Man jailed for internet scam
13/06/2006 15:29  - (SA)  

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Singapore - A Nigerian man was jailed for three years after cheating a Singaporean businessman who fell for his multi-million dollar internet scam, said court officials on Tuesday.

Ronald Emmanuel Emeka, 30, promised in April to give businessman Ng Yong Ngee a 30% share of a non-existent $8.5m commission for helping to transfer funds from a finance company in Britain.

In return, Ngee would first have to come up with almost $31 000 to help pay for the banking fees to transfer the funds to Singapore.

Ngee suspected something was amiss after payment of his commission was delayed repeatedly and made a police report about the scam.

Many Singaporeans had been duped by internet scams promising huge commissions in return for helping to transfer a purported sum of money from one country to another.

It was reported that last year, five Singaporeans lost up to $188 680 after falling for similar e-mail scams.

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