Why do so many scams come from Nigeria?

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...

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

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...

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 ?

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...

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...

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...

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.