@swissclive thanks for a contest as this.
I am @fuhreresu from Nigeria.
Scam is really a bad thing eating up many societies of the world and it is becoming more of a norm than it is conceived a problem.
To many of those who indulge in it, it is more or less a game of survival as those who are in positions of authority have failed to do something about it as they are responsible for the mess themselves.
Corrupt practices are deeply entrenched in such societies where you find scam.
It is also important to know how scam came to be by first understanding that
The governments that control the resources and at the same time fails to carry out their duties have a major stake in the blame as they responsible for putting the people in the helpless situation of providing security and social amenities for themselves. Now very many citizens are forced to living their life without the government which is a total a deviation from what is suppose to be in a manner that is reminiscent of the state of nature as stated by Thomas Hobbes.
Those at the point of authority are in fact lawless to the point that they steal the common wealth of the nation for themselves alone leaving the masses to look up to an imaginary messiah that will save them. In fact this explain why even though Nigeria ranks high in corrupt practices, they are many religious organisations here and there.
It have been an easy task to get rid of these corrupt politicians by way of a free and fair elections but it isn't so as these governments do not emerge out of fair contest in an elections but by riggings that occur in elections and are in favour of the few elites who highjack the nation and put it in their pockets further making the government to serve their interest and not to be answerable to the people but to them alone.
Many of the individuals you find indulge in scam are educated persons that ought to have had something doing if the government had been responsible enough and not stolen the common wealth.
With a population of over 160 million Nigerians and thousands of graduates graduating each year from various educational institutions, the government seems to have no plan for the teaming population of graduates and this has made a lot of persons resort to various forms of illegality.
I am thankful to steemit for giving me an opportunity to making something out of something. I am very optimistic that very many Nigerians and people in the 3rd world enclave will make something from steem and taking a conscious leap towards development and leaving behind scam or depending governments that serves no purpose.
Once again thanks @swissclive for organising a contest as this. I think that creating more awareness as this will expose the various forms through which scam manifest and further guarding against it.
@fuhreresu