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Jack Straw hit by Nigerian spammers

by on25 February 2009

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Fake email


Nigerian spammers
had a go out of conning UK ministry officials, ruling Labour Party members, and constituents while the British Justice secretary was visiting the country.

The spammers sent an email claiming that Straw had lost his wallet while in the country and asked them to wire him £2,000.

The fake email was written under the heading the Right Hon Jack Straw MP, said: "I misplaced my wallet on my way to the hotel where my money and other valuable things were kept."

The hotmail account was one that Straw used to deal with constituency matters. Most of the people who knew Straw spotted the deception. The email claimed he was in Lagos for a project called Empowering Youth to Fight Racism, though he was in fact in Britain.

One constituent apparently replied to the e-mail, but did not offer cash.

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