TIL the "Nigerian Prince" scam is deliberately crafted with an outlandish premise and using poor english, because by sending an email that repels all but the most gullible the scammer gets the most promising marks to self-select, reducing "false positive" responses and increasing profitability

http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=167719



Submitted February 16, 2015 at 06:28AM by timehack http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2w0zcj/til_the_nigerian_prince_scam_is_deliberately/