So yesterday, I was watching Dateline to catch a con man( or something to that effect.) Chris Hansen went undercover to try to catch Internet scammers who promise you millions of dollars in emails. You've all probably seen them.
He set up a fake name of Jim E. Dimoni (funny right?) tried to get the con men to believe he was interested in getting the millions of dollars that the email promised. Hansen went to Amsterdam and the con man met them there. They got to talking and...
Finally he got them alone and told them he was a reporter from America. One guy ran away, one guy got flustered and one gave back the money he took...
I can understand why Chris Hansen did this. those emails about getting money can get annoying. Also so many people get taken.
The problem is that often time these people aren't prosecuted because they can't be found or are a go between for some top agent. Can he even try to get international officials involved. It's good work but if you can't arrest the guy then what? People will continue to be taken by these emails.
Anyway it was a fun little show to watch yesterday.
Gurpreet Nandra
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