Does anyone know how they make any actual money from these scams? I mean it has to be lucrative for them or they would not be doing it. I know they all ask for your bank infomration- but are banks in the US so stupid that they will wire money to somone from an email with your name and account number alone?
I am tempted to set up a phony bank account just to have fun with these people
See my post #44.
The guy I mentioned went to S. Africa and had to "pay" several "fees" in order collect the money he was helping to launder.
The scammers usually asks the victim to send them money via Western Union.
"Please remit to my lawyer the amount of 2 thousand dollars for attorney fees, bank fees, customs fee. Send it Western Union to this person in Lagos, Nigeria...."