My intent was not to marginalize anyone, I actually think Africa has a lot of potential for awesomeness. Read my comment minus the joke.
If that's true, how about you simply make your comment minus the joke?
Also worth noting that those scams mostly come from the United States now, not Nigeria.
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/U-S-Internet-fraud-at-al...
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/05/ec...