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jackanape7 t1_j8myoma wrote

Apparently scamming is a huge business in Nigeria, and a lot of developing countries by the way. This happens A LOT.

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Jampine t1_j8nawjq wrote

Not really a "Scam" per say, but farming gold in RuneScape was a big deal in Venezuela.

For those who don't know what that means, they grind events/resources on the game to earn gold, then trade that gold to people in exchange for real money.

Sometimes they set up several bot ran accounts to farm resources, then trade it to a central account to earn gold on multiple beorkds at once.

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MistraloysiusMithrax t1_j8ormaw wrote

I mean I could see why : the RuneScape currency is more stable and trades for more dollars, euros or other currency more valuable than bolivars

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MadeWithLessMaterial t1_j8nzr6j wrote

I remember those bots in runescape. They all had the default male form with the bald head and I'd see them lining the river lobster fishing.

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gdcsag t1_j8szw9g wrote

Some players were making more money than venezualan doctors

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Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_j8n19d1 wrote

This happened in Arizona.

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DiamondBurInTheRough t1_j8n5r01 wrote

He’s only been in the US since 2016. I doubt he’s only been doing it since then, this probably started before he moved.

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jackanape7 t1_j8n6sh6 wrote

He's Nigerian and the former scammer they spoke to in the article is Nigerian.

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Vlad_the_Homeowner t1_j8nin50 wrote

Yes, Nigeria ranks second in the world for the most reported scams, behind the Philippines. But third? Canada, with 7% fewer than Nigeria.

And that's just by the reported claims, not the amount. The country that has stolen the most money out of the rest of the world with Romance scams? United Kingdom.

Thinking that this is an issue that is predominately based in developing countries is short sighted.

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mlbmetsgoodandbad t1_j8nlvho wrote

That makes sense to me. Nigerians in Canada and the UK are scamming people from those countries. Easy math.

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FightmeLuigibestgirl t1_j8o6xrh wrote

Also in India and the UK too. 419 scams are common in the UK/Nigeria/other parts of Africa.

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