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ADE 651, Bomb Detector. Mother of all Scams Or just stupid pricks?

  • 25-09-2016 2:05am
    #1
    PlamenDon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 246 ✭✭


    I was watching a program earlier about Iraq and saw the Iraqi police and army at check points looking for bombs and weapons hidden in cars, vans and trucks with a hand held device, called the ADE 651.

    I thought WTF is going on here?, I googled it and true enough I discovered that they did in fact use them in Iraq, and 19 other countries in the Middle East and Asia and cost up to US$60,000 each, it's basically a plastic handle with an aerial from an FM radio attached by a hinge and cost about 50c each to make, if not less.

    An English business man / con artist sold them to the Iraqi government, the Afghan government and various other law enforcement agencies, the Iraqi government spent over Stg£50 million on these useless pieces of crap, it's hard to believe anybody could be taken in by such bollox, but the Iraqi's were all serious looking for explosives and weapons when bombs were going off day in and day out.


    They were only banned from use in Iraq in July 2016.

    The ADE 651
    channel4.com/media/images/Channel4/c4-news/2013/April/23/23_detector_w.jpg


    prod01-cdn04.cdn.firstlook.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/2015/11/ade-651.jpg


    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651


    bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29459896

    Training in Thailand???WTF
    youtube.com/watch?v=OyMP5dBSa2c

    NewsNight 2011
    youtube.com/watch?v=ACFiCgV5T1c


Comments

  • #2
    Stigura
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,576 ✭✭✭Stigura


    Fair point.


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    This keeps happening because some people don't care about the lives of others.

    Similar case from 2013

    http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-22380368
    Fraudster James McCormick has been jailed for 10 years for selling fake bomb detectors.

    McCormick, 57, of Langport, Somerset perpetrated a "callous confidence trick", said the Old Bailey judge.

    He is thought to have made £50m from sales of more than 7,000 of the fake devices to countries, including Iraq.

    The fraud "promoted a false sense of security" and contributed to death and injury, the judge said. He also described the profit as "outrageous".


  • #4
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Long night?


  • #5
    Winterlong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭Winterlong


    You would need to be a special brand of prick to sell fake bomb detectors to a country like Iraq.


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