Wired: Nigerian Slain Over E-Mail Scam
“Fifty-year-old Michael Lekara Wayid, Nigeria’s consul in the Czech Republic, was shot dead by an unidentified 72-year-old Czech at the Nigerian Embassy in Prague on Wednesday.”
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“According to police reports, the suspect was a victim of the 419 scam, a thriving industry that employs thousands of people around the world.”