nigerian scam

Nigerian 419 scam

Posted by centaur on January 30, 2007 at 4:03 am

As I was saying, here is a sample of the kind of 419 Nigerian spam that I regularly find in my inbox. Did you know that some are saying the scam is the third-largest industry in Nigeria?   
FROM:MR. HASAN  KUDE
AFRICAN DEVLOPEMENT BANK
ACCOUNTS & AUDITING DEPT  (ADB)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.
WEST     AFRICA                                       
                                                   Assalamualaikum
                          GOOD DAY FRIEND,
IT WILL BE A SURPRISE [...]

True believer syndrome and Nigerian scam

Posted by centaur on January 28, 2007 at 8:43 am

Wanted to write a post about magical thinking and found such wonderful info about it on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_thinking
Will get back to it later.
But it led me to a link on True Believer Syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True-believer_syndrome and from there, a link to John W. Worley, renowned psychiatrist, and victim of a 419 scam.
Along with the scam and [...]