Mike Little’s Journalized

Talking of ‘Nigerian’ email scams… Nigerian shot dead in email scam row.

A Czech pensioner has been arrested and charged with the murder of a Nigerian diplomat after being left out of pocket by the notorious Nigerian money scam.

Note the person shot was not involved in the scam, he was merely a diplomat.

BBC calls off nude interview.

A radio interview between veteran DJ John Peel and a nude rights campaigner was called off after the interviewee refused to cover up.
Bosses at BBC South asked their guest, Steve Gough, to put some clothes on because they thought he may offend some members of staff.
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The naturist, who is well-known locally, said that covering up would defeat the object of his campaign to be accepted in his birthday suit.

Hee hee.

There is an excellent piece by Will Sturgeon over at silicon.com entitled ‘Nigerian’ money scam: What happens when you reply?
Quite incredible

It seems that Google are flavour of the week: Google watch has published an article claiming “Google deserves your nomination for Big Brother of the Year”. Whilst I am a big supporter of privacy on the ‘net, and greatly dislike some of the dubious practices of some web sites, I think this is more than a little paranoid.
But, these guys fill a required niche, someone has to watch the big players lest they get carried away with their own power.
Link from slashdot