Former treasurer of Michigan fell for Nigeran scam...hard

zekrahminator · Jan 28, 2007

When 1.2 million tax dollars went missing from Alcona County, Michigan, county officials wasted no time in a full investigation. They quickly found that the treasurer, Thomas Katona, had done some suspicious overseas transactions. Even after the people at the bank warned Katona of the obvious Nigerain fraud, he still sent approximately 185,000 US dollars to overseas accounts in eight payments. It is unknown how much of that is the missing tax money. 56 year old Katona was treasurer for 13 years. He was charged for felony nine times, and has a bail set at 1 million dollars.

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ex_reven · Jan 28, 2007

ouch...not once...but 8 TIMES? :twitch:

Jannu · Jan 28, 2007

OMG

maybe dumb people shouldnt have email addresses at all :shadedshu

Love it how you say former treasurer lol

zekrahminator · Jan 28, 2007

ex_reven said:
ouch...not once...but 8 TIMES?

More accurately, fell for it once, had to make eight payments

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ex_reven · Jan 28, 2007

Jannu said:
OMG maybe dumb people shouldnt have email addresses at all :shadedshu

Love it how you say former treasurer lol

and it was US dollars

in Nigeria that kind of money would be kings ransom

sad to think it probably funded futher "terrorism" / armed thugs

PyroInc · Jan 28, 2007

If a nigerian prince had money to give you and asks for you to help him out by giving him money to help in something... one should ask a very obvious question... Why the **** is a prince from Nigeria conntacting me. :banghead:

jocksteeluk · Jan 29, 2007

i was emailed by one of these scammers long before it became public knowledge that it was a scam, they were asking for bank details so they could transfer the illegal money to for a 50/50 split. It sounded way too good to be true but it was too obvious a scam to fall for.

WarEagleAU · Jan 29, 2007

How stupid is this guy? Even after being warned by the bank, HE STILL DID IT! Flipping moron. :banghead:

pt · Jan 29, 2007

this is the type of persons in the world that should be hanged

spectre440 · Jan 29, 2007

you have got to be kidding me...

come on... nobody's THAT stupid...

evil bill · Jan 29, 2007

The sad thing about this is the bad name it gives us real Nigerian Princes'

In order to salvage our reputations, we are currently accepting donations to run a "positive reinforcement" advertising campaign. Please PM me your bank details and you will receive a , erm, Rolex, yes a Rolex.......and a BMW, or something.

pt · Jan 29, 2007

evil bill said:
The sad thing about this is the bad name it gives us real Nigerian Princes'

In order to salvage our reputations, we are currently accepting donations to run a "positive reinforcement" advertising campaign. Please PM me your bank details and you will receive a , erm, Rolex, yes a Rolex.......and a BMW, or something.

can i get a porsche instead?

Homeless · Jan 29, 2007

Wowwwwww

Easy Rhino · Jan 29, 2007

hhaah what a retard!!!

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Former treasurer of Michigan fell for Nigeran scam...hard

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