How do gift/inheritance scams work? Eg. “Nigerian Prince” Scam

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Exactly what the title says.

How does contacting someone and telling them they are going to receive a large sun of money, end up scamming the intended ‘recipient’ out of money.

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The scammer says “I am going to give you a million dollars, but you need to send me ten thousand dollars first”. They’ll give some reason they need the money like “I’m sending the million dollars, but the corrupt local government is requiring a ten thousand dollar bribe or else they won’t let the money leave the country”. You’ll send ten thousand dollars, and get nothing in return.

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