2006-07-03 05:22:11 · 4 answers · asked by stutz455 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
This happened long before chat rooms and e-mail. People used to receive letters in the snail mail always from children in Nigeria.
If you can catch the person who created the scam, then something can be done legally. Usually the person who sends the letter, e-mail, or chat message has been hired by the "boss" of the scam. They don't know what it is they are sending and are not the ones who should be jailed.
2006-07-03 05:27:20 · answer #1 · answered by Blue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because most of them are. In fact, Nigerians who know they have a reputation for scamming will say they are actually in Ghana or some other close country, hoping you will not recognize how close it is to Nigeria. There is an entire web site on Nigerian scams and believe it, they are real. It seems that they have so little chance of achieving any kind of comfortable life that they have spent a lot of time learning to ask for money from people who have more than they know what to do with. In fact, even with an education they have few opportunities to earn a reasonable income.
The sad part is that it is the ones who do not have the money to give away that are bleeding hearts and give it away.
The Nigerian scams are called 4-1-9 scams. Scamorama is the website about Nigerian scams. They are not inherently horrid people, just educated people looking for a way out of misery.
2006-07-03 12:36:33 · answer #2 · answered by jumpingjello 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Al Gore invented the internet
2006-07-03 12:25:31 · answer #3 · answered by da fada 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't be prosecuted there.
They are usually teenagers working for criminal organizations that are protected by crooked cops.
2006-07-03 12:25:53 · answer #4 · answered by Professor Campos 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