Stories about: 419 scam  

The lucky winner is selected by a “computer electronic balloting programmed system"

Legitimate sweepstakes winners are never chosen based on email addresses

If something sounds too good to be true, it usually is

The victim lost $34,500 (26,000 EUR) as a result of the incident

Victims are requested to send a certain amount of money if they want the prize

She turned out to be a bigger fraudster than the Nigerians who sold imaginary cars

A classic lottery scam that promises prizes in return for some information and a small fee

BBC is aware of these emails and advises users to ignore them

Why would the FBI ask for money to get you off the famous list?

Some Nigerian schemes have a really brutal outcome

It's more efficient for crooks to design a targeted spam campaign

Cybercrooks devise new techniques to avoid spam filters

No one will hand you over millions for no good reason

They all seem legitimate and serious offers, but they all turn out to be scams

She returns with the same problems but with less money

You still get a large part of the millions he's got

The chancellor has more important things to do than send spam