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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPolice arrest alleged 'Nigerian prince' email scammer in Louisiana USA TODAY NETWORK
Finally. Now all the emails will stop.
A Louisiana man was arrested in connection with the "Nigerian prince" scheme that has scammed people out of thousands of dollars, police announced Thursday.
Michael Neu, 67, faces 269 counts of wire fraud and money laundering after being taken into custody following an 18-month investigation, according to the Slidell Police Department. Police said Neu is suspected of being the scam's "middle man" who obtained money and "subsequently wired" funds to his co-conspirators in Nigeria.
But wait here's his picture:
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Police arrest alleged 'Nigerian prince' email scammer in Louisiana USA TODAY NETWORK (Original Post)
Voltaire2
Dec 2017
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MineralMan
(146,262 posts)1. Wait. What? He doesn't look like a Nigerian Prince at all.
I've been robbed! Damn!
gordianot
(15,234 posts)2. Remember he thrived in a country where Trump was elected to the Presidency.
Yep, we are still ripe for plucking.
Turbineguy
(37,295 posts)3. I can't blame the guy.
Trump voters be like, ""Me! Cheat Me!"
Laf.La.Dem.
(2,940 posts)4. I hope he got my money to the PRINCE before he got arrested!
I want those millions I was promised
packman
(16,296 posts)5. What? That's a scam - NO!
My retirement money is invested in lawyer's fees that are contesting that will that left me $10 million. I have the house in Aspen and a yacht picked out already.