maasoap:

We don't have a working system in Nigeria, agreed. But saying 100% of the population are criminals is a truth stretched too far. He's a racist, simple.

There is nothing racist about this situation. We have a problem that has gotten to epidemic level, screaming racism can't make it go away. THE WRITER OF THAT PEICE OBSERVED US NIGERIANS WELL. Black people using racism as an excuse to discredit the truth is old school and no longer holds water.

I always sayin it, most dangerous human being on earth is people with high education and high qualification. Mr man you are totally right.

seen the blog article
From his comments, the guy is racist. an unrepentant one at that

Ishilove:
This is awkward...

An ignorant racist writes nonsense and some Nigerians are accepting it as gospel truth.

While we accept that Nigeria is a country bedevilled by corruption, this kind of generalisation has rendered the article nonsensical. How can you say 'every Nigerian is a scammer'? The most notorious scammers in history are Americans, Europeans and Asians. Every crook hiding in cyberspace can claim to be Nigerian because we already have a bad rep.

I dismissed the entire article when the silly writer inferred that Nairobi is in West Africa. I cannot take the thoughts of such an ignorant person seriously, whether black or white.

As for the Emmanuel who commented on the blog, he evidently belongs to that class of Nigerians in Diaspora who display their rock bottom self esteem and inferiority complex by being more American than the Americans.

Crap!

Make I agree with you because my heart just can't take the article...

TheVictorious:


See shallowness every where, exactly the point.

Why the hell did you just overlook the points, just to turn this whole thing into a superiority contest.

They have made valid points that depict "the average Nigerian". Can you deny that fact

Now let me ask you some questions:

"Britons are white". Fact, but does it mean every single british citizen is a white man??

"Germans are tall". Does it mean that every single German is tall??

Answer that first.

Shallowness A man wakes up in the morning to insult my home and you expect me to accept all he said hook line and sinker.

Let me ask you this....

America has the highest number of inmates in prison, guess they are all Nigerians abi....?

See every country has its fair share of good and bad individuals, but trying to magnify Nigeria's own as if all all Americans are saints is what am against. yes there are scammers in Nigeria, does it mean you and I are one

blueseacats:
There is nothing racist about this situation. We have a problem that has gotten to epidemic level, screaming racism can't make it go away. THE WRITER OF THAT PEICE OBSERVED US NIGERIANS WELL. Black people using racism as an excuse to discredit the truth is old school and no longer holds water.

He made generalisations.

lets say 1000 Nigerians are scammers out of 200 million Nigerians, it it fair to call all Nigerians scammers

kahara:
I am a citizen of a country without a leader, a country where every way na way as long as it leads to somewhere. The above account I believe it to be true, the whole truth, nothing but the truth. What do you expect when even the leader of the supposedly giant of Africa has scammed his subjects not once but twice! So help our country men and women, save us from evil doers Lord.




Amen.


Nota Belle: Please who has heard from our President General himself? I hope nothing untoward has taken place.

It's Nota bene and not belle. Stop the lexical impropriety!


Oh you're welcome

fuckerstard:
I have been avoiding everyone from that land; in fact, I have been avoiding everyone from West Africa in general because I did some research and I found out that the countries around Nigeria are just about as bad as Nigeria.

This one weak me finish. The guy is not exaggerating tho

I purchased DSTV explora2 from this dstv installer shop, he sold it for me at 42K incuding installation. When I visited Dstv office in GRA yesterday to link 2 decoders na him i ask the guys there for the Explora 2 price and he said it's 20K.

The guy scammed me almost double the price, Corruption is in our framework. Almost everybody wants to use opportunity to scam you.

Bros there's no explora2 sold @ 20k with the free one month subscription. Could be it's just the box with no subscription in it. The least of explora2 price is 42k and thats the compact bouquet. The premium bouquet is 52k while the compact+ bouquet is 47,100k. Maybe the guy at GRA office was talking about the Zapper decoder but definitely not Explore 2.

