Your contention supposes that Nigerian scammers are stealing money because they&#x27;re keen to invest in easily confiscated securities instruments rather than spending the money like it&#x27;s burning a hole in their pocket. And that the purported successes of the Nigerian &quot;EFCC&quot; are real and typical rather than government propaganda from a government trying to spin their country&#x27;s association with 419 scams. And that having your money stolen and then going through an international bureaucratic process to maybe get some of it back is in any way comparable to not having it stolen to begin with.<p>But let&#x27;s suppose all of that is true. If someone in Nigeria steals your money, you pick up the phone and in five minutes they&#x27;re in jail and your money is returned. Then you&#x27;re doing this:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;slatestarcodex.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;05&#x2F;12&#x2F;weak-men-are-superweapons&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;slatestarcodex.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;05&#x2F;12&#x2F;weak-men-are-superweapo...</a><p>Because there are still many places where no such process is available. Many of the attacks from China are state-sponsored. Many of the attacks from Russia are from organized crime who have law enforcement on payroll. ISIS. You haven&#x27;t done anything to refute the point, you&#x27;re just arguing about which examples I should be using this year.