man arrested for nigerian email scam

manadren_it · Post by **manadren_it** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 7:51 pm

Canadian man charged with e-mail hoax

Associated Press
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POSTED AT 9:06 AM EST Thursday, Nov. 6, 2003

Danbury, Conn. — A Connecticut woman, fed up with suspicious e-mail pitches promising millions, is taking credit for helping catch a Canadian man accused of fraud.

Like many other e-mail recipients, Heide Evans received numerous messages purporting to be from Nigeria and promising millions of dollars.

Unlike others who simply delete the e-mails, Ms. Evans said she led the U.S. Secret Service and Bethel police to Nicholas Horvath-Howard, 24, of Toronto, who met her hoping to receive a reward.

“Over several months, I managed to convince them I was gullible enough to go along with them, and surprise of surprises, they were stupid enough to send a messenger to see me to collect the money,” Ms. Evans told The News-Times of Danbury, Conn.

Ms. Evans met Mr. Horvath-Howard in Bethel, where she said he expected to pick up more than $200,000 (U.S.). Instead, police were waiting for Mr. Horvath-Howard and charged him with first-degree attempted larceny.

Mr. Horvath-Howard was arraigned in Danbury Superior Court on Monday. Bond was set at $250,000 and his case was continued until Nov. 10.

The Financial Crimes Division of the Secret Service says it receives about 100 calls daily from victims or potential victims and between 300 and 500 correspondence daily about the scams.

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 7:59 pm

Good news!

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 8:25 pm

This is great, but I have a feeling the Nigerian e-mails aren't dead.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 8:38 pm

Its good they start doing something about that!

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manadren_it · Post by **manadren_it** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 11:16 pm

takahita_tsukino wrote: This is great, but I have a feeling the Nigerian e-mails aren't dead.

You're probably right. Hopefully though, this will cut down on the amount of nigerian scam spam and let would be scammers know that the authorities can and will take these kind of people down.

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