Never really thought those scammers did things the way they do for a reason, just figured it was a lack of intelligence or grasp of the English language. "Far-fetched tales of West African riches strike as comical," wrote principal researcher, Cormac Herley in the study. "Our analysis suggests that is an advantage to the attacker, not a disadvantage.” “Since his attack has a low density of victims, the Nigerian scammer has an over-riding need to reduce the false positives. By sending an email that repels all but the most gullible, the scammer gets the most promising marks to self-select, and tilts the true to false positive ration in his favor.” Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012...-from-nigeria/?intcmp=obnetwork#ixzz1ypq9w9AL
