For those that can't get enough of the Nigerian email scam, this 22 October Slate article suggests that the scam is creating increased Internet access:

Heartless as it may sound, there's a silver lining to the digitization of 419. The proliferation of cybercafes in Nigeria can be linked directly to the demand supplied by 419ers, who form the establishments' core clientele. Walk into an Internet cafe in Lagos, and chances are that a good percentage of the terminals are occupied by men masquerading as Laurent Kabila's long-lost son or as a rogue official at the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Somehow, I think, Internet fraud is not the answer for reducing the Digital Divide.