"Greedy victim" is a common trope but it's not actually that common of a fraud. Fraudsters will use any hook they have available to scam people. The other commo

"Greedy victim" is a common trope but it's not actually that common of a fraud. Fraudsters will use any hook they have available to scam people. The other common ones are love (e.g. That poor woman you have been writing to in Russia needs $500 for a plane ticket) and the desire to help people (e.g. If you donate $1000, we could re open our church in Africa and give food out to the poor again). I wouldn't be surprised if the reason that Americans get swindled more often (not that this is ever actually proven) is simply because they have more money and are significantly more likely to donate it to charity than most other parts of the world.