Just in case you needed a
couple more reasons to delete that Nigerian email scam in your inbox, how about
about kidnapping and the stinging international embarrassment for falling for
the scam? That's what happened to a South Korean father and daughter who
thought they were cashing in on tens of millions of dollars and instead had to
be rescued after being held captive by a Nigerian gang. "While most
instantly hit the delete button, the unnamed 65-year-old from South
Korea and his daughter, in her
30s, evidently had a trusting nature," reports The Guardian which added that the two arrived in Johannesburg
last week. "The suspects allegedly tasked a driver to fetch the victims
from O.R. Tambo airport. The driver and the two Korean nationals were kidnapped
and kept at a house in Meadowlands, Soweto," said a South African Police
Service official. What happened next would be funny if, you know, it didn't
involve actual, real-life people: $10 million ransom negotiated down to
$120,000, being held hostage for four days, and the South Koreans leaving town
before they could testify. "They declined to testify because they were
traumatised," the police official added. "They were also embarrassed
at being lured to South Africa. This is common once victims discover
they've been fooled." The gang, five Nigerians and one South
African, will appear in court on Monday reports said.
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