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Originally Posted by clopper
what is scary is that the people who fall for these scams have the money to send, how do a fool and his money get together in the first place?
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10-15 years ago these 419 scam syndicates operated via regular mail, using very official looking exclusive envelopes and luxury paper. That made more people falling in their traps.
I am wondering how they still get victims by using free e-mail accounts. There must be many naive people, otherwise they would not do it.
Best way to handle such scam or spam attempts is to hit the Delete key.
Getting in touch with them is not just waste of time, but it's also dangerous.
About 14 years ago I had a friend who was more greedy than wise, and he got into such a game, he set up bank accounts, made contracts, paid a fortune to lawyer ant to notary for the agreements, a lot more for the confidence man's URGENT expenditures, as air flight, hotel, etc. and he went to Nigeria where he ended up kidnapped. Hey, these Nigerian syndicate guys aren't scrupulous at all! They want to squeeze out everything out of their victims! My friend was just lucky that he escaped alive.
Not a joke!
It's a pity Nigerian government doesn't really do anything against these badass guys.
Remember, best way to handle is just ignore and don't reply. Delete.