Originally Posted by
dook
If it's Tanzania I think it is the Williamson diamond mine.
When I lived in Uganda, my wife to be bought 100,000UGX worth of "diamonds" that had been "smuggled" out of the mine.
I did tell her that it was likely to be a scam, but she went ahead anyway, even going to the bank to get the money out.
Nice bits of glass anyway. And it was only £30, but as she only earned 300,000UGX a month before tax, so it was a fair hit for her.