The new book "Virtual Unreality" by Charles Seife — which deals with how to detect lies online — has an interesting insight on the origins of those absurd scams from Nigerians asking for relatively small sums money in exchange for larger returns you'll supposedly get later. These scams are the modern iteration of the classic "Spanish Prisoner" scam that goes back hundreds of years.
Here's The 1898 Version Of Those Nigerian Email Scams
Erin Fuchs, Business Insider
Mon, 07/14/2014 - 12:46am
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