He asks the question, Why do the 419 scammers continue sending out emails full of misspellings? He writes:
There’s a simple reason. Anybody in the top 90% of rational people know that a misspelled email coming from a Nigerian prince is a scam.The Nigerians don’t want to deal with those 90%. Even if you sent a perfectly spelled letter with a much more realistic story, those 90% will figure it out. Then the scammer will have wasted his time. He doesn’t want to waste time.
He needs to find the 10% that will respond to him really quickly. (Btw, I’m assuming “he” but can also be a “she”). And the 10% that will work.
Does it work? Of course it does. 419-ers made $13 billion last year. And every year.
Then he links it to Trump, arguing that, like the 419-ers' misspellings, Trump's stupid and outrageous statements are an audience selection tool, a means of appealing to the 12% who have no other candidate representing them. He predicts Trump will flame out early — by South Carolina at the latest — and go third party, so that he will have Hillary to kick around for the next eight years.
“stupid and outrageous statements”
Equating 419 scams to stupid and outrageous statements is a bit of a stretch. If that were the case then just about everything a polidiots says could be called a 419 scam.
A 419 scam is about telling a lie that someone has money waiting for them, not stupid and outrageous statements.