60 Minutes reporter Liam Bartlett helps track down the professional conmen making a living out of scamming Australians out of their life savings.

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For forty years, 60 Minutes have been telling Australians the world’s greatest stories. Tales that changed history, our nation and our lives. Reporters Liz Hayes, Allison Langdon, Tara Brown, Charles Wooley, Liam Bartlett and Tom Steinfort look past the headlines because there is always a bigger picture. Sundays are for 60 Minutes.

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Just when you thought you'd seen the worst of those Nigerian money scams, something like this comes along. A con job so brazen and so low, it takes your breath away. And this time, it's not run from some dingy office in Africa, it starts right here with a local villain. A notorious international conman, a liar and a cheat, who'll take anything that's not nailed down. He says he's a Christian preacher but really he's a middle man for the Nigerians. And he's preying on the poor and the vulnerable. But you'll be pleased to hear, greed got the better of him, it was more than enough to lure him into Liam Bartlett's trap.

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For over forty years, 60 Minutes have been telling Australians the world’s greatest stories. Tales that changed history, our nation and our lives. Reporters Liz Hayes, Tom Steinfort, Tara Brown, Liam Bartlett and Sarah Abo look past the headlines because there is always a bigger picture. Sundays are for 60 Minutes.

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You might think they're a bit of a joke, all those pesky e-mails, faxes and letters offering you a fortune. Well, they're not. Those get rich quick schemes - the Nigerian scams - are big business. A vicious international racket, run by serious gangsters. And now, for the first time we have some idea how many ordinary, hard-working Australians are being conned and how much they're losing. Millions of dollars every month. But, after a three-month-long investigation here and in Nigeria, there's sweet revenge. We tracked down the racketeers. And in a series of dramatic raids and sting operations, nailed the Mr Bigs.

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For over forty years, 60 Minutes have been telling Australians the world’s greatest stories. Tales that changed history, our nation and our lives. Reporters Liz Hayes, Tom Steinfort, Tara Brown, Liam Bartlett and Sarah Abo look past the headlines because there is always a bigger picture. Sundays are for 60 Minutes.

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