- Vox, Monday, May 18, 2015 4:48 PM
While it may seem crazy that anyone in 2015 would still fall for a Nigerian price email scam, plenty of people still do, which is why these spam emails still land in your inbox. The scammers
even know that their stories are far fetched. In fact, their goal is to create narratives that are less convincing, so that they can weed out savvy consumers who know the emails are a scam. If they
can get someone to respond to an unbelievable offer (i.e. sending $10,000 to help a Nigerian prince buy a passport in exchange for a $1 million payment once he returns home), then they are more likely
to follow through on the ask.Read the whole story at Vox »
