Famous but Stupid Psychiatrist Loses $1.3 Million in Nigerian Email Scams

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Diagnosis: chronic greed. The latest dupe in the Nigerian email scams may be a renowned psychiatrist from UC Irvine who frittered at least $1.3 million of his family's fortune in payments to internet con artists.

Diagnosis: chronic greed. The latest dupe in the Nigerian email scams may be a renowned psychiatrist from UC Irvine who frittered at least $1.3 million of his family’s fortune in payments to internet con artists.

Bust out the Prozac.

Psychiatrist Bilked by Nigerian E-Mails [Los Angeles Times]

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