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  • ‘Nigerian prince’ email scammer arrested in Slidell [Louisiana!]

    12/29/2017 8:24:13 PM PST · by Enchante · 38 replies
    WGNO ^ | December 29, 2017 | WGNO Staff
    SLIDELL – A 67-year-old Slidell man who served as a go-between for an international team of scammers running a “Nigerian prince” email scheme has been arrested after an 18-month investigation. Michael Neu, who is neither Nigerian nor a prince, has been charged with 269 counts of wire fraud and money laundering. Neu helped shuttle fraudulently obtained money to his co-conspirators, some of whom actually do live in Nigeria, according to the Slidell Police Department. The ubiquitous scheme, which begins when an email is sent to an unsuspecting recipient the scammers claim has been named as the beneficiary in a will,...