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Originally Posted by Barrykgerdes
Sorry for resurrecting this thread
Nigerian Scams
If you have been the target of one of these scam letters you may be interested to know that the Nigerian Scam is not a product of the computer age and emails.
Below is a little piece I discovered while researching other material in the Meccano Magazine of October 1922.
Barry
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Scams are nothing new, just easier with the advent of the Internet and mobile phones. More access means more scams and more suckers. After all, it is a numbers game.
Frankly, it still amazes me that intelligent people still get caught by these scams. I have seen some extremely sophisticated scams, but I still saw through them, but perhaps that because I may Australia's greatest sceptic
Get rich quick schemes are a dime-a-dozen. In my book, slow and steady wins the race. Ok, so I am risk averse, but is that so bad?