Plain stupidity but mostly greed.  She continued to send money to Nigeria without trying to get some additional detail or information on where she was sending this money, the people involved or how did they find her is always my first question.  I have problems just getting my family to use the write email address to send me crappy inspirational PowerPoint slide shows of places and things I will never own.

Why did this woman, a reverend and a nurse, give over $400,000 to Nigerian email scammers? It started with just $100. The emails told her a long-lost relative with the same last name had $20.5 million caught up in the banks of Nigeria. Janella Spears just had to help with a few processing fees…

 

As she sent the money, more and more obstacles would arise, each needing more money to solve. Driven by blind greed, she sent over $400,000 to the scammers, draining her and her husband’s savings, retirement fund, mortgaged the house and put a lien on the car.

Don’t ever send money or personal information to anyone claiming something unsubstantiated via email.  There are ways to verify the legitimacy of things like this and it’s not sinking your life savings into the belief that your are gonna get it back.  Only people starting a business take this kind of risk.  Hey Janella I have a check her for you totaling $7.5 million and it will only cost you $30,000 in processing fees.  This is time sensitive cause I need to pay my student loans.

I just submitted a complaint about a Fedex Courier holding my money in a bank in West Africa to the Internet Crime website. http://www.ic3.gov which is what Janella should have done.

Next time check: Its Too Good To Be True, dumb ass! http://www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com/

[SOURCE: Scams: Woman Loses $400,000 To Nigerian Email Scam]