Many Nigerian 419 scams are known as 419 after the relevant section of the Nigerian penal code. Janella Spears from Sweet Home, Oregon, was stung over the course of two years for a grand total of $400,000. She thought she would receive over $20 million left by her long-lost grandfather after his death. The story is the work of Graham Cluley, the founder of the Naked Security website, who has written a series of articles on the subject of this week’s Naked Security.”]
Source: https://grahamcluley.com/nurse-loses-400000-to-nigerian-email-scammers/