Let’s say you lose $900,000 to Nigerian 419 spammers back in the 1990s. What
are the chances that you would ever fall for such a thing again? This time for
another $2 million?
According to Louis Gottschalk’s declaration, he had lost about $900,000 in
"bad investments" by 1999. "I now realize that I was taken
advantage of," he said.
But his son said his father kept clandestinely wiring money to the Nigerians
at least until last fall.
Guy Gottschalk said that when he confronted his father in October, Louis Gottschalk
said, "Don’t worry, everything will be all right on Thursday because
I will be getting $20 million."
The son said his father also told him he’d get the money this time because
these were "different
Nigerians."