Email theft by scammers, the new 419 scam

What this shows is that the (possibly) nigerian scammers are getting more sophisticated, ditching the craptastically written emails about long lost relatives with a kingdom, lots of money and a well-endowed young wife you would inherit if you pay the bank's fees...

Thats basically what happens when you're relatively well educated but live in a borderline dictatorship shithole when the only remunerate job is being a crook.

 

Well educated Mexicans wind up Subemployed in Call Centres for American companies. I don't know if being a 419 scammer would be worse.

Why are they called 419 scams, by the way?

 

Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud Overview

The perpetrators of Advance Fee Fraud (AFF), known internationally as "4-1-9" fraud after the section of the Nigerian penal code which addresses fraud schemes, are often very creative and innovative.