You send out 1,000,000 spams annoying 1,000,000 people with your phony scheme.
1/10th of 1% respond, that is 1,000 pigeons ripe or the plucking.
And that is a very poor crook, A good con artist will get a much higher response rate.
Rumor has it the Goernment has a facility (PRISIM) that records all internet activity.
These Criminals cost the US more each day than Bank Robbers, Train Robbers, ALL ROBBERS, and physical theives, and all face to face criminals combined.
So why is the government not using PRISIM to track 'em down and hand them a bill equal to the cost of their craft (Each gets a bill equal to the total cost of the craft) and pay off the national debt with the proceeds of those fines?