Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Online scammer: 14 years old

It was gonna happen sooner or later. This is my first post about someone who made his millions through a scam.

This time, I refer you to a Fortune story about a 14-year-old kid in Lagos, Nigeria, who figured out how to bilk Westerners out of their cash. Akin spent up to 10 hours a day in an internet cafe doing his scam, and there punishment is nil.

This is Lagos, the city that gave America an NBA Hall of Famer, Hakeem Olajuwon. Somewhere in the midst of these scams, there has to be a way that would put the minds of these enterprising young kids to positive use.

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