Aug 6, 2005 4:43 PM

Nigerian Net Grifters Doing Fine

"Congratulations, you are our lucky winner!" Tens of thousands of e-mails originating in Nigerian internet cafes announce riches to recipients. Some fork over lots of cash, never to hear from the senders again.

LAGOS, Nigeria -- Day in, day out, a strapping, amiable 24-year-old who calls himself Kele B. heads to an internet cafe, hunkers down at a computer and casts his net upon the cyber-waters.

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