It worked
The surprising thing to me - other than the fact there's actual jail time - is that scamming seems to work.
Though it does look a bit more clever than George Adgwgwgwnengo- exploiting the ignorance surrounding third party contracts, there's many lessons businesses could find in that.
The dating scam mentioned at the end is pretty sad though. I just assume it's horny idiots doing anything for a pretty face. And there's no shortage of them... Even if there's a shortage of pretty faces who would talk to them in the first place!
I'm glad the scammer are doing time, but I don't have much sympathy for the scammed.