Isn the scam justified because everyone on continent A somehow owes everyone on continent B because of, uh, stuff from history?
No. And by the way, scammers will scam anybody. Our correspondents include ticked-off people from Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa, Sierra Leone and Zambia. 419ers will also happily scam African-Americans, and insult them into the bargain. They don’t bother lecturing African victims on colonialism, they just rob them. The first time we saw the word “mugu”, it was in a threatening e-mail a scammer sent to a Kenyan who spotted the scam.
No. And by the way, scammers will scam anybody. Our correspondents include ticked-off people from Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa, Sierra Leone and Zambia. 419ers will also happily scam African-Americans, and insult them into the bargain. They don’t bother lecturing African victims on colonialism, they just rob them. The first time we saw the word “mugu”, it was in a threatening e-mail from a scammer to a Kenyan who wouldn’t buy the act.
