by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 21, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
We are all familiar with the variations of the Nigerian letter scam which has been with us for years and, in fact, owes its origin to a similar scam that was being done in the 1500s when it was called the Spanish Prisoner Scam. Generally, the scam starts with an...
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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 20, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Most scams are not new, but just variations on old tried and true scams. In fact, the Nigerian letter of today traces its origin to a similar type of scam that was done in the 1500s when it was called the Spanish Prisoner scam. So it is with an old scam that has...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 3, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Not all Nigerian letters come from Nigeria, some of them appear to come from Libya, although merely because the email refers to a particular country does not mean that the email actually originated in that country. What we call the Nigerian email scam did not even...
