Allen Cardoza, the host of the "Answers for the Family," talk show on L.A. Talk Radio, interviewed Geoff Browne, a film director and cinematographer, regarding the Nigerian frauds that are circulating throughout the Internet. These scams are financially damaging people in the US and in Nigeria. Geoff took a trip to Nigeria to research a a film based upon the notorious Nigerian emails rip-offs.
About Geoff Browne
For more than twenty years, Geoff's Browne's career has spanned global themes, ranging from making films in the steaming jungles of Nigeria and Belize to making films in Tibet, India and Malaysia. He has actually lived in a cave in a remote region. He has also spent lengthy days shooting in the scorching hot deserts of Iran and Saudi Arabia. One of his films is "Call it Karma." For this award winning movie, he traveled alone into desolate areas of Tibet, where he and stayed in a remote community with wanderers and Buddhist monks.
His most recent work was producing "Beyond Justice." It is a film with Misha Barton, Danny Trejo, Vinnie Jones and Luke Goss. Additionally, he was a cinematographer on the National Geographic collection called "Drugs Inc." Browne has also directed PSA's with Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Roberta Flack and David Steinberg.
Recently, he has been making a movie in Nigeria on the Nigerian scams. It's called 'The Letter.' In an exciting twist, he tells the story from the Nigerian side of the story. The storyline is about a Nigerian teenager who wishes to move his family members from the Niger Delta. Since he cannot find any work with the regional oil firms, he joins a team of e-mail scammers to pull off a fraud that will certainly alter his life.
"The Letter" A Fascinating New Movie About Nigerian Scams
Geoff Browne's movie 'The Letter,' will expose exactly how these infamous rip-offs are actually the greatest source of revenue for Nigeria after oil. This African nation gains over $300 million a year from it. In fact, some scammers have personally earned millions of US dollars. The scams are done by individuals and groups, as well as by mafia-like criminal networks. Those who are victimized by these scams are well-educated individuals, taken in by the formal language used in the correspondence of bankers, military personnel 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.
About Geoff Browne
For more than twenty years, Geoff's Browne's career has spanned global themes, ranging from making films in the steaming jungles of Nigeria and Belize to making films in Tibet, India and Malaysia. He has actually lived in a cave in a remote region. He has also spent lengthy days shooting in the scorching hot deserts of Iran and Saudi Arabia. One of his films is "Call it Karma." For this award winning movie, he traveled alone into desolate areas of Tibet, where he and stayed in a remote community with wanderers and Buddhist monks.
His most recent work was producing "Beyond Justice." It is a film with Misha Barton, Danny Trejo, Vinnie Jones and Luke Goss. Additionally, he was a cinematographer on the National Geographic collection called "Drugs Inc." Browne has also directed PSA's with Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Roberta Flack and David Steinberg.
Recently, he has been making a movie in Nigeria on the Nigerian scams. It's called 'The Letter.' In an exciting twist, he tells the story from the Nigerian side of the story. The storyline is about a Nigerian teenager who wishes to move his family members from the Niger Delta. Since he cannot find any work with the regional oil firms, he joins a team of e-mail scammers to pull off a fraud that will certainly alter his life.
"The Letter" A Fascinating New Movie About Nigerian Scams
Geoff Browne's movie 'The Letter,' will expose exactly how these infamous rip-offs are actually the greatest source of revenue for Nigeria after oil. This African nation gains over $300 million a year from it. In fact, some scammers have personally earned millions of US dollars. The scams are done by individuals and groups, as well as by mafia-like criminal networks. Those who are victimized by these scams are well-educated individuals, taken in by the formal language used in the correspondence of bankers, military personnel 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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