I'd say that...
I'd say that people that perpetuate such scams deserve to be hung by their dicks, but they obviously are lacking in that dept. Anyone that rips off someone that clearly is not well off enough to absorb such a financial setback deserves to be a street person. I can barely imagine the poor woman's disappointment and humiliation. It might take years for her to earn enough money to make up for what some worthless scumbag so blithely took from her. And while she clearly wasn't extremely computer-savvy, she supposedly had a fully-patched machine with at least fair antivirus installed. Not that any antivirus will protect against everything. Any one of us could make the mistake of clicking a link in an email that looked legit--all it takes is having a long day and a momentary lapse. While those of us in IT would likely notice something amiss on our PCs fairly quickly, the average end user would never notice. Scammers like this should be never allowed to use any technology again--not even electric lights or heat. Perhaps a trip back to the wood and coal days would teach them something. Although I suppose many of them live in countries that aren't too far removed from those days anyway.
Sorry for the rant---this kind of shit always thoroughly pisses me off.