This week, I was a second away from being scammed. I received an SMS from a bank I use telling me that my card number ending in xxxx was suspended due to some reason, and I was to reply to the SMS in a particular manner. It was perfectly believable, and I was going to reply. Then I stopped, though to check that particular card number against my mobile banking app. I did not have a card ending in the said number. This was a scam. That was a close call! Got me thinking about the good ol’ days of scams. Prepare to take a nostalgic journey back in time to an era when scams were delightfully transparent and cunningly ridiculous. In a world filled with modern-day scams that seem all too believable, let’s kick back and reminisce about the golden age of obvious cons and the art of being wonderfully gullible.

1. “The Prince in Distress”:

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