The original email scam came out of nigeria, but these days they come from all over, mainly west african countries. About a year ago I had my email account hacked into and the perp sent an email to all my contacts saying I was stranded in senegal and could i borrow some money for the flight home Funny thing was I had my online bank details (usename/passowrd etc) stored in my drafts. He could have completely wiped me out if had been smart enough