ken_ichikawa Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I've got an idea... because 99% of scammers come from Africa Nigeria in particular why not just cut the internet off completely from Africa = problem solved! Nobody will really care other than a few adventure overlanders and the rich people can get satellite internet connections instead. WIN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone baby gone Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I've got an idea... because 99% of scammers come from Africa Nigeria in particular why not just cut the internet off completely from Africa = problem solved! Nobody will really care other than a few adventure overlanders and the rich people can get satellite internet connections instead. WIN! Flaw in your logic Ken... perhaps the rich people in Nigeria are the scammers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athe Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Flaw in your logic Ken... perhaps the rich people in Nigeria are the scammers... The other flaw is that I think a fair amount - well over 1% comes from outside africa. The Netherlands is supposed to be particularly bad for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Top ten spammer nations (23/9/10): 1 United States Number of Current Live Spam Issues: 2282 2 China Number of Current Live Spam Issues: 748 3 Russian Federation Number of Current Live Spam Issues: 475 4 Argentina Number of Current Live Spam Issues: 292 5 United Kingdom Number of Current Live Spam Issues: 287 6 Brazil Number of Current Live Spam Issues: 259 7 France Number of Current Live Spam Issues: 224 8 Canada Number of Current Live Spam Issues: 211 9 Romania Number of Current Live Spam Issues: 208 10 Germany Number of Current Live Spam Issues: 204 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athe Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Top ten spammer nations (23/9/10): 1 United States Number of Current Live Spam Issues: 2282 ... That's spams rather than scams though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
200p Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Scams and spams play a key role in the human ecosystem, survival of the financial fittest. Sad reality, but this also happens in nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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