Nigerians have been identified as buying secondhand computers to get passwords and Internet banking access. They are also big in the scam where they have a person who writes to you to ask you whether you will give your banking details to wash a multi-million dollar payment that was embezzled from the Nigerian or Ghanaian governments.
2007-05-24 00:13:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
1. Dirt poor country.
2. Very weak fraud and banking laws. Largely unenforced.
3. Extemely corrupt government and police.
2007-05-24 00:17:29 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most commonly, Nigerian and Ghana, it originates from there through public means. Some of the scams use the country names even through it originates from another place like France. China is is more but not as publicized. China has more scams relating to counterfeit merchandise. U.S. and Canada it is mostly investments and more nuisance types that take time to solve it. So forth.
Overall, China is the worst offender but the mass media does not harp on it as much. I know since I have investigated a a number of cases involving a bogus products.
2007-05-24 07:05:52 · answer #2 · answered by Guljinder D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very good question. I guess the government does not care what is citiznes do and does not care that they are looked at as the sleeze people of the world.
Very good question.
2007-05-24 00:20:45 · answer #3 · answered by Michael M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
do what i do
send a message asking for more info
when they reply
they go to your address book
and when SOMEONE else sends you a similar message forward it and forward that message to another scammer ha ha ha
2007-05-24 01:28:17 · answer #4 · answered by x k 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