There’s One Born Every Day… Part II
So scams are rife and cyber-criminals do make money – but just how much would you give up to a Nigerian 419 scam? $400,000? OK, so its amazing to me that anyone falls for this anymore, but… the story outlines how the victim was drawn in, a little at a time, evidently to a point where they didn’t think they could give up sending money.
There is no such thing as a free lunch… if a deal looks too good to be true, then it is.
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