Everyone should know that an email arriving in their inbox that claims to be from Nigerian royalty and is seeking help with an urgent financial matter is obviously a scam… right?
Not so much, it turns out. There’s a very good reason that scammers continue to use such outlandish stories: it helps them quickly weed out potential victims. It’s easy enough to send out a few thousand spam emails. The goal of that first message isn’t just meant to entice the clueless — it’s also designed to quickly drive away those who are sharp enough to figure out what’s going on before any money changes hands.
In 2012, Microsoft Researcher Cormac Herley noted that "since gullibility is unobservable, the best strategy is to get those who possess this quality to self-identify."
So while folks who read Geek.com regularly are likely to be suspicious of a mysterious African prince emailing out of the blue and offering to wire money to their bank accounts — or at least least aware that maybe a quick Google search is warranted — there are still a small number of people willing to reply and “help out.”
http://www.geek.com/news/why-do-scam-emails-claim-to-be-from-nigerian-princes-1602834/
Thus, Trump's objective is to weed out everyone except the congenitally stupid and use those who pass through the filter as loyal contributors to his campaign.
This way, he doesn't waste time and money trying to get funding from people who will tell him to go F**K himself.
Sadly, what we've come to discover, is that most Republicans fall into the congenitally stupid category.
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