They picked a 60yr old dude because he was likely to fall for the scam. It's like the Nigerian 419 dudes -- their letters are barely literate because they're de

They picked a 60yr old dude because he was likely to fall for the scam. It's like the Nigerian 419 dudes -- their letters are barely literate because they're designed to snare only those most likely to fall for the later, lucrative stages of the scam. Any time spent making their appeals more realistic would only mean time wasted on people with functional bullshit filters. There was an interesting paper from a guy at Microsoft? I think? about this. I'll see if I can turn it up. EDIT: Here's a mention at The Economist: http://www.economist.com/node/21557726 http://www.economist.com/node/21557726