Umm, from the previous BoingBoing post linked in the article -
telephone advance-fee fraud (419/Spanish Prisoner/etc) scammers who targeted American victims, bringing an estimated $300,000,000 to Montego Bay and its region, the epicenter of the scam.
What the hell?? How much does the US lose every year to phone scamming? Should the IRS start pre-emptively running these scams against the elderly to keep the money from leaving the country?