Try and work with educated black man and educated white man you will find the truth.

maasoap:

We don't have a working system in Nigeria, agreed. But saying 100% of the population are criminals is a truth stretched too far. He's a racist, simple.

From a sample space of 10, 8 are bad; 2 are good, what would be your judgment?

SalamRushdie:


I won't waste my time to argue with any Nigerian over this ...The truth is that there is no were on earth where I have seen so many dishonest and crooked people in my life ..Are you aware that there are more Nigerians in foriegn jails than any nationality on earth ? Even small children as small as 5 years are already cheats in Nigeria.. I have not met a single honest Nigerian except myself since I was born even clerics in Nigeria are dishonest ..See madam I know before the day runs out you will gladly cheat someone if the opportunity shows up ..Instead of you to accept the truth as usual you have taken to the denial path most Nigerians prefer ..Oya kontinu

So u mean even ur parents are crooks? Ehe tell me something.

The bloody whites are worst off mtcheeeeew!

MajorGomwalk:


Good. Then raise a superior argument by countering theirs with actual facts and figures. I meant no offence at all but I just could not associate with that bit of half-truth in your previous post. All the best, bro

America has the highest number of prison inmates in the whole world.......he should concentrate on that first, let him remove the log in his eyes first.

Every country has its fair share of good and bad individuals, ours shouldn't be magnified out of proportion.

This is not an excuse for the bad ills of our country, but am standing up for myself and all the good Nigerians, he shouldn't generalise.

blueseacats:
I you have lived in a first world society, then am surprised that you somehow found a way to partially defend this madness going on in the Nigerian soceity.

Do you know what he does where he claimed he lives, maybe na 419 he dey do there.They think some people support this write up cuz they hate Nigeria, no we don't we love our country we want best for our Nation

cliper230:
bros its not few people . its the majority of people because 84% of nigerians are scammers either offline or online scammers. even your babe dey scam you self and papa they scam mama, pastor they scam their members . its way of life for high percentage of Nigerians.

Hahahaha. This guy don kee me o. I o invite EFCC to my house and church then.

holocron:


Its not even up to 10,000. Don't kid yourself. Its just like the identification of italians with mafia, or the chinese with kung fu. What's the percentage of chinese are kung fu masters; or what % of italians are associated with mafia? Its all stereotypes. Americans are associated with gun violence. In the early1980s (strange but true), A Nigerian father actually stopped his son from an American university scholarship because "u may be gunned down in New York, I cant risk you".

Because of the author's work on Nigerian Internet fraud, he is inundated with it, he cant see straight anymore. There is a lot wrong with Nigeria and Nigerians, but not worse than other peoples. The country seems worse because of the lack of effective Government to hold people in check. The oyibos are actually very depraved compared to us, but their Government is holding them on a tight leash else they would run a mock and destroy themselves and even the whole world. Think about it, all the corrupt and sordid things of this earth - who initiates and wallows in it? Prostitution (they have even legalized it in some countries), child pornography, child molestation, serial murder, mass murder, genocide, sexual pervertions, drug cartels, ponzi schemes,u name it. This last MMM ponzi fraud sweeping the world, is it also Nigerians?

Nigerians are just learning the ropes, and copying from the masters, just as we try to ape every other thing, good or bad.

The OP is jus indignant that whites are being made a fool of. Only a corrupt and naive fool would fall for the naija 419 scams, by attempting to gain or reap from the black man without sowing or giving back. The 419 works because the whites have gotten used to cheating the African, and now, that susceptibility is being used against them. If they didnt have that mindset of taking advantage of 'dumb' Africans, the 419 scheme wouldnt work.

Its an unfortunate turn of events.

Yahoo scams can only catch a fellow scammer and thief. They have the impression that Africa is suffering so bad. So how come they fall for the tricks that someone wants to give them so much money to take out of an already suffering Africa? How is that person supposed to achieve moving that much money without plunging the so called suffering Africa into more crises? Of course through crime. But they quickly send money so they can profit from an obvious crime or with the intention of investing a little and chancing the African of the whole money moved. To fall for that cheap Yahoo scam, you most definitely must be a scammer.

