I knew a guy who fell for one of these. He delivered propane to my old employer. When last I heard from him, he was going to have the judge impeached because he wouldn’t hear the libel case against Western Union, who told this guy that the person claiming to be the daughter of the British Ambassador to Nigeria and in need of $1500 to fly to Florida and consummate her impending marriage to her internet lover (him) was in fact a con man and he was never going to get his fifteen hundred bucks back.
The propane company fired him after that. I think it was the last straw. He was an obnoxious kook. He gave us a few empty cylinders over the years, and each time, I showed it to him and asked him to adjust the delivery report. One time I saw the invoice and it didn’t reflect his mistake. So I asked him about it, and although he said he was going to fix it, he got nasty with me and said it was my fault that I didn’t inform the billing department (that he screwed up.)
No problem. I called them as soon as he left. I wonder if Western Union maced him after they told him he got ripped off. :)
I think that fits under the “can’t scam an honest man” rule.