The 5 Most Half-Assed Scams That Were Shockingly Successful | Cracked.com

The 5 Most Half-Assed Scams That Were Shockingly Successful | Cracked.com

Nigerian scam:

"What does surprise us is when somebody like Nelson Sakaguchi falls for it. You see, Sakaguchi was director of the Bank Noreste, in charge of - you cannot make this shit up - its overseas accounts. While Sakaguchi presumably came armed with a vast array of knowledge from a lifelong career in bank management, he was no match for the Nigerians who probably came armed with a fax machine from a foreclosed-on Staples, some second-hand Hypercolor sweaters and a command of the English language only rivaled by Japanese t-shirts run through Babelfish a few times."