Joavid:


He made generalisations.

lets say 1000 Nigerians are scammers out of 200 million Nigerians, it it fair to call all Nigerians scammers

Generalizations, in my opinion is just a measure of how deeply rooted a situation or a knowledge is within an entity or a person. "The exam board will say 70% is the pass mark" , that does not mean you know 100% of the subject. They are just assuming, ( generalizing) that if you know 70% then you know it all.

To most of us Nigeria's scam situation has gotten to a level where you can confidently say, Nigeria is a scam country.

NO LIES IN THIS POST AT ALL. ESPECIALLY, THE JOHN'S ACCOUNT WAS VERY MUCH ACCURATE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE GOOD, NEAT AND HONEST PEOPLE AMONGST US, NOT ONLY THOSE WHO HAS BEEN ARRESTED BY JESUS, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO COULD BE ENTRUST WITH OUR AFFAIRS BUT, THE "CORRUPTISTS" ARE VERY POWERFUL AND IN MAJORITY. EVERYTHING IS JUST TOO CORRUPT, THEREFORE, NOTHING SEEMS CORRUPT!!

DOING A NORMAL THING IN AN ABNORMAL ENVIRONMENT IS SUICIDAL. NIGERIA IS JUST TOO ABNORMAL A SETTINGS.
I AGREED CRITICISM WOULD SOLVE SOME ISSUE BUT SENSITIZATION WOULD FINISH THE JOB.

1. TELLING FRIENDS/FAMILY U CAN NEVER STEAL WHAT DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU ANYWHERE, EVEN IN GOVERNMENT = TO SOME, YOU ARE A LIAR AND TO SOME, YOU ARE INSANE.

2.ACCEPTING YAHOO BOYS AS PART OF US IN THE SOCIETY IS PATHETIC.

3.MONEY RATHER THAN LOVE IS NOW A NORM.

4.RITUAL KILLINGS, COMMUNAL CONFLICT, RELIGION CONFLICT,POLITICAL AND ETHNICITY CONFLICTS ARE NOW THE TOOLS BY THE CORRUPTIST TO LOOT THE MASSES.

5.JUDICIARY IS NOW A POINT WHERE ALL KNOWN CRIMINALS ARE VINDICATED.

SalamRushdie:


I won't waste my time to argue with any Nigerian over this ...The truth is that there is no were on earth where I have seen so many dishonest and crooked people in my life ..Are you aware that there are more Nigerians in foriegn jails than any nationality on earth ? Even small children as small as 5 years are already cheats in Nigeria.. I have not met a single honest Nigerian except myself since I was born even clerics in Nigeria are dishonest ..See madam I know before the day runs out you will gladly cheat someone if the opportunity shows up ..Instead of you to accept the truth as usual you have taken to the denial path most Nigerians prefer ..Oya kontinu

Well, say what you know.. I'm not denying the fact that there are lots of corrupt minded Nigerians. You can't say they are all corrupt. Are all whites racists, Are all south African blacks xenophobic? Are all Indians scammers? Are all Philippines women prostitutes? Are all Nigerians in diaspora criminals? Are all Edo women witches? Are all Northerners Boko haram? Are all Muslim Terrorists? Are all Pastors corrupt? No one is say that article is wrong. The generalization is the core issue.

If you say you are a criminal, Fine bruh.. Don't put all of us in the same bracket or basket.. Corruption is a thing we all have to tackle..

Don't start throwing words around like you've met all 180 million Nigerians and they all duped you..

konfused:



America has the highest number of prison inmates in the whole world.......he should concentrate on that first, let him remove the log in his eyes first.

Every country has its fair share of good and bad individuals, ours shouldn't be magnified out of proportion.

This is not an excuse for the bad ills of our country, but am standing up for myself and all the good Nigerians, he shouldn't generalise.

America has one of the best legal and law enforcement units in the world. I think your argument in paragraph one is severely flawed.

If we had such legal system and police force, more people would probably be in jail here.

