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Got any good examples of these early scams?

• jsnell 9y ago
  I'm not aware of any good centralized collection of them. But the articles written on the amazing durability of the scam usually include an example or two: https://priceonomics.com/the-email-scam-with-centuries-of-history/ https://priceonomics.com/the-email-scam-with-centuries-of-hi... http://www.historyhouse.co.uk/articles/spanish_prisoner_swindle.html http://www.historyhouse.co.uk/articles/spanish_prisoner_swin... https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-9-lives-of-the-spanish-prisoner-the-treasure-dangling-scam-that-wont-die https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-9-lives-of-the-spa...
  • craftyguy 9y ago
    Wow, these are very similar to the 'modern' scam emails. Thanks for sharing this, I had no idea how old this scam was.