Nigerian 419 Scam claims another - BIG TIME

Thanks to a twitter tweet from @courosa I learned of this poor soul: http://www.windsorstar.com/Leamington+loses+Nigerian+scam/1173799/story.html

John Rempel is a 22 yr old who fell BIG TIME for the Nigerian 419 scandal, losing $150,000 of his own money and that of his friends and family. He was strung along for over a year with promises of getting the money. In the end he was out the money, his friends, and members of his family.

I thought that this particular scam was so old that NOBODY believed it any more, but I was wrong. As unreal as this sounds, this kid fell hook, line, and sinker for this scam that bilks people out of millions of dollars yearly.

Computer teachers, do YOU talk to your students about Internet fraud? John's teacher didn't.