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- Title
Nigeria's 419ers Keeping One Step Ahead of Authorities.
- Abstract
The article reports on the efforts made by the Economic and Financial Fraud Commission (EFCC) to combat the 419ers and other online fraudsters in Nigeria. EFCC has been working with the mobile Internet operators to accessing background data of users for combating the rising online fraudsters and scammers in the country, who shift their operations to private homes and hotels. In addition, EFCC is also lobbying for registration of Internet access points and subscriber identity modules.
- Subjects
NIGERIA; FRAUD -- Government policy; ADVANCE fee fraud; COMPUTER crimes; CRIMINAL investigation; INTERNET fraud; COMPUTER security
- Publication
IT Professional, 2008, Vol 10, Issue 6, p8
- ISSN
1520-9202
- Publication type
Article