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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: htt
by 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 agoWow, these are very similar to the 'modern' scam emails. Thanks for sharing this, I had no idea how old this scam was.