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British Justice Secretary Jack straw in the Grip of Nigerian e-mail Scam

Scammers love targeting judiciary professionals . As week end is near, fraudsters are no way far behind to toss the game of scams  and hitting something new. And when it comes to Nigerian fraud artists, the theory is same but style raises one eyebrow.

Britain’s noted Justice Secretary Jack Straw is another victim of Nigerian email fraud. This time professional email hunters left no chance to hack the email address and steal the details of Jack Straw , thus resulting into pathetic internet scam and example of security breach.

In an Exclusive to Lancashire Telegraph ,straw narrated how actually whole process was worked out by these criminals. Here the scam artists have able to ,manage the access of address book and flashed emails from his name , to all his electorate at his offices in Blackburn, England.

The email messages was foolish act sponsored by this fraudsters ,saying “Straw” has lost his wallet in Africa and asks for $3,500 to get home”.

Straw was shocked, as he received many call concerning to this and people form his constituency really want to know if he is in Nigeria and needs $3,500 to get home.

According to BBC scam e-mail messages were sent to Labor Party members, council chiefs and Ministry of Justice officials.

Source : upi.com

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