Why do so many wire fraud scams originate in Nigeria?

If you put the fact that these scams are illegal to one side for one moment, then the question you are really asking is what are the conditions in Nigeria that gives it the competitive advantage in this particular business sector? read more

At some point (might still be the case today), the scamming was one of the top 5 export products of Nigeria. In a country with many social and financial issues, it's hard to just get rid of this income generation. People in other countries have jumped aboard the scam train so it's unclear why Nigeria is still known as THE haven for scammers. read more

Wire fraud is a just another type of fraud/scam that is synonmous with Nigeria but I believe every country has a form crime that it is identified with. The reason this has grown out of control is the participation of the financial industry, policitians and the Nigerian law efforcement agencies in it. read more

This is not about the Why, because it is simply not true that most scam emails come from Nigeria - they only claim to come from Nigeria. Microsoft even has some research on this. I have taken the liberty to lift a quote directly from one of the links as well.. - Largest no of scam emails do originate from US location ip addresses not Nigeria. read more

These scams are normally know as "Nigerian scams", because that's where they tend to originate from, but you might also know them by their proper name: Advance fee fraud. And they work! Last year, one Nigerian fraudster received a 12-year jail sentence after scamming $1.3 million from victims. read more