"It's a small country. Wouldn't normal people talk on the phone or meet before sending dosh?"
Why?
Becasue they suddenly suspect that an email from their own son or daughter may be a fake?
After 10 years of genuine emails.
And what does talking on the phone have to do with the size of the country?
Or driving for that matter. Do you drive 100 miles to borrow what amounts to the petrol money to get there and back? You ask for money to be withdrawn. Drive there. Get the money. Drive home again. Go to the bank. Deposit it into your own account. Seems stupid, doesn't it?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
