Online scams create "Yahoo! millionaires"

[Janice]

In Lagos, where scamming is an art, the quickest path to wealth for the cyber-generation runs through a computer screen.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/ ... tm?cnn=yes


(FORTUNE Magazine) - Akin is, like many things in cyberspace, an alias. In real life he's 14. He wears Adidas sneakers, a Rolex Submariner watch, and a kilo of gold around his neck.

Akin, who lives in Lagos, is one of a new generation of entrepreneurs that has emerged in this city of 15 million, Nigeria's largest. His mother makes $30 a month as a cleaner, his father about the same hustling at bus stations. But Akin has made it big working long days at Internet cafes and is now the main provider for his family and legions of relatives.

[CentralFlGal]

And darn, I really thought I was helping out that ousted Nigerian prince

[Janice]

What we do not know will definately hurt us. I am always on guard of what is on the internet.

[TexasStooge]

What we do not know will definately hurt us. I am always on guard of what is on the internet.

I'm always on the lookout as well for notices like that, and those "you've won the international lottery" scams.

[Janice]

I have got tons of emails from Nigeria, haha. Man, those people are pushy. John has got them at school too.