It may be intentionally unbelievable - see the Microsoft Research paper about "Nigerian prince" email scams: By sending an email that repels all but the most g

It may be intentionally unbelievable - see the Microsoft Research paper about "Nigerian prince" email scams: 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 ratio in his favor. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/why-do-nigerian-scammers-say-they-are-from-nigeria/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/why-do-...