by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 10, 2022 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day comes from a regular Scamicide reader and is another version of the Nigerian email scam that continues to plague the online community. Although it may seem that the Nigerian email scam began in the era of the Internet, the origin of the...
by admin | Nov 20, 2015 | 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 Nigerian email scam of today 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,...
by admin | Jul 16, 2015 | 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 admin | May 6, 2015 | 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...
