Mntsnow
02-02-2004, 7:23 AM
Amsterdam police said Thursday they had arrested 52 people in the Dutch capital in connection with an e-mail scam designed to defraud people in several countries with get-rich-quick schemes.
Police said the group was suspected of sending about 100,000 e-mail messages to addresses in Japan and the United States.
The e-mails claim to be from a well-known individual or the individual's relative and promise the recipient money for help in transferring frozen funds to an accessible place.
Read more (http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/30/dutch.scam.reut/index.html)
Police said the group was suspected of sending about 100,000 e-mail messages to addresses in Japan and the United States.
The e-mails claim to be from a well-known individual or the individual's relative and promise the recipient money for help in transferring frozen funds to an accessible place.
Read more (http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/30/dutch.scam.reut/index.html)