We ’ve all received the Nigerian Letters , or 419 scams . And I doubt I ’m the only one who was tempted to follow up , just to see how the cozenage work on . NowScam Detectivepublished a 3 - part interview with a reformed prince .
The process he share is enlightening . It also explains all the bad English .
John [ the scammer ] : First you need to understand how the bunch work . At the bottom are the “ foot soldiers ” , kids who spend all of their time online to see electronic mail computer address and direct out the first emails to get people interested . When they receive a reply , the dupe is passed up the range of mountains , to someone who has better English to get copies of ID from them like copies of their recommendation and driving licenses and work up up faith . Then when they are ready to need for money , they are passed further up again to someone who will affect to be a barrister or shipping agent who will tell the dupe that they need to pay charges or even a bribe to get the handsome cash amount out of the country . When they pay off up , the gang master will compile the money from the Western Union part , using fake ID that they have take from other scam victim .
Even though Scam Detective has n’t verify the scammer ’s identity , his story for certain sounds on-key . There ’s a heap more in the serial publication , so start from the commencement here : [ Scam DetectiveviaSchneierviaboingboing ]
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