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What he wrote about Nigerians is exactly why Nigerians hate Nigerians.

The only people vouching for Nigerians are the ones on the receiving end. Work ethics and professionalism? Not without stringent supervision. Even the first citizen cannot trust his life with Nigerian doctors. Yeah. That's really inspirational. A good ambassador indeed!

Customs, military, police, politicians, the clergy; name one group of Nigerian representatives that anyone could trust. Crime is the only prerequisite to leadership. Take a closer look at your politicians. Nigerians sure know how to choose them.

Nigerians do not trust Nigerians. How do you expect foreigners to trust Nigerians? Like the saying goes, " na as goat take stand dem dey price am". I trust Nigerians. Sadly it is only about 0.000000001% of them. Take it or leave it.

Be angry all you want. A beggar has no choice. He who pays the piper determines the tune. Nigerian government and Nigerians are easily stretching out hands for free gifts. They want aid from the West. But they have $2bn to waste on bribery during election. They have $43m lying idle in a secluded apartment. Name one invention from Nigeria. Nada. Nigerians may choose how they see themselves. But that delusion ends once they present the green passport at any border. Racism, xenophobia--these are terms you hear from Nigerians while they nuture ethnicism and tribalism. If whites and fellow Africans hate Nigerians, it is time for sober reflection.
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F**king racist white trash redneck. Nigerians are the most educated immigrant group in the US.

Amberon:
This guy is not lying at all. While I lived in eastern Europe, I got to understand these things more. I met some guys who were internet scammers. All their Nigerian friends who lived there (and i mean all with the exception of none) were internet scammers too. Eventually one got arrested (he's probably still in jail now) and several others fled the country for fear of being arrested too. One ran to Ghana after he was caught withdrawing money from western union with fake documents. He was under strict investigation and fled the country using a fake passport (which is another crime). Apparently he would create fake bank websites that are identical to the original websites. Imputing your credit card details in those websites would result in him getting all your information and subsequently he would "wire" out every penny you have. I also got to know that they did a lot of online shopping with stolen cards.

We shouldn't play the"racism card". The op is 100% correct. This op isn't exaggerating at all. Nigerians have also destroyed the reputation of Malaysia. A cyber cafe was busted in Lagos for habiting fraudsters and the locals all came out to support the fraudsters.

We don't need to lie to ourselves, the op isn't saying that EVERY Nigerian is bad, he is simply saying that an overwhelming majority of us are bad and that is the gospel truth if we mean to be truthful to ourselves. Look around and you'll find that several of your colleagues steal office property when the opportunity arises.

My friend, as a former computer wiz, I can assure you that Nigerians are at the rock bottom of the pyramid, and the pyramid stretches time and region.

We can blame Nigerians for somethings, but not most things.

I can even date the period Nigerians started on the phishing/internet fraud scene.

At the top are Russians/Chinese/Koreans. Theyve dominated the criminal underworld since inception. These criminals have roots in government and are well coordinated/trained/funded. Their hackers/fraudsters are truly sublime in the craft. They purloin millions at a time and usually target the frabric that hold together modern banking. Even with with the knowledge of Interpol, they make illicit money by 'any' means necessary.

Followed by Indians and Arabs.This group we call the big buyers. They buy high-end tools created by their antecedents for either retail or personal use. Sometimes they become proficient enough to create their own, but this is rare.

Then Western Europeans. Usually, they buy such tools for monetary gains and corporate espionage.

Then Americans,

Finally Nigerians

Why Nigerians find themselves mingled in such contraversy is because we are so loud.

Identity fraud is much bigger than Africa as a whole. Africans procure these identities from second hand sellers, not even the direct source. Like drugs, Nigerians are seen as the face of drug distribution because we like the Oga feeling even at our own detriment. But the world knows Nigerians arent remotely close the to the master planner of such operations, which is mired in grotesque violence and apathy for life.

