Making an internet scam work is like auditioning for Australian Idol, asking strangers on the street to sign whatever you have on your clipboard, and being the turkish delight in the box of Cadbury Roses - unless you're prepared for some rejection, you're going to get hurt. The truth is there is no such thing as a perfect internet scam. Scammers seem to work on the premise that the internet is teeming with idiots and if you cast your net wide enough, you're sure to catch a few. Therefore, the most common scam comes through mass emails.
Four things are vital when scripting a scam letter - mention of a person of status (monarchs usually make the hard sell), an intriguing international location, poor English for authenticity, and, most importantly, the tragic storyline.
Don't be too ambitious when you first start out. I suggest you start small - the King of Nigeria offering a large sum of money to whoever will help you transfer your wealth off-shore amidst political turmoil. Then, when you find your feet, you might become a CEO's widow, pleading for a small amount of money to cover legal fees before sending you a portion of her husband's hefty life insurance payout.
Soon you could even be a Romanian university student who has patented a potentially lucrative drug curing a fatal dandruff epidemic dusting over Eastern Europe, a terrible disease that struck down and de-scalped your father (the wealthy CEO of a cotton bud/tinned peas company) and left you orphaned, just days before you sold your kidney for $20 000 and won the Romanian lottery after trading your last goat and 2B pencil for a ticket. That one's mine. You can't have it.
The economy has been letting us down lately, and scams can help you pocket a bit more dough to ease the financial strain of Christmas. All you need is an internet connection, a bit of ingenuity, and little to no conscience! Easy!
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