[ExI] could a nigerian theoretically give away money?

[spike]

>... On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes
>...Subject: Re: [ExI] could a nigerian theoretically give away money?

>...Someone would, eventually.  However, a SSN is not needed to transfer
money... 

The SSN is needed in order for the donor to report to the IRS that the
recipient owes a pile of tax on the gift.

>...and neither is an address...  Adrian

The address is needed in order to alert the local media that some random
gullible prole has given an internet stranger from Nigeria her name,
address, SSN and bank account number.  It also allows the giver to verify
that the recipient is legitimate, by calling the bank and the recipient's
neighbors and so forth.  It allows basic due diligence on the part of the
giver.

In this scenario, the fortune was legitimately made and is legitimately
given away, but the motives are not entirely pure, depending on one's point
of view.  The giver asks for a lot of personal information in order to
intentionally design the phony spam to resemble the other countless Nigerian
genuine spams.  If she manages to give away her money, the gift is widely
publicized, which then lends enormous credibility to all the other spam
offering to give away Nigerian fortunes.  Since the legitimate giver
realizes her own country is desperately needy, she realizes perhaps her gift
is seed money which would return many fold the investment.  Greedy rich
Americans would read the story and be more likely to fall for the
traditional spam, handing over bank account numbers, which are then
plundered by dishonest Nigerians.  This would bring enormous wealth into
that benighted land, even though it would have the disadvantage of being
funneled through thieves.  At least some of it eventually ends up in the
hands of poor and deserving Nigerians.

The original Nigerian giver makes no deals to share in the plunder from rich
greedy gullible Americans.  She gave the money and told the truth all along,
even if she was aware of (and was perhaps intentionally motivated by) the
possible illegitimate consequences.  But all this actually had a cheerful
end, again depending on one's point of view: plentiful American money
flowing into desperately needy Nigeria.  She can think of herself as perhaps
the greatest of philanthropists, using a million of her own dollars to
indirectly coax a manifold return of that amount back into her own country
from a greedy rich country which already has way too much of everything.

Where is the flaw in my reasoning?

spike