Nigerian Scams are not new. Ever since the electronic appeared post office, the princes who want to offer you also appeared millions δολάρια για να τα σώσουν από διάφορες συμφορές. Έτσι γνωρίζουμε e-mail που προφέρουν από δωρεάν κληρώσεις, εκατομμύρια που πρέπει να βγουν εκτός της χώρας, μέχρι και διαφημίσεις για σεξουαλικά εξαρτήματα ή χάπια.
But we had never seen this…
We have now passed on to the next level of deception that goes beyond the limits of our planet. The story is as follows:
A Nigerian astronaut (the first African in space, as the message you'll see below states) has been abandoned a la Matt Damon by the Russians, and the government is looking for $3 million to host the Mission rescue.
The message was first published by Anorak.
Fraudsters even use one account e-mail with a .gov domain, from the government website.
It should be noted here that Nigerian scams have been around since the beginning of the Internet, and that means something. No one would be involved in "sports" if there was no profit.
So imagine that even the most obvious fraud can be attributed to the fraudsters.
