Nigerian Spam

In an interview with the Bahama Journal Thursday, Assistant Superintendent Drexel Cartwright, officer responsible of the Commercial Crimes segment at the Central Detective Unit (CDU), exposed that last year 10 Nigerian scam cases were reported to police, an increase over 2005.

He said the scams occupied different types of payment, including 10 U.S. postal money orders, Travelers Express money grams, Walmart Financial Services money orders and as well as two Hong Kong Bank of Canada cheques.

"In most instances, these were not cashed, but the total sum of funds was $446, 390.23," Mr. Cartwright said.

"Last year, they might have gotten between $10,000 and $20,000. There were efforts to cash the bulk of these at banks here in The Bahamas. In fact, one of the money orders was in fact in euros in the amount of 3,500."