take the down voteing as an afirmative. I was just surprised to see that the Nigerean scam industry was adapting and thriving, as it seemed that they had lost there mojo to other countrys inspite of bieng very early inovators in the international telecom scam market. Or perhaps this is a younger crew, and the more experienced Nigerian scammers are working as consultants for NK, Thailand, etc.

Did those presidents turn around and reward (or not punish as the result there of) the way the current one does/has?

I think cause and effect need to be looked at to evaluate what's happening.