Nigeria Moving to Shut Down Scammers

Author: Ryan Naraine

October 23, 2009 2:24 pm

It turns out Nigeria is taking measures to fight Internet
scams—law enforcement there has shut down close to a thousand websites
and made 18 arrests as part of a new initiative to save the nation’s
reputation and crack down on Internet scammers. The program, called
“Project Eagle Claw,” has only just begun, but Nigerian officials
expect it to be fully operational in 2010. Read the full story [Ars Technica].

It turns out Nigeria is taking measures to fight Internet
scams—law enforcement there has shut down close to a thousand websites
and made 18 arrests as part of a new initiative to save the nation’s
reputation and crack down on Internet scammers. The program, called
“Project Eagle Claw,” has only just begun, but Nigerian officials
expect it to be fully operational in 2010. Read the full story [Ars Technica].

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