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Part 6 on Gangs: Cameroon. Another large source of fraud is Cameroon, a large country in Africa that shares a border with Nigeria. It is a former French colony. Perhaps the most familiar fraud is sale of pets online that don’t exist. Petscams.com tracks much of this activity. The hallmark of their scams are online sales and collecting money for products that don’t exist and are never sent. In addition to pets Cameroon-based scammers “sell” guns, ammunition, illegal drugs and other goods. I’ve never seen enforcement there. And there is a large private industry that creates web sites for the use of frauds, including copycats versions of real bank websites.
