Written by By Lilian Agih and Bidon Mibzar, Abuja
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 22:18
The latest report by the Internet Crime Complaint Centre has placed Nigeria third on the global list of countries with the highest rate of cybercrimes at 7.5 percent behind the United States with 66.1 percent and the United Kingdom with 10.5 percent.

This is even as the Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes, Dagmar Thomas, estimates that the nation had lost millions of dollars to the fraudulent act.

She was speaking on the need for the West African Cybercrime Summit billed for September 7 to 10, 2010.

Dagmar, who spoke following the pre-summit workshop and launch of an anti-corruption song, explained that the summit is being hosted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in partnership with UNODC and Industry in Abuja.

While harping on the need to get both government and non-governmental organisations to back the fight and eradicate the problem, Dagmar listed the objectives of the summit as raising political awareness and commitment to combat cybercrime, building capacity for scalable and sustainable solutions and developing multi-lateral cooperation.

Also speaking on the occasion, Mr. Bala Sanda, the Principal Staff Officer to Chairman of the EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, said the fight against cybercrimes has yielded result as over $500 million had been saved due to preventive measures taken.

He said by working with Microsoft and other technical companies, several emails being used for fraudulent dealings have been shut down.

http://www.leadershipnigeria.com/index.php/news/headlines/11566-cybercrimes-nigeria-ranks-third-in-the-world

Could it be Nigerians in the U.K. who made them the highest in the world

courtesy of yorubas, seriously.

Yeah nasty criminal yourba guys like duke below

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=tobechi+enyinna+onwuhara&oq=tobechi&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=Bl9qS_2TEJPf8AaFiNmyBw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CCEQsAQwAw


http://www.fbi.gov/wanted_by_the_fbi/archive/wanted072809.htm

Foolish tribalist , Come to OKOTA see ur IGBO MEN AND BOYS , ask them what they do ? they'll tell U

im only mad we're not #1, if you're going to do something be the best at it!

mekuszyx:

courtesy of yorubas, seriously.

when you and i know that igbo top the list.ode

newmaster:

He said by working with Microsoft and other technical companies, several emails being used for fraudulent dealings have been shut down.

Microsoft? What has Microsoft got to do with shutting down emails? Do these guys understand how emails or even the internet work and more importantly do they actually think Microsoft has a stake as regards the web?

We see these guys connive and loot funds under the guise of one partnership or the other and even after so many years nothing concrete is recorded.

Just no 3? [Scratches head]
I thot we was number 1
What of the Chinese& the Indians?
They didn't make the list
[Scratches head still]

I just pray that the current effort by the Hon. Bassey Etim led Cybersecurity Coalition in the National Assembly will help to create the neccesary awareness afterall

Lol.We are embracing technology so fast it's beginning to hurt!

bk/babe90:

Yeah nasty criminal yourba guys like duke below

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=tobechi+enyinna+onwuhara&oq=tobechi&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=Bl9qS_2TEJPf8AaFiNmyBw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CCEQsAQwAw


http://www.fbi.gov/wanted_by_the_fbi/archive/wanted072809.htm

ROFLMAO!

Omo nna buruku!

AMERICA . , 66.1 percent . .LOL . . Am loving this