Just when you thought that no-one in their right mind could possibly fall for one of those Nigerian scam emails….
A former Harvard University instructor of medicine who was arrested on Tuesday for conning friends, colleagues and Internet acquaintances out of $600,000 (416,00 pounds) was himself duped when he trusted other swindlers with the money, police said.
Weidong Xu, 38, quickly lost his ill-gotten loot by investing it in a dubious Nigerian business offer he received by e-mail. The spam message promised gains of $50 million, police said.
He went to Harvard??
Update: And now lawyers are getting scammed by little old ladies?
