Saturday 14 January 2012
Nigerian 419 scam
DR
By Trevor Pinch and Mark Lane

Who hasn't received an email from Nigeria claming they've won a lot of money in exchange of their bank account details? It's called the Nigerian 419 scam. Why 419?

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