Six men nabbed over Internet scam
Six men have been arrested in the Netherlands over an alleged internet scam that cost an Australian $US1.5 million ($1.76 million), police said Wednesday.
The six, taken into custody last week, are believed to be part of a west African network, police said in a statement. Five of them are from West Africa, including two Nigerians, it added.
They are suspected of extorting the money from a 49-year-old Australian man after promising him, by email, a lucrative business contract worth $US90 million, according to police.
“We are talking about a massive fraud using marketing techniques,” said Harry Jongkind, coordinator of a Dutch police operation dedicated to internet-based scams.