Almost 20 years ago, I was on a trial team that represented an iconic global retail brand (multi-billions in annual sales, you probably own their stuff, you’ve DEFINITELY heard of them, and it’s been around for over a century).

The CEO, who was of Swiss-French descent, fell TWICE for Nigerian Prince scams. He was very old and not very wise about the modern world.

It was both highly embarrassing (it cost him a very significant part of his net worth and was off limits by mutual agreement during depositions) and also super sad. He legit fell the second time after folks were begging him not to send the money.