Last updated: 23 october, 2009 - 07:10 GMT

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Nigeria's graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has shut down 800 scam websites and busted 18 syndicates of email fraudsters.

The EFCC says this is part of a drive to check the so called " advance fee fraud".

Cyber crime has remained a big challenge to security agencies in the country despite efforts made over the years to counter it.

The BBC's Fidelis Mbah has more.

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