Ever get one of those emails from a concerned reverend, high government official, embassy worker, etc., located in some third-world country, offering to send you USD50MILLION or something similar, if you can just send a few thousand dollars to pay for the legal work of getting that money out of the country and into your hot little hands? Notwithstanding the fact that such emails, generally, test the bounds of human logic, there's a reason they proliferated, and still exist to this day - to some degree, they work. They may work on only .001% of those to whom they are sent, but that's all it takes for it to be worth it, when it costs nothing to send an email. Despite my belief that we humans already do way too much to thwart natural selection within our own species, it's inherently inhumane to feel no compassion for people who fall for such ploys, at the hands of criminal parasites.
One man and his friends (aka scambaiters) decided to fight back (screen shot):
In many cases, they've convinced the criminals on the other end to fly thousands of miles, in the belief that they will meet our crusaders in person to receive requested funds. Much to their chagrin, it's all just a ploy. Oddly, the criminal element, just like many people in general, seems to lack a well developed sense of humor - or irony.
Regardless, you can check out each of their "projects" and trace the exchanges from start to finish. They include maps, the entire email trail, and other notes.
Cheers.
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