Jesse Willms, the Dark Lord of the Internet (theatlantic.com)
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GFischer Feb 2, 2015 | on: Yahoo Homepage – Now Featuring Extra-Scammy Scams | context

That's a great article, thanks for linking to it.

I missed the original submission and discussion which was here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6972139

sl8r Jun 15, 2016 | on: Why Do Nigerian Scammers Say They Are from Nigeria? (2012) | context

Cf. The Dark Lord of the Internet [1] and the relevant HN discussion [2], which give an interesting peek into the psychology of internet scams.

[1] http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/01/the-dark...

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6972139