# Scam Targets Nigerians

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-targets-nigerians/775108>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 19, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-targets-nigerians/775108 "2016-12-19T02:17:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-targets-nigerians/775108/1 "2016-12-19T02:17:33Z")

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One of the world’s largest Ponzi schemes has been victimizing Nigerians, [as can be seen here](http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/14/africa/mmm-ponzi-scheme-nigeria/index.html). Turnabout is fair play, I suppose. But I see this is being perpetrated by the Russians, so maybe Trump can speak to his good buddy Putin about this after taking office next month.