Q: I got a message from a man who says I have many millions of dollars in a bank account in Nigeria. I have never been to Nigeria!!!!! How long would it take for Nigerian dollars be able to transfer to my bank account?

A: Although I have never personally been burned by this, the general consensus is that any emails regarding Nigeria are scams. Fortunately I think I have found a solution for this. Forward all your emails with the word "Nigeria" to a gmail account I've registered-- nigeria_scam@gmail.com This will automatically forward the email to the International Internet Security Beuro with an attached form letter I've written explaining the situation. This group automatically forwards its emails to the appropriate organization in the country of your email's origin. When both sides have this same data, they should be able to create some sort of algorithm to stop the majority of email originating in Nigeria. That is, if their spam filter doesn't block it. -Terry