Geoff Browne, a film director and cinematographer, spoke to Allen Cardoza on "Answers for the Family," a weekly talk show hosted on L.A. Talk Radio, about the Nigerian scams that are propagating throughout the Internet and financially destroying families in the US and in Nigeria. Geoff traveled to Nigeria to research a script he is turning into a film based on the Nigerian email scams.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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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