There are many reasons why there are so many scammers in Nigeria for sure. But scamming has no geographical location.
It is matter of a way a particular person chose to live his or her life not minding the place where the person is located.
But the main reason why scamming is common among Nigerians is because the government and the people in high political offices are Chief Scammers and Looters.
They steal from the government treasury to enrich themselves and their families to the detriment of the poor masses.
When the poor masses continue with suffering as a result of looted fund dumped in Foreign Banks they now look for alternative means of survival and this is what leads them to internet scammers.
It is not only Nigerians. Ghana is also among top internet scammers in Africa.
An important demographic for Nigeria is young people, who represent a huge chunk of the population, with over 40% of Nigerians under the age of 14. These young Nigerians have borne the brunt of the country’s economic and development woes, with youth unemployment estimated at 45%
by the National Bureau of Statistics. Some Nigerian youths have
responded to this economic pressure by resorting to crime, and
particularly the sort of crime that has given the country a bad
reputation globally: cybercrime.
Unlike China, which has largely shrugged off the reputation of
being the producer of substandard goods, Nigeria has gained a reputation
for being the haven of online fraudsters, or what are known
colloquially as Yahoo boys.
However, the same technology that enables cybercrime in Nigeria is
also the very tool that can transform the lives of millions of young
people in the country. What erring youth need to know is that if they’re
tech-savvy enough to defraud, then they’re smart enough to build a
business online, or even develop apps.
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