I read the following article published in the malaysian Star paper:- Is this what the Africans and Nigerians doing now in Malaysia?
KUALA LUMPUR: The Black Money scam, also known as the Nigerian 419 scam, was reported by Interpol to have surfaced in Malaysia in 1998.
(419 refers to a section of a Nigerian law that deals with fraud.)
Most of these con artists enter the country on a social visit pass which allows them to stay up to 30 days.
They tend to enrol in local colleges, some even reputable ones, just to obtain student visas so that they could extend their stay here.
These so-called students are believed to pay off college staff to mark their attendance.
They would then send out random emails and SMS, promising huge piles of money. Usually a “processing fee” is required in advance from their targets.
In some of the cases, the victim lost big amounts of money without realising it until the fraudster goes missing.
They are such smooth operators that a number of victims took loans from Ah Longs to pay them.
In the Black Money scam, victims are told about a stash of bank notes which had been dyed black to avoid Customs detection. The money was supposedly kept in a safe somewhere and the victim should purchase a type of chemical to wash off the dye which would then unveil “genuine” US dollars.
The victim would be promised a share of the money.
The supposed origin of the riches varied with each new victim. The most popular version is that the money is the lost fortunes of former Nigerian dictator General Abacha which need to be transported out of Nigeria without the Customs knowing it.
Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Koh Hong Sun said the con men, upon meeting their target, would produce a small vial of washing liquid called “Universal Automatic Washer” and ask the victim to select any black bank note at random.
The black banknote would be washed but with a sleight of hand,the con man would substitute it with a real note.
Victims are given the “washed” bank notes and are encouraged to verify their authenticity at a money changer.
“They would ask the victim to buy the chemical in order to process more money and that the costs of the chemicals are very high,” he said.
These con artists modus operandi of “layering,” where a different person is sent to each meeting with the victim.
According to sources, places like Puchong Prima, a hotel in Ampang and several areas in Kepong are regular meeting spots for such transactions.
Using laptops along with a special software, the con men are also able to forge government documents.
Comm Koh, who confirmed this, said that raids on the “students’ residence” found no textbooks but merely computers and laptops.
In a raid conducted by the police recently, police arrested 29 Nigerians at their office at Metro Prima in Kepong.
All those arrested claimed that they were undergraduates in the Klang Valley, showing their student cards instead of passports. A check by The Star showed that some colleges here had about 70% African students.
These places provide hassle-free enrolment for foreign students who pay application fees ranging from US0 to US0.
Investigations also revealed that these so- called students did not have a clear financial source, yet they had no problems paying tuition fees and sending money home to their countries.
In fact, some of them live in posh condominiums and drive luxury cars like the BMW X5.
They are also known to use local women to carry out their deception, targeting single mothers or college students and using their bank accounts to conduct their shady business.
Some of them, when caught by police, would falsely claim to be Muslims and recite verses from the Quran to gain sympathy, said sources.
Most of these con artists are deported to their home countries as authorities usually lack evidence to charge them.
However, a number of them would return to Malaysia under different passports.
Comm Koh said the authorities were using biometric systems as a measure against such the conmen to prevent them from returning.
“But as long as there are Malaysians who are fuelled by greed, there will be someone to take advantage of them,” he said.
yes, i agreed.
probably yes ..
its not just in nigeria and african nations though.
its all over the world.
we get them even in the US and great britain.
i saw this on dateline nbc with chris hansen lol.
but its pretty sad how ppl can be dumb enough to fall for these.
Life is a drama………and we are all actors on different stages……..we bring different
characters……..some good some bad………..
Oh yeah,,,, and this make me wonder what our law enforcement units are doing, close 1 eye huh? wait until so many Malay girls kena raped, then they will start pointing their fingers here and there…
actually Malaysia must learns from all this matter but still they being cheated Why? Our Malaysian a very kind and we all are very honest and at this position we trying to get capital nobody trust sometime we must try other alternative because we want to success in our business that is the one factor we involved in this matter.
this Nigerian you can not believed not only black money, jobs, totto, anything, anything that they can get easy money they will do it but this group are not alone they are in a group. Big group included ambassodor, politition etc I being to Nigeria Iit’s not bad country they have a lot of petroleum, timber etc but the problem their people mantelity worst and worst out of the world.
The Nigerian are not same to our Malaysian we are easy people and we are good people I hope their leader can follow the Malaysian Country and our political we are the best believed me this because I already travel a lot.
Malaysia kita hanya sesetengah Malaysian yang tidak mahu bersyukur mungkin kerana mereka tidak pernah keluar negara jadi mereka tidak dapat membezakan banyak perkara.
Sekira Malaysia boleh perbaiki sikap dan matelity politik kita pasti kita yang terbaik di dunia.
Jadi jangan percaya dengan Nigeria kerana mereka expert dalam itu semua bukan sahaja di Malaysia mereka tipu malahan di German, Greece, Italy dan keseluruhan dunia saya rasa mungkin itu tugas mereka untuk celikkan mata manusia-manusia jujur dan berhati mulia untuk lebih berhati-hati dan menguna akal yang Tuhan beri.
This is not something new. It has been going on for many years already and the Africans are carrying out these activities not only in Malaysia but in other countries as well especially in Asian countries. However lately Malaysia seems to be their favorite destination because of the ease to obtain visas ( due to bribery ) and many greedy Malaysian who believe them to earn quick bucks. Sometimes i don’t blame the Africans but the victims for their greed.
yesi think so
Sorry ! i really cant do any things about this matter. sorry. i understand you..
next election..soon..VOTE for me.
if i become PM. i will BAN all of them to enter Malaysia.
i don’t think that this is the case with all nigerians. i think that some of them are in malaysia because they truly want to learn. you cannot lump a whole race base on something that several people of a certain race have done. there are some koreans in canada and the united states who work under student visas, and they don’t even go to school. there was one chinese man who attempted to kidnap his landlord’s daughter for money, but ended up killing her by accident. that doesn’t mean that the entire chinese and korean race is doing the same thing.
i agree some of them they do. But it does not mean that all of them are doing such thing. This is what people are mistakenly think sometimes. They do judgement easily. Some of african are even good persons. Some are really came here to continue school, for example is my friend, he is from nigeria, and 3 of them in school are in top 10 student. I seldom saw him gave even 5rm or 10rm to beggars that sometimes the fellow malaysian or chinese other race dont give. Some of them also are looking for a decent work but because of some racist minded people, they dont give them work even they are qualified enough! Example is that my friend am talking about, one of his professor in school recommend 3 of them to work in hotel, and they do a very good job and work really hard that their other colleague cant do the same as they do. And most of people like them their because they really work hard, but because of wrong mindset some people dont like them to stay and fired them from work. This is true and really happening. And not just african do this kind of bad business… some races too are even more have bad business. And some people are even more worst in attitude than them. Some malaysian, chinese, indians, that are local here are also participate in this kind of wrong doing to earn big money. All country has its own monkey!