Comment Modern Civilization (Score 2, Interesting) 249
The problem with this is that, unless the victim is killed or sterilized by being suckered in (which they (almost?) always aren't in 419 scams, there is no refining of the human gene pool. Millions or even thousands of years ago, this kind of thing worked the way it was supposed to:
Gu: "Hey Ug, come into my cave, I have some free goat meat for you!"
Ug: "OK"
Gu: (clubs Ug on the head and procreates with Ug's mate)