The Movie "the Letter" Exposes How Email Scams Makes Nigeria Millions

By Saleem Rana


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.

About 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.

His latest work has been on location in Nigeria, where he has been developing a movie on the Nigerian frauds called 'The Letter.' In a fascinating spin, he shares the story from the Nigerian side. It's all about a Nigerian teenager who wants to relocate his family from the Niger Delta. However, since he cannot get work with the oil firms, he makes a decision to join a group of e-mail scammers, deciding to pull off a scam that will change his life forever.

"The Letter" A Film On The 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.

The intrepid film-maker has been to Nigeria twice, met with scammers in the Niger Delta, and has a profound understanding of the socioeconomic forces both perpetuating the fraudulent industry and the government officials trying to put an end to it.




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