Nigerian Hackers have managed to sell an Australian mans house without his knowledge by hacking his email account.

Australian Police are currently investigating how the Nigerian hackers satisfied all regulatory requirements and managed to transfer the proceeds of the sale to a Chinese bank accounts. Communicating with the mans real estate agent they managed to push through the sale of the house while the man was living abroad.

The man, Roger Mildenhall, had been abroad for over a year when his neighbour contacted him to let him know that one of his houses had been put on the market. It was only then that Mildenhall found out that another one of his properties had been sold in June last. He then managed to make it home before the sale of the second property went through.