Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam

An Oregon woman who was duped by a Nigerian scam is $400,000 out of pocket.

Janella Spears says she became curious when she received an e-mail promising her $20.5 million if she would only help out a long-lost relative identified as J.B. Spears with a little money up front.

The fact that the scammers had identified a relative by name was enough to persuade her to first send $100 and then thousands more over a period of 2 years. Link