This is especially interesting after attending an IC3 talk on Tuesday morning on the various common types of online fraud. It's true that most of the victims of these scams are complicit in the get-rich-quick schemes, but barring the ones who commit criminal acts such as money laundering or forwarding shipments to Nigeria, it would be difficult to classify them as criminal.
From the Sydney Morning Herald:
From the Sydney Morning Herald:
THE Nigerian high commissioner says people who are ripped off by so-called Nigerian scams are just as guilty as the fraudsters and should be jailed.
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"People who send their money are as guilty as those who are asking them to send the money," he said. [From smh.com.au: Jail the 'greedy' scam victims, says Nigerian diplomat]
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