These Nigerian scammers are good at using psychology to get you hooked. A few years ago I got snookered by a bunch of hot ladies. But once I learnt about Tineye search, I realized that the pics were all stolen from porn star websites.
Ironically, most of the naked single ladies on the Gallery are from porn sites, not members of TN.
Boy, now I feel bad. I hardly ever get friend/message requests from the bots/scammed. Must be chopped liver instead of spam bait...
Dont feel bad. I don't get a dozen either. I think it may correlate with the number of friends you keep because they scour friends lists. I wouldnt be surprised if the ones getting a dozen requests are guys that have many many friends.
They also join popular groups and target people who post. And they also target people who have just signed on using the search function. I'll often get a friend request or message within minutes of signing on. Finally, you have to fit the profile of someone who would fall for their scam. If you have friended a lot of other fake profiles, that might make you a target. One time I friended a profile that I thought was real, but must of be a master fake. For days after that I was flooded by messages and requests.
I've been getting requests from young women lately too. I usually ignore them, but a couple of times I've taken them up on their invitation to chat on other sites, such as skype. Eventually it comes out that they are after money, wanting me to send gift cards for some strange reasons. Then the chats end. I have no idea who they are, I don't think they are legitimate women though.