"I was in Greece meeting with this lady in hat - I have no idea why she was wearing a hat so I flew to Israel and met a chap with a monkey. The monkey slipped me a piece of paper, but I told the monkey that I don't accept paper from non-human simians, so they introduced me to Putin's grandmother, or a pineapple that claimed it was Putin's grandmother and we took a luxury liner to the Panama Canal. I have no idea why they put me on a luxury liner, but Cirque de Soleil put on a show and a midget with a blowgun suggested I try my luck at the roulette tables. I don't know why I listened to the midget but I did because I thought he was probably wearing a wire and it all felt very strange..."
That’s my view of this utter nonsense.
Even Mr. Magoo might find himself interested in ten thousand dollars in cash or the prospect of a job paying $30k per month. It may have been a stupid game to play but some of the offered prizes seemed pretty substantial.
Most con games rely on having someone who is naive but who hopes to benefit. It is especially hard to recognize a con game if you can't imagine what the con man hopes to gain. At what point would a person recognize that the goal of the con is to justify warrants to spy on a Presidential campaign?