I don't see many of these anymore, but in the past I've been contacted by Nigerian Princes, Bankers and inport export officials about a fortune I could have either because of my last name or some other situation where all I had to do was fill our a form and send some good faith money.
The situation was usually related to the fact that someone with my last name had perished with a fortune but no heirs. Its a considerable amount of money and what they needed as a good faith deposit was quite affordable.
My last name is not the most common but it is also not the most uncommon. The first time I got that e-mail I did think about it but decided that the money didn't really belong to me so I deleted it.
Clearly some don't delete it.
Scams continue because people fall for them.
There seem to be an unlimited number of middle aged woman or older who are willing to send strange men they have never met some money to help him get home to this country. You can see them on daytime TV being shown the evidence that they have been CatFished yet some still don't believe it. They seem to be of average or better intelligence but they are convinced this is real and they have found a true soul mate.
So cons do work at least among some of us. We now are seeing the big Con or big Lie being perpetrated about the last election. The evidence is clear enough but many refuse to accept reality.
The Cons go on.
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