This is such a common thing in third-world countries that people who lived there can see it in SF immediately. It's very obvious, but I've found that Americans

This is such a common thing in third-world countries that people who lived there can see it in SF immediately. It's very obvious, but I've found that Americans are a very honour-and-pride based culture, so it's best not to inform them that they're being suckered or they'll get upset at the messenger rather than the conman and will work very hard to believe anything but fact.