Poverty is to blame for Nigerias flamboyance. When a poor man receives his first illicit cheque he is bound to misbehave.

blueseacats:
Generalizations, in my opinion is just a measure of how deeply rooted a situation or a knowledge is within an entity or a person. "The exam board will say 70% is the pass mark" , that does not mean you know 100% of the subject. They are just assuming, ( generalizing) that if you know 70% then you know it all.

To most of us Nigeria's scam situation has gotten to a level where you can confidently say, Nigeria is a scam country.

If you read his reply to the comments on the blog, you'd see he's an unrepentant racist.

Only an ill informed person with deep rotted hatred can make such generalisations.

blueseacats:
I you have lived in a first world society, then am surprised that you somehow found a way to partially defend this madness going on in the Nigerian soceity.

I don't defend anything. You need to be in their own society to appreciate what you have. they wrote about Nigerians not training their children and many nonsense. Go to America and you know the meaning Juvenile delinquency. GO to America and see how all of the have turn to nihilists, gays, transgenders, weirdos, suicidals and any evil thing you can think of. High majority of them are addicted to drugs. All the societal ills are very high in the socalled First World countries. You'll appreciate what you have when you see what others have turned into.

fallout87:
Why won't they say this? Since of these are racists who hate anything that isn't white, but some are saying the truth.

I was attacked in a thread for saying an Igbo woman shouldn't make fake gucci and versace shoes. They were mad at me because to them it is okay to make bootleg items.

With trash like that why wouldn't Nigeria be backward.

I was on that thread fighting with u back to back....it was an eye opener to the level of tolerance and support Nigerians have for crime. I'm not saying every Nigerian is a criminal....but a very large part of our population is corrupt.

we haven't got that critical mass of honest people to qualify as a just society. Alot if people that lynch thieves on the street are themselves into one form of crime or the other. Na anybody them catch be thief. If you are not caught yet...you can be a judge.

walexy100:
70% of Nigerian male graduates are going into yahoo yahoo. Yahoo yahoo is fast becoming a norm. Police officers get their own shares too.

Western Union Western Union Western Union. That's the channel they get their ill-gotten money home.

If you don't want to do it, you will be forced when you see your mates buying cars worth N10million, buying houses e.t.c

Even bankers collect their own shares too.

Although the article is full of exaggerations, there is no dispute that some of the things noted are true.

A country where students do not read and are always on the lookout for 'expos' to help them pass.

I was in a grad trainee programme of a Nigerian coy not too long ago, during the course of the test conducted at the end I can boldly say over 70% of us who participated in the test cheated all through because supervision was virtually non existent. The irony is it is those who were said to have finished with a first class, the alhajas and the pastors who were at the forefront of the malpractice mentioned.

The question I asked myself was if this set of people can not be faithful in something as small as writing tests, won't this people run the company down?

We really have a long way to go as a nation.

fuckerstard:
I have been avoiding everyone from that land; in fact, I have been avoiding everyone from West Africa in general because I did some research and I found out that the countries around Nigeria are just about as bad as Nigeria.

This one weak me finish. The guy is not exaggerating tho

I purchased DSTV explora2 from this dstv installer shop, he sold it for me at 42K incuding installation. When I visited Dstv office in GRA yesterday to link 2 decoders na him i ask the guys there for the Explora 2 price and he said it's 20K.

The guy scammed me almost double the price, Corruption is in our framework. Almost everybody wants to use opportunity to scam you.

That's not corruption; everybody has it price,and next time find out the prices of item before going to buy. Prices varie.

enimooko:
Let Lindsay tell Americans stop hiding proceeds of of stolen monies. Arrest their governor of CBN for allowing such slush funds to Stay one day in their economy.
Ask Switzerland to stop their fraudulent banking and OR allow third world countries to do the same.

I don't care a white thief is same as a black thief.

While will you care when you probably benefit from the scams.
Don't know why it is so difficult for some people to put forward
rational arguments.

CC: Banmee , pippimp

*smiles* some valid points byn made...

Scamming tho, Nigeria still deyy learn work near Russia and China

Two countries America fear, so they can't cross d line

Blacks have to be scape-goats...cos wee can't do shii tho