I would imagine at one point or another most of us remember getting or seeing one of these "Nigerian Prince" emails, specially before spam and phishing filters started improving, well it looks like the gig is up! via RT: The mastermind who claimed to be Nigerian royalty in order to conduct a well-known 'phishing' email scam has been arrested in Louisiana. Michael Neu, 67, was arrested this week following an 18-month investigation by Slidell Police Department's Financial Crimes Division. He has been charged with 269 counts of wire fraud and money laundering and is believed to have set up hundreds of scam email accounts costing unassuming citizens thousands of dollars. The scam emails involve a well-known trope that is almost as old as the internet: A person claiming to be a Nigerian prince, or their representative, emails you requesting personal financial information in order to expedite the transfer of a massive inheritance of which you were hitherto unaware. "So-called 'Nigerian'