It's probably because the Nigerian government were the only ones to pass an actual penal code (419) outlawing such things - which kind of gave rise to the association - by flagging it in particular they've ingrained that stereotype into people's minds.
And I'm not even sure a country based analysis is appropriate anyway.
In reality there's multiple sources of course.
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