by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 20, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Although it may seem as if this scam only began in earnest with the invention of email, in fact, the scam itself is just a variation of a scam that is more than four hundred years old when it was called the Spanish Prisoner Con. At that time a letter was sent to the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 27, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s Scam of the day comes right from my email and I am sure that it has appeared in the email boxes of many of you. Although it may appear that the Nigerian email scam began in the era of the Internet, the basis of the scam actually goes back to 1588 when...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 8, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s Scam of the day comes right from my email and I am sure that it has appeared in the email boxes of many of you. Although it may appear that the Nigerian email scam began in the era of the Internet, the basis of the scam actually goes back to 1588 when...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 8, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The Nigerian email scam has been with us as long as there has been email. In fact, the scam is just the latest incarnation of a scam that was used as long ago as the 1500s when it was called the Spanish Prisoner Scam. By now, hopefully, everyone is familiar with how...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 17, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Many scams are merely updates of older scams. The Nigerian letter of today is actually just the most recent incarnation of a scam that was being done in the 1500s when it was referred to as the “Spanish Prisoner Scam.” Smartphones and other portable...
