{"id":76866,"date":"2018-01-01T12:54:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T17:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=76866"},"modified":"2018-01-01T12:54:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T17:54:48","slug":"michael-neu-nigerian-prince-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=76866","title":{"rendered":"Michael Neu; “Nigerian prince” arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Michael Neu was charged with 269 counts of wire fraud in Slidell, Louisiana for his participation in “Nigerian Prince” schemes to defraud Americans according to the Huffington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Neu is accused of wiring some of the money he helped obtain to \u201cco-conspirators\u201d located in Nigeria. The police department did not immediately return a request for more specifics on his alleged role.<\/p>\n

\u201cNigerian prince\u201d scams are a type of advance or upfront fee fraud, meaning a scheme that tricks victims into sending a \u201cfee\u201d on false pretenses. The scammers may promise more money, goods, services or a special deal in return. They may also claim to need help transferring money out of a specific country. When scammers get the fee they requested, they disappear.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From NBC News<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Slidell Police Chief Randy Fandal warned people to never give out personal information over the phone or via email or to wire money to anyone they don’t know.<\/p>\n

“If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is,” Fandal said, adding that “99.9 percent of the time, it\u2019s a scam.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apparently, that can’t be repeated often enough. Of course, there are people who will think that because Neu was arrested, it’s safe to trust that email from the next Nigerian prince. It’s not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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