As scams go Phishing is way up there.
However, the Nigerian Scam might claim the long distance runner award having been around since the early 1980's under Successive Governments of Nigeria.
On Monday October 2006, The Register's Jan Libbenga reported:
"Dutch 419 scam fighter Ultrascan Advanced Global Investigations has issued warnings about dodgy sites promoting DHL Shippers and Lufthansa Worldwide Cargo (as opposed to the real companies, DHL Worldwide Express and Lufthansa Cargo"
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