I don't normally trust Nigerian strangers, but recently I met the crown prince of Nigeria who had his money frozen. I just sent some money and he is going to make me rich! Now I implicitly trust them. My money should be here some time in the next few weeks...I just sent them all of my account information so they could wire it to me.
One thing I've heard of is to write them and tell them it will be wired to the Western Union office on X day. Later they write and want to know where it is, you say Oh I am so sorry my dog died and I had to stay in for the three days mourning. Then they write back again and ask - are you going to do it? Then they write back and say yes. Then you ask for the instructions all over again. Pick a day for them to pick it up, repeat. Come up with weird reasons why over and over. There are forums dedicated to this practice. The goal is to be 100%, completely obtuse. Wait, that sounds like a job for the SO!