Deadly Spam Scam

By Stepan on February 23, 2003 10:53 PM | | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

According to this Wired News article, a Nigerian diplomat was killed by an irate victim of the Nigerian Scam. The shooter was a 72(!) year old man and the shooting happened in my city of birth, Prague, Czech Republic.

I never really thought about how international spam is (despite the copious Spam en español I receive almost daily). And it's difficult to imagine how desperate you have to become to go and shoot someone because they are similar to what the scammers pretended to be. Being 72 and completely broke did it for this man, I guess.

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Rita said:

I get this spam alot. I wonder how many people are gullible enough to fall for it, since it involves turning over detailed information about your bank account.

February 25, 2003 5:11 AM

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