New Version of the Nigerian 419 Scam

Most of you have probably received a version of this in your e-mail. The attempts are painfully transparent: a desperate widow/orphan is fleeing from a coup somewhere in Africa, and is willing to pour millions of dollars in your bank account.

Today, I received a curious new permutation in my e-mail: an invitation to register for a legitimate conference, with a contact e-mail @live.com, and sent by a @gmail.com account. Inventive, no?

On a related note, here is an entertaining site dedicated to the said scam scheme.