A NIGERIAN SPEAKS OUT AGAINST THE DAMAGE 419 SCAMS

ARE DOING TO HER COUNTRY'S IMAGE

The following is a letter I received from a Nigerian expatriate who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of repercussions from her own countrymen.

I visited your site and I commend you for the information it contained. I  stumbled on it while browsing other sites on Nigeria. The reason I am sending this email is that I am a Nigerian living in Britain but I have myself received several of these 419 letters. This will show you that they send them out blindly, because they wouldn't target a Nigerian who probably knows all about it.

 Putting my awareness of this scam aside, I don't think I would ever have been tempted to engage with those people. When something sounds too good to be true, it probably is! At the height of the 419 scandals in the UK, I remember one Scotland Yard detective say that, he does not have any sympathy for the victims as they were probably greedy people. How can you expect to reap where you did not sow.

Majority of Nigerians are honest people but a small percentage of crooks have tarnished the image of everybody.

                                                                           -   Adaora