The Salon article on this scam may have answered this question, but
I don't remember. Why is it always Nigeria? Are the scammers
actually based in Nigeria?
Tue Mar 05 2002 06:42:
Sumana got the Nigerian scam spam mail, but it's not like any other
one I've ever seen--there are no Sierra Leone diamonds or blood money or anything, and the sender of the spam does not mention the spotty human rights record of the Nigerian politician he's proxying for.
The whole offer looks almost on-the-level (except for the fact that it's
a scam). I guess they figure they can get more suckers for something
that looks like it might be slightly outside the law than for outright aiding and abetting human rights abuses.
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