The real cost their fraudulent ways.

The BBC article talks about how some fraudulent bovaz cost UK billions of pounds, I am more interested in the hidden costs of this schemes for Nigerians home and abroad.
The PhD student from a poor family who was denied visa, because Naija folks are fraudulent. Dude, would have received a Nobel prize in 2015, but now dude is stuck at a dead end job in Lagos. The grand-mother denied a visa because Nigerians are fraudulent, now she is stuck with pictures and phone calls.
Nigerians can not send Western Union transfers from the comfort of their homes, while people from other countries can.
Kids who quit school to focus on the full time job of sending emails.
And to that brother who lost his girlfriend to a scammer who recently made a hit, I'd say keep your head up, everything is going to be alright.