I've heard that's the thinking behind the infamous and infamously 'reeking of scam' Nigerian Prince email scams too. And the fact that people still fall for the

I've heard that's the thinking behind the infamous and infamously 'reeking of scam' Nigerian Prince email scams too. And the fact that people still fall for them shows it's a seemingly a strategy worth pursuing. [But a discussion here on the ridiculously obvious scam that people fall for all the time is probably too off-topic --even for HN!] PS: Upvote for "eptitude". Even if it's not a real word, it ought to be. [And I'm not going to spoil things by looking it up]