If we accept the assumption that $36b really is in actual Nigeria based scammers, and the government were able to comply and threatened or started to comply, th

If we accept the assumption that $36b really is in actual Nigeria based scammers, and the government were able to comply and threatened or started to comply, they could also tax scam income 2.5% for government to have the same funds from this one scam alone. But without taxing scams directly, there are massive trickle down effects that probably amount to more than 2.5% being siphoned off to taxes.