No, I don’t think you know what I mean. They’re, well, they’re (whispering conspiratorially) Negroes. They are doomed by the mark of Cain to ALWAYS be like that, no matter what we do for them.
(ducking and running before somebody gets the idea I really think like that)
i have heard that the success rate for these scammers is anywhere between 1 and 7 percent.
however, the success rate with the nigerian romance scams is astronomical.
So am I the only person on this board who’s never received a Nigerian scam email?
That can easily be arranged, if you’d like some 
From another scam baiting site (scamorama.com) comes this list of fatal accidents supposedly suffered by people with lots and lots of money . scamorama It makes depressing reading !
In addition to romance/ lonely hearts scams, Ebay scams, involving them overpaying you with a (fake) check are also popular.
Your US bank makes the funds available after a couple of days: you send payment, not realizing that
“funds available” does not necessarily imply that, “the check has cleared”.
Also phishing is worth a mention, but we all know about that…
I know this is the Pit and all, but do you have a handy cite for those figures?
My favorite scam email claimed to be from Moronvia, the capital of Liberia.
Apparently that’s what they take their marks for. :smack: