BBC NEWS Justice Secretary Jack Straw has been the victim of Nigerian fraudsters who sent out hundreds of e-mails in his name asking for money.
The e-mails claimed he had lost his wallet on charity work in Africa and needed 3,500 US dollars to get home.
Messages headed the Right Hon Jack Straw MP were sent to council bosses, government chiefs and others.
The fraudsters are thought to have hacked into computers at Mr Straw's Blackburn constituency office.
He told his local newspaper the Lancashire Telegraph: "I started getting phone calls from various constituents asking if I was really in Nigeria needing 3,000 dollars.
"It was an issue for constituents, not the government.
When he was home secretary, Mr Straw established the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit to combat internet hackers.
He made a good job of that then didn’t he?
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The e-mails claimed he had lost his wallet on charity work in Africa and needed 3,500 US dollars to get home.
Messages headed the Right Hon Jack Straw MP were sent to council bosses, government chiefs and others.
The fraudsters are thought to have hacked into computers at Mr Straw's Blackburn constituency office.
He told his local newspaper the Lancashire Telegraph: "I started getting phone calls from various constituents asking if I was really in Nigeria needing 3,000 dollars.
"It was an issue for constituents, not the government.
When he was home secretary, Mr Straw established the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit to combat internet hackers.
He made a good job of that then didn’t he?
Angus
Angus Dei on all and sundry
NHS Behind the headlines
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