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Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News
Monday, November 17, 2008 SWEET HOME, Ore. — An Oregon woman who is out $400,000 after falling for a well-known Internet scam says she wasn't a sucker or an easy mark. Janella Spears of Sweet Home says she simply became curious when she received an e-mail promising her $20.5 million if ...
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Good Lord: Woman Falls for Nigerian Email Scam to the Tune of $400,000
Ace of Spades HQ — Good Lord: Woman Falls for Nigerian Email Scam to the Tune of $400,000 Don't feel bad for her. Feel bad for her husband. It was his retirement account she squandered -- even after being repeatedly informed it was a scam and she needed to stop sending money. An Oregon woman who is out $400,000 after falling for a well-known Internet scam says she wasn't a sucker or an easy mark. Janella Spears of Sweet Home says she simply became curious when she received an e-mail promising her $20.5 million if she would only help out a long-lost relative identified as J.B. Spears with a ...

Newspaper Roundup for November 18, 2008
CNSNews.com Headlines — ... Fox News/AP: Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam Viewer Comments The following comments are posted by our readers and are not necessarily the opinions of either CNSNews.com or the story’s author. To be considered for publication, comments must adhere to the ...

Breathtaking Stupidity and Greed, but Mostly Stupidity
Daily Pundit — ... Here’s an update Ms. Spears - you not only are a sucker and an easy mark, you now define “sucker and easy mark.” Hope your dreams of ill-gotten millions comfort you as you contemplate the ruins of your future and your husband’s retirement fund. ...

A Special Kind Of Stupid
Electric Venom — A perfect example of why the Nigerian email scam still works. Copyright © 2008 Electric Venom. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty ...

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