It's amazing... (Score 4, Informative)

...just how many people get stung be these scams. I mean sure, some of them are probably clever enough to fool even smart individuals, but plenty are just plain ridiculous. The classic nigerian scam for example: "Please give us your bank account details, in return we'll give you $5 million dollars". User: "OH WOW that sound trustworthy and legitimtate!" I mean seriously if it sounds too good to be true then it likely is :-P