Nigeria

[Darat]

Well, there's two different types of corruption (mainly distinguished by the levels at which they operate).

There's the tribal nepotism that Johnson has worked to eliminate (and that has gotten a lot of people angry at him). And then there's the constant, almost endemic lower-level bureaucratic corruption where paying an extra twenty bucks (or whatever) to the local customs official in order to pass your perfectly-innocent goods over the border is not so much a bribe to a greedy official as it is just another cost of doing business that everyone has to pay.

That sort of corruption is worldwide. Just try to do anything in China, for instance, without paying off some party official or another.

Couldn't agree more.

 

[A'isha]

I was told specifically that these emails do not actually come from the government of Nigeria and are in fact illegal. If these people are caught you can sure they will be prosecuted by the Nigerian government.

Sorry, just making a lame joke about the prevalence and reputation of those 419 emails.

 

[MinnesotaBrant]

Sorry, just making a lame joke about the prevalence and reputation of those 419 emails.

The Nigerian government is doing everything in its power to stop these criminals. They want to to know that the rule of law is in place here and it is ok to do business with them.

 

[MinnesotaBrant]

The Nigerian government is doing everything in its power to stop these criminals. They want to to know that the rule of law is in place here and it is ok to do business with them.

Liberia is also open to business as well as a tax haven for US business. Not only do we have rule of law here, we have mobs to beat down and kill anybody who breaks the law here. Your money is quite safe here.

 

[TubbaBlubba]

The Nigerian government is doing everything in its power to stop these criminals. They want to to know that the rule of law is in place here and it is ok to do business with them.

Having had some involvement in 419 eating, I find "everything in its power" a somewhat dubious claim - on the other hand, the corruption seems to run very very deep.



Nigerian women are hot, by the way.

(ETA: Yes, I know there are actually 3 or so large ethnic groups there)

 

[MinnesotaBrant]

Having had some involvement in 419 eating, I find "everything in its power" a somewhat dubious claim - on the other hand, the corruption seems to run very very deep.



Nigerian women are hot, by the way.

(ETA: Yes, I know there are actually 3 or so large ethnic groups there)

Ask any Nigerian here in America. They will be happy to confirm that everything I said about Nigeria is true.