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I'm sure the model was there, but were they so widespread? I'd expect that without the internet and requiring a business presence in the country, it would raise

I'm sure the model was there, but were they so widespread? I'd expect that without the internet and requiring a business presence in the country, it would raise the risk of law enforcement involvement considerably as opposed to just being able to spam email from a foreign country.

dragonwriter 5y ago
> I'm sure the model was there, but were they so widespread? I'd expect that without the internet and requiring a business presence in the country, it would raise the risk of law enforcement involvement considerably as opposed to just being able to spam email from a foreign country. They were less commonly addressed to the kind of people who would never even consider going along with them, because selectivity in presentation was a survival skill for scam artists, but, yes, advance-fee scams were rather notoriously common scams before the internet became popular.