there was a study on this that reckoned the more ludicrous the better

as ensures that only the most gullible people in the world would actually bother responding. No point in wasting time exchanging emails with people who might eventually suss you out after a couple of emails so best to cut to the chase with as big a bulls**t story as you can think of to weed out anyone with half a brain cell.

That's the theory, although does tend to give the fraudsters perhaps more credit than is due.

Posted By: pat_abb, Oct 6, 12:48:33