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Originally posted by rfuerst911sc
who falls for this crap
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A lot of people.
60 minutes in Australia did a segment on it recently:
http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=266309
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From Queensland alone, $500,000 is coming here every month.
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LIAM BARTLETT: Amazingly, Graham and his wife, Dot, had been handing over money to the Nigerian conmen for 16 years. Five hundred thousand to dozens of different crime syndicates with absolutely nothing to show for it — they're flat broke. How does a bloke who was smart enough to run two successful businesses manage to be dumb enough to fall for these scams?
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DETECTIVE INSPECTOR BRIAN HAY: It is. We've interviewed 133 people and, collectively, those people have lost somewhere in the order of just over $80 million.
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LIAM BARTLETT: But it's going to be a battle. Such is the addictive lure of the Nigerian scams that even for Graham Schoenfisch, even after all he's been through, there's still a niggling hope. Do you still believe that you are entitled to a share of that $31 million?
GRAHAM SCHOENFISCH: I still believe it. I want my money back that I put into it, anyway.
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It's a con job that is very well done and "addictive" like that guys says. Quite carry. I know people who have been conned, and they are smart people.