By the time simple people graduate to this kind of scams, it means they have commited all other types of crimes inside and outside of government offices. They also seem to be confident that the worst that can happen is a few years in jail after two decades of court cases, assuming the victims will still be alive and willing to go through the process. Another peculiarity of the law; it has no provisions for the compensation of the victim by the offender. Under traditional justice, the first obligation is to have the thief compensate the victim before extra sanctions are instituted. Perhaps armed robbery is much kinder than this convoluted con-game that gives you time to gather all your monies and even borrow some.