do and how to do it.

By: Kayode from Oyo, Nigeria

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:14:43 +0000

What exactly will the database contain? Most of these villains us phony names and addresses.

By: Oluniyi D. Ajao from Ghana

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:06:09 +0000

I am emailing both of you on the way forward.
Any other comments welcome.

By: Emmanuel Oluwatosin from Manchester, United Kingdom

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:16:38 +0000

Count me in on this. It is high time all web hosting companies put resources together to put an end to this act.

By: Yomi Adegboye from Nigeria

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:11:47 +0000

Dave,

I am seriously grieved over the activities of these morons. I like the idea of a common database, and you can count me in. How do we proceed?

Cheers!