of this scam as its central premise. In the 2007 Futurama straight-to-DVD film Bender's Big Score, Professor Farnsworth falls for a lottery scam, giving away his personal details on the Internet after believing he has won the Spanish national lottery. Later, Nixon's Head falls for a "sweepstakes" letter by the same scammers, while Zoidberg is taken by an advance-fee fraud, thinking he is next of kin to a Nigerian Prince. In series 6, episode 3 of the BBC television series The Real Hustle, the hustlers demonstrated the 419 scam to the hidden cameras in the "High Stakes" episodes of the show. In the HBO comedy series Flight of the Conchords episode "The New Cup", the band's manager, Murray, uses the band's emergency funds for what appears to be a 419 scam—an investment offer made by a Mr. Nigel Soladu, who had e-mailed him from Nigeria. However, it turns out that Nigel Soladu is a real Nigerian businessman and the investment offer is legitimate, although Murray notes that, despite Mr. Soladu having e-mailed many people for an investment, only he had taken him up on it. The band receives a 1000% profit, which they use to get bailed out of jail. The Residents included a song called "My Nigerian Friend" in their 2008 multimedia production The Bunny Boy. In the 10th episode of the 2015 spin-off of Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Jimmy McGill and Marco are seen in a montage running many advance fee scams including a Nigerian prince scam. In the pilot episode, "The Nigerian Job", of Leverage, the group uses the reputation of the Nigerian scam to con a deceitful businessman. The 2012 novel 419 by Will Ferguson is the story of a daughter looking for the persons she believes responsible for her father's death due to suicide following a 419 scam. A follow-up to earlier novels about con men and frauds (Generica and Spanish Fly), 419 won the 2012 Giller Prize, Canada's most distinguished literary award. In the video game Warframe, Nef Anyo ran an advance-fee fraud during Operation False Profit, where players attempted to reverse the scam and steal credits from him in order to bankrupt him and prevent his creation of a robotic army. MC Frontalot's song "Message No. 419" is about a 419 scam. See also Sakawa, fraud in Ghana with African traditional rituals Nigerian organized crime Pigeon drop References Further reading Ibrahim, S.