Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam - An Oregon woman who is out $400,000 after falling for a well-known Internet scam says she wasn't a sucker or an easy mark.Janella Spears of Sweet Home says she simply became curious when she received an e-mail promising her $20.5 million if she would only help out a long-lost relative identified as J.B. Spears with a little money up front.Spears told KATU-TV about the scammers' ability to identify her relative by name was persuasive."That's what got me to believe it," She said. "So, why wouldn't you send over $100?"
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