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by dpark
3430 days ago
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On the one hand, I'm sympathetic to concerns about insulting a large group of people. On the other, "Nigerian scam" is an extremely common way to refer to this, and is more specific than "advance-fee scam" which covers a class of similar scams. I don't think the name "Nigerian scam" is good but it is the name many people know. Also, there's no citation for the "primarily in the United States, the United Kingdom and Nigeria..." claim. The reference to Encyclopedia Britannica is dead and presumably was for the "419" name since that's the sentence it's actually on. |
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