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Why 'Nigerian Prince' scams continue to dupe us

  • Written by Frank T. McAndrew, Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology, Knox College
These scammers don't exploit technological vulnerabilities – they exploit human ones.Alexandr III

With cryptocurrency fraud and IRS scams making headlines, I had thought Nigerian email schemes were a thing of the past, akin to the bygone days when a scammer might offer to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge.

So I was surprised to recently come across...

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