Microsoft's Research Scientists Finally Solved Why Scammers Say They're From Nigeria - Business Insider Microsoft released a new white paper<http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=167713>from its research division this month that explains why scammers use such a "terrible" approach. It turns out it's a method for sifting out "false positives," — basically finding only the most gullible people so the scammer doesn't waste any time exchanging with a mark that isn't going to result in a payout. http://read.bi/LfbnAb Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/microsofts-research-scientists-finally-solved-why-scammers-say-theyre-from-nigeria-2012-6 See if people are clicking on this link: http://read.bi/LfbnAb+ Try the bitly.com sidebar to see who is talking about a page on the web: http://bitly.com/pages/sidebar List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]