OK - the mark has taken the bait and the fraud continues.
After the first payment is made, the scammer will come up with no end of excuses as to why future payments should be made. There are more "processing fees." Certain officials need "payments" to ensure that The Big Payoff is made. There is another civil war or violent unrest in the country which is causing delays and money is needed to smooth things over. There are "transfer fees." Sometimes the scammers will even invoke personal matters, saying that somone's mother or child is sick and fees are needed for a hospital so that The Big Payoff can go through without the scammer having to worry about personal issues.
As I said in the last post, the inventiveness of these scammers is unbelievable when it comes to finding ways to make people feel sympathetic towards them.
Of course, there is no "Big Payoff."
The whole point of a 419 scam is that the victim constantly faces the prospect of either losing his initial payments or paying even more fees, hoping for The Big Payoff. In this way, thousands of dollars are swindled.
The scammers swear that each fee is the last, but oversights, errors, complications or temporary difficulties, as listed above, demand additional payments which lead to further delays.
THE COLLECTION OF THESE ADVANCE FEES IS THE REAL OBJECTIVE OF THE SCAM.
The scammers are not blind to the psychology of the situation either. Once the mark becomes hooked, the mark becomes blind to the prospect that the entire process is a scam. The mark becomes invested, psychologically as well as financially, in the deal. Denial prevents people from realizing they are being scammed until the whole house of cards collapses.
We'll wrap up our discussion on 419 scams tomorrow and then talk about how these scams can be avoided.
As always, the Firm of Tausk & Vega stands ready to assist you with all fraud and white collar crime questions.
www.tauskvega.com
Have a great and fraud-free day.
----------------->>>>>>>>>>>>>>gene tausk
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