Why are the majority of overseas scammers from Nigeria?

intogamer

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Because nothing is regulated there? I think

A poor but a very slowly developing countrY?
 

Kinslayer777

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Unstable corrupt government, easy protection their for scammers. Even goverment officials are often scammers. Its not to say they're all scammers, but to get in the place for a computer you need to be especially corrupt. And to afford electricity (bad powerlines/generators run)

 
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Why can't they choose a more credible country when they do scams.. use like Japan or Taiwan or China or France or Germany.. geez...
 

randay

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Its a social problem there IIRC. Its just one of those things. Its a cool thing for young kids to do.
 

wheresmybacon

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probably because it?s such a great place to live with an awesome trustworthy government and no one?s poor.
 

AndrewR

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Nigeria is considered as one of the most corrupt nations on Earth. Seriously. Check out some profiles on CountryWatch and sites like that.