Why are the majority of overseas scammers from Nigeria?

[MX2]

 

[sonambulo]

because its such an aweseome place

 

[intogamer]

Because nothing is regulated there? I think

A poor but a very slowly developing countrY?

 

[Kinslayer777]

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)

 

[aircooled]

It's as good as legal there.

 

[sisq0kidd]

Because if you unscramble the word Nigeria it spells out S-C-A-M-M-E-R-S

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

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...

 

[DrPizza]

It's amazing that people still fall for these scams.

 

[Mucho]

Nigeria is a kleptocracy.

 

[randay]

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

 

[RapidSnail]

The Clique Mob and the Govenor are coming to dead you with rock and snake!!

 

[wheresmybacon]

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

 

[GregGreen]

Maybe has to do with the fact there is no property law on Nigeria?

 

[Theb]

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[Dessert Tears]

There's some background information somewhere on this scambaiting site:
http://www.419eater.com/

 

[AndrewR]

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