Interesting read on 419 (Nigerian Prince) Scam
Who hasn't got one of those e-mails, poorly written and promising fortune and wealth if one would only send their bank routing number or provide a small fee for processing.
A good read .
A comedian has some fun with a scammer:
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"According to a statement posted on the Internet by the U.S. State Department, 419 schemes began to proliferate in the mid-nineteen-eighties, when a collapse in oil prices caused severe economic upheaval in Nigeria. The population—literate, English-speaking, and living with widespread government corruption—faced poverty and rising unemployment. These conditions created a culture of scammers, some of them violent. Marks are often encouraged to travel to Nigeria or to other countries, where they fall victim to kidnapping, extortion, and, in rare cases, murder. In the nineteen-nineties, at least fifteen foreign businessmen, including one American, were killed after being lured to Nigeria by 419 scammers. Until recently, Nigerian officials tended to blame the marks. “There would be no 419 scam "
http://mentalfloss.com/article/82814/secretly-smart-reason-scam-emails-are-poorly-written
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