Chapter 60: Scam Letter Flaws

As a way of relieving my pressure, I have decided to dissect the many flaws of a common everyday scam letter just for the amusement of it.

The biggest flaw around here is that most letters do not state how they found your contact and why they chose you as their target to receive that large sum of money.

Sometimes they will say that they feel that they can trust in you and know you very well, despite the fact that you never openly or intently shared your personal details with them, much less know who they are.

Further more, it is most likely that they got such details through underhanded means if you did not intent to show them, which makes them seem even more suspicious.

All in all, the question is, 'why you?'.

The reason why those rare 'one born everyday' people will fall for this is because of human arrogance and pride. Everyone thinks that they are destined for greatness and that they alone should stand out and receive the best. Sure, it is great for one to have such a positive attitude, but it is this attitude that also become their weakness, unless you have street-smarts with you.

Next, for goodness sake, can't they be more original and surprise me? It's usually an obscenely large sum of money or huge investment, involving a roughly undeveloped country, a terminal disease, a dead or dying person, or a widow.

You would think they should invest a little in being creative. How can they call themselves scam 'artists' if they lack creativity?

And if only they will stop using God's name at every opportunity they can and making it sound all so overdramatic. And it would also be nice if they stopped all that boot-licking.

Those who sincerely need help should reach out for the government or any trusted societies.

Until then.