: About Me

I'm a computer geek who likes to write. I love making words flow, and I enjoy researching new subjects.

I also write articles on my website http://Benscomputer.no-ip.org though that generally tends to be more computer centric (OK I do go off on tangents from time to time)

For me writing is a good way to express myself, I'm generally a very closed person and writing allows me a release.

My passion is ...

Computing

I know too much about ...

Computers

My parents always told me ...

No-one likes a smarty-pants!

My childhood ambition ...

To get a well paid job

My favorite memory ...

I've got so many

Why I write ...

because I enjoy it

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Nightwish

My first job ...

Paperboy

My best moment ...

the moment I realised I wasn't going back

My inspiration ...

Everything

Computers & Technology > Spam & Email Scams Understanding the Nigerian 411 email scam

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The 411 scam is generally known to most of the world as Advance-fee fraud, or a 419 Scam. Traditionally 419 scams originate from Nigeria, and the name refers to the section under the Nigerian criminal code that such a crime applies to. Quite when the term 411 scam became popular is unclear, but the American Dialect society has traced the term '419 Fraud' back to 1992. A 419 Scam is a confidence trick intended to persuade the mark to part with money in order to reap greater rewards. The original 419 scams were sent by Letter, Telex and Fax as a result of the Nigerian Oil Crisis in the 1980'...

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