Phil Chan Case Analysis

Problems and Issues This case deals with an advanced fee scam that has been run out of Nigeria since the mid-1980s but apparently unknown to the Basic Software Company of Hong Kong. On August 26,1998 the owner of Basic Software, Allen Lee, was sent a letter by Tokunbo Jacobs from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Mr. Jacobs claimed to have gotten Mr. Lee's name from a close relation at the Nigerian Export Council. Basic …

…custody. References: Cyber Crime Website, Cyber Crime Branch Advisory, 2003 http://cybercrime.planetindia.net/nigerian_scam.htm Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Website: 2006, http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/nigeralrt.htm Freeman Institute, 2006, http://www.freemaninstitute.com/419cbn.htm The 410 Coalition Website, Nigeria, 1997, http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/ Nigeria Planet, The Nigerian Scam Defined, February 1, 2006, http://www.nigeria-planet.com/419-scams.html Mallet, Robert, Nov. '99, Deputy Secretary of Commerce, quoted on Freeman Institute.com