From time-to-time I play the Nigerian hustlers just to see the lengths that they will go too. They are very slick and know how to play every key on the human condition keyboard. They search for the blind spot, the vulnerability, the gullibility and when they find it, they close in fast . And grief, they can charm the skin off a snake. At the moment of truth, I just tell them I have no bank account or money to put in an account, and poof, no more Mr. Nigerian charmer and they get downright nasty. Oh well, sometimes the alleged ‘fish’ goes one-up on the fisherman and the fisherman gets all pissy.
Also, be aware, the same scam is now coming out of the UAE, but now it is some terminally ill Arab with a ton of oil bucks, etc. etc., on and on. Best practical teach I ever had was Goerge C. Scott in his role as the flim-flam man. Good stuff in that flick.
Scamp