RE: The Nigerian Prince - an old scam, how it works and how to guard (featuring @tschabidave as author)

[richardjuckes]

I read somewhere that the reason the first email is always so comically improbable is that only a fool would fall for it, and so the Prince does not have to waste time with people who will see sense before sending off the money. The poor fool will go all the way.
But those emails are funny.