http://www.msnbc.com/news/824336.asp?0si=
An excerpt:
> This swindle is commonly known as "419 fraud," after the section of
> the Nigerian penal code covering cons. According to the anti-spam
> software vendor Brightmail, 419 come-ons are the Web's second-most
> common form of junk mail, ranking behind only those incessant
> "herbal Viagra" ads. Though most people merely laugh at the pleas'
> awful grammar and all-caps style ("I WILL LIKE YOU CONTACT MY LAWYER
> ..."), about 1 percent of recipients actually respond. Of that
> number, enough people fork over enough cash to sustain an industry
> that ranks in Nigeria's top five, right up there with palm oil and
> tin. The U.S. Secret Service has estimated -- conservatively, by its
> own admission -- that the scammers net $100 million per year.
Second only to herbal Viagra ads? Not in my inbox. And 1% of
recipients reply? How sad. Yet another blow to my faith in
humanity...
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