mike masnick miketechdirtcom 1205 73002 0700 bitbitchmagnesiumnet wrote common origination least nprs knowledge starts scam elements transposed nigeria london england instead bereved widow nigerian national originating con directed heirs sir frances drakes estate chosen heir could contribute portion money fellow heir scam artist could reclaim monetary largess court england proving elizabeth nulled sir drakes taken fortune oscar hartzell gent started scam way back early 1800s managed gain quite fortune backs idiots sound familiar coincidentally enough im currently middle pretty good book francis drake scam called drakes fortune richard raynor despite pretty familiar whole 419 scam stuff see earlier fork post months back whole scam works httpwwwxentcompipermailfork2002may011928html never put two together related apparently suck pattern matching mike httpxentcommailmanlistinfofork tue 30 jul 2002 002307 0700 one scam rule