Microsoft Reveals Nigerian ‘Advance-Fee’ Scams Play the Odds

Mashable 2014-07-29

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Advance-fee scams, also known as 419 scams, fill spam boxes all the time. Microsoft researchers have sorted out how they stay effective and why the majority are claim to come from Nigeria.
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