No honestly, don't row against the river. Turn your origin to your advantage. Try to get the funds from people in Senegal or within that community in France. Will certainly be much easier to impress someone there than wealthy people in London, NY or wherever.
Not sure why you are bringing up examples like these. Makes no sense.That is like saying someone in the US that they need to see a drugsdealer or another criminal organisation to get funded... I'm sure that the majority, like 99.9%, of people in Senegal are not the person you get emails from. And I'm also sure that the biggest scams on the internet you can find are from other regions then Senegal.
And I'm also sure that the biggest scams on the internet you can find are from other regions then Senegal.