Everyone, at some point or another, has been targeted by emails from spurious Nigerian princes who need your money to retrieve vast stolen fortunes.
And everyone, when they’ve received these emails, deletes them instantly because they’re not hopelessly naive. Except some don’t. Some reply to the emails, offer to help out and end up losing everything. And that’s what 419: The Nigerian Scam is all about.
Directed by Sorin Mihailovici on a budget of just $180, 419: The Nigerian Scam is a movie that’s making waves on the independent circuit, not only getting screened at festivals but winning them too. We caught up with Mihailovici for a chat about the scam and the movie itself…
