stella polaris
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Some years ago i happend to get to know a West African guy with a past as a ex scammer. I asked him if we could have a chat and if i could publish our conversation here. Here is an West African view on scamming.
“In West Africa most people give a shit if you scam a Westerner due to the West have robbed their countries for centuries and still are. They knows that every president are in the hands of foreign powers robbing them for the resources in the country.”
Small talk with Mohammed from Guinea.
-Why so many scammers in West Africa?
Mohammed.
- First of all you have to understand the situation in West Africa. People are poor, have no job and nothing to do. There are 60-70% unemployment. The middle class is small and in minority. Then you have a few very rich. 80-85 % of the people lives in extreme poverty. In Nigeria 90%. In Congo it is the same even if it is the richest land in the world, in natural resources.
In West Africa it is never political stability. As fast it comes a president that is good, for the people, he gets shot or removed in a coup. A Western approved president comes in his place. Big companies get the concessions even if it means a lot of people have to move from the site. The president get his share. There are no control what and who export natural resource out of the country. ”Business needs instability”. If it is a chaotic situation its easier to make money and a chaotic situation there is.
-Who is the typical West African scammer?
-It is not the poorest people. They do not have the knowledge ( uneducated) nor the money needed to go to a internet cafe. But poor people with some education and access to a keyboard. Often people that dream of a materialistic life.
-How are people seeing them in their homeland?
-If they are religious, no matter if Christians or Muslims, they see them as thieves. Ordinary people see then i different ways. From scumbags to heroes. One reason for people seeing them as heroes is that West robbed their country for centuries. If someone hits back its just ok. Fair play so to say. This is the main reason they are scamming westerns outside Africa.
-Is domestic scamming frequent in West Africa?
- No. Domestic scam are rare. People have no money you can scam from them.
- What type of scams are most frequent used?
- Low level scams. Most scammers are not smart enough to launch a high level scam. They just do not have the education needed nor the money.
- What types of scams do you mean with low level scams?
- Prince and princess scams, help to loose stuck funds and the other type of spam scams. The scammer needs to come in contact with a person that are lonely, dumb or greedy. Preferably a mix of them all so they just spam out their scam. Quantity before quality. This type of scams never fools rich or well educated people (unless they are dumb, lonely or greedy.)
- So internet is crucial for scamming business?
- Yes. The scammers would never afford the postal stamps to Us and Europe.
- Is it many scammers that are successful?
- Many try, a few succeed.
- What do they do with the money?
- Most of them are uneducated and do not know how to invest the money. Instead they go materialistic. There are even idiots that buy a Lamborghini even if its not a single road in the city they can drive it on. To bumpy shitty roads. Others start to behave like gangsta style kings idiots and pisses off people. Suddenly the mob is there and lynch them.
-They get lynched?
- If they start behave like kings and harass people yes. They get literary lynched when the people are enough fed up with them.
“In West Africa most people give a shit if you scam a Westerner due to the West have robbed their countries for centuries and still are. They knows that every president are in the hands of foreign powers robbing them for the resources in the country.”
Small talk with Mohammed from Guinea.
-Why so many scammers in West Africa?
Mohammed.
- First of all you have to understand the situation in West Africa. People are poor, have no job and nothing to do. There are 60-70% unemployment. The middle class is small and in minority. Then you have a few very rich. 80-85 % of the people lives in extreme poverty. In Nigeria 90%. In Congo it is the same even if it is the richest land in the world, in natural resources.
In West Africa it is never political stability. As fast it comes a president that is good, for the people, he gets shot or removed in a coup. A Western approved president comes in his place. Big companies get the concessions even if it means a lot of people have to move from the site. The president get his share. There are no control what and who export natural resource out of the country. ”Business needs instability”. If it is a chaotic situation its easier to make money and a chaotic situation there is.
-Who is the typical West African scammer?
-It is not the poorest people. They do not have the knowledge ( uneducated) nor the money needed to go to a internet cafe. But poor people with some education and access to a keyboard. Often people that dream of a materialistic life.
-How are people seeing them in their homeland?
-If they are religious, no matter if Christians or Muslims, they see them as thieves. Ordinary people see then i different ways. From scumbags to heroes. One reason for people seeing them as heroes is that West robbed their country for centuries. If someone hits back its just ok. Fair play so to say. This is the main reason they are scamming westerns outside Africa.
-Is domestic scamming frequent in West Africa?
- No. Domestic scam are rare. People have no money you can scam from them.
- What type of scams are most frequent used?
- Low level scams. Most scammers are not smart enough to launch a high level scam. They just do not have the education needed nor the money.
- What types of scams do you mean with low level scams?
- Prince and princess scams, help to loose stuck funds and the other type of spam scams. The scammer needs to come in contact with a person that are lonely, dumb or greedy. Preferably a mix of them all so they just spam out their scam. Quantity before quality. This type of scams never fools rich or well educated people (unless they are dumb, lonely or greedy.)
- So internet is crucial for scamming business?
- Yes. The scammers would never afford the postal stamps to Us and Europe.
- Is it many scammers that are successful?
- Many try, a few succeed.
- What do they do with the money?
- Most of them are uneducated and do not know how to invest the money. Instead they go materialistic. There are even idiots that buy a Lamborghini even if its not a single road in the city they can drive it on. To bumpy shitty roads. Others start to behave like gangsta style kings idiots and pisses off people. Suddenly the mob is there and lynch them.
-They get lynched?
- If they start behave like kings and harass people yes. They get literary lynched when the people are enough fed up with them.