Film-Maker Reveals "the Letter" That Makes Nigeria Millions
Geoff Browne is a film director and cinematographer who was interviewed by Allen Cardoza on "Answers for the Family." This talk show hosted on L.A. Talk Radio was about the Nigerian rip-offs that are propagating throughout the web. They have been financially ruining families in the both the US and in Nigeria. Geoff took a trip to Nigeria to create a movie based on the fraudulent Nigerian emails.
Regarding Geoff Browne
Geoff's Browne's career as a film maker spans more than twenty years. He has traveled around the world--from the steaming jungles of Nigeria and Belize to remote provinces in Tibet, India and Malaysia. He has lived in a cave in a remote region and spent long days filming in the fiery-hot deserts of Iran and Saudi Arabia. In his award winning film"Call it Karma," he traveled alone into Tibet and lived in village with nomads and Buddhist monks.
In the movie entitled "Beyond Justice," he worked with stars like Misha Barton, Danny Trejo, Vinnie Jones and Luke Goss. He was a cinematographer on the National Geographic series Drugs Inc. Additionally, he has directed PSA's with Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Roberta Flack and David Steinberg.
Recently, he has been on location in Nigeria developing a film on the Nigerian scams called 'The Letter.' In a fascinating twist, he tells the story from the Nigerian side. It's about a Nigerian teenager who wants to move his family out of the Niger Delta but he can't get work with the local Oil corporations so he decides to join a group of email scammers to pull off a scam that will forever change his life.
"The Letter" A Fascinating New Movie About Nigerian Scams
Geoff Browne's film 'The Letter,' will uncover exactly how scams work and why they are the second greatest source of earnings for Nigeria after oil. The country grosses over $300 million a year from it and some scammers have actually personally made millions of dollars. The scams are done by individuals and groups, as well as mafia-like criminal networks. Targets are usually educated individuals, people who are likely to be taken in by the usage of official language linked with the correspondence of financial lenders, army men and government officials.
Geoff Browne has actually been to Nigeria twice, met fraudsters in the Niger Delta, and he has acquired a great understanding of the social and economic forces that create the fraudulent market and the government officials fighting to end it.
Regarding Geoff Browne
Geoff's Browne's career as a film maker spans more than twenty years. He has traveled around the world--from the steaming jungles of Nigeria and Belize to remote provinces in Tibet, India and Malaysia. He has lived in a cave in a remote region and spent long days filming in the fiery-hot deserts of Iran and Saudi Arabia. In his award winning film"Call it Karma," he traveled alone into Tibet and lived in village with nomads and Buddhist monks.
In the movie entitled "Beyond Justice," he worked with stars like Misha Barton, Danny Trejo, Vinnie Jones and Luke Goss. He was a cinematographer on the National Geographic series Drugs Inc. Additionally, he has directed PSA's with Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Roberta Flack and David Steinberg.
Recently, he has been on location in Nigeria developing a film on the Nigerian scams called 'The Letter.' In a fascinating twist, he tells the story from the Nigerian side. It's about a Nigerian teenager who wants to move his family out of the Niger Delta but he can't get work with the local Oil corporations so he decides to join a group of email scammers to pull off a scam that will forever change his life.
"The Letter" A Fascinating New Movie About Nigerian Scams
Geoff Browne's film 'The Letter,' will uncover exactly how scams work and why they are the second greatest source of earnings for Nigeria after oil. The country grosses over $300 million a year from it and some scammers have actually personally made millions of dollars. The scams are done by individuals and groups, as well as mafia-like criminal networks. Targets are usually educated individuals, people who are likely to be taken in by the usage of official language linked with the correspondence of financial lenders, army men and government officials.
Geoff Browne has actually been to Nigeria twice, met fraudsters in the Niger Delta, and he has acquired a great understanding of the social and economic forces that create the fraudulent market and the government officials fighting to end it.
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