This over-inflation of prices is rather like the Nigerian (or wherever) email scams: 99.999% will will be completely ignored/deleted/etc.
It's the 0.001% that
do suck in some gullible mug.
Money for jam!
This one is a classic (and obviously relevant on this forum!).
The Stranded Nigerian Astronaut
Stuck on Soyuz. Send help. Quick
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/16/cosmic_419er/
Dean