Why do so many scams come from Nigeria?
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...are they THAT hard up for cash in Nigeria that they have nothing else to do but send out bogus emails asking for $$ in hopes of getting a sucker? ...or is there a lack of ...show more
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Not ALL scams come from Nigeria. Not ALL of those E-mails are used by Nigerians. Africa and Nigeria...
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The 419 scam originated in the early 1980s as the oil-based Nigerian economy declined. Several unemployed...
Anonymous at ChaCha Mark as irrelevant Undo
I want an opinon not an insult I am Nigerian I hav lived most of my life out of the country. I have always heard of the 419 scams and etc. I agree that is a problem but I do not agree that 9 out of 10 Nigerian youth are scam artists. I am a youth and...
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Nigerians are very very very warm people. Extremely hard working and have been badly represented by...
coolhand... at Yahoo! Answers Mark as irrelevant Undo
is there anything positive about Nigeria just had aother plane crash all I read about is plane crash's and kidnapping oil workers (Thats me) and I have to go there next week. also most of the scams also seem to come from Nigeria
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errrrrrrrr, yeah - its the happiest coutry in the world, that positive enough for you!
Michael at Yahoo! Answers Mark as irrelevant Undo
I have been using the Internet for a very long time and I notice (not stereo typing) that soooo many email scams come out of Nigeria. They ask to be a business partner or they ask if you can help them with some sort of business. Sometimes they tell you...
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It all comes from the top. When you are from a country where the politicians and the police are corrupt...
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I have come across two very attractive profiles of ladies apparently from Australia wanting assistance to arrive home from Nigeria. Are they all scams & how can you tell ? Ever heard of Linda Lopez or Vanessa Johnson ?
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I would say so, if you want to make sure, there is a comprehensive database that will let you know for...
wayne A at Yahoo! Answers Mark as irrelevant Undo
That is the most idiotic thing you'll ever here, once you come to realize that none of that is true and that those poor people are RACIALLY profiled and no one gives a hoot simply because they are blacks from another country?!!! I am personally sick...
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Facts that led to that country as the source of the attacks. http://www.fraudaid.com/ScamSpeak/Nigeri...
Knowledge Is Always Good! at Yahoo! Answers Mark as irrelevant Undo
Why do so many email scams that I receive (95% of them) originate from Nigeria? I do not want to stereotype a people or a country I just don't understand why I have been inundated with Nigerian scams from my ebay account to my email account. The most...
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In 2006, the New Yorker published a great profile of Lagos, the economic and financial capital of Nigeria...
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Hi- Just want to let people know of the buyer scam operating in Africa/Nigeria. You post a 'laptop for sale' advert on Gumtree or Vivastreet, you'll get an email something along the lines of ' i'm interested in this item, please get back to me on final...
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Very good advice. Got stung a couple of years ago myself like this on ebay. I never use it now and when...
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I don't understand... is it legal to scam people from other countries in Nigeria, or what the hell is the deal with that? Why Nigeria, why not Ireland or England? it's always from Nigeria... I get at least one of these a day... very annoying.
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LOL!! Even Yahoo! Help pages call it the "Nigerian 419" scams!!! ► http://help.yahoo...
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