Tag: 419 scam
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Air Force Major Abacha Tunde needs your help
419 scam asks you to help release funds to get Nigerian astronaut back to earth. A few months ago, Microsoft researcher Cormac Herley published a paper “Why do Nigerian Scammers Say They are from Nigeria?” ( PDF ), in which he argues that the low quality of most 419 scams is a conscious choice made…
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Welsh 419 scam
Email from Welsh-speaking Kuwaiti widow indicative of more targeted spam. Email users in Wales who received a recent 419 scam will have been surprised to find the message – purportedly from the widow of the Kuwaiti ambassador to the Ivory Coast – written in Welsh. A lesser known aspect of spam and phishing is that…