The Nigerian Fraud Dilemma.
How do you convince a foreigner that you are a Nigerian but not fraudulent, especially when it comes to online transactions?
It is really a pain. Defending yourself out of the mess, if you happen to find yourself in one. Being the victim’s to the “Mugu’s” greed Sympathisers. Helping someone perform an illegal activity such as money laundering and later shouting out to the world that he duped you, is not just the thing.
Is Nigeria, especially victimised in the sense of mis-treatment, considering the rates of fraud in the USA, which is at an alarming rate?
Do the frauded “Mugu’s” deserve the attention they are getting?
Is there a solution to the current menace?
I cant help but ask more and more questions, but nevertheless I leave it to you to answer, because I myself , I am confused now. The crime has just begun, and the EFCC or whatever they called them need to tackle it from another angle, because as far as I know, helping an accomplice of crime, is not justice. Desperation, breaking the law and greed should be treated with equal fairness.
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January 21st, 2006 at 4:58 AM
Has anyone tried to defraud you? If they have, did you lose so much… if not why didn’t you fall a victim?
One of the major reasons people fall victim to the fraudsters is mere GREED. People who want to make fast buck definitely will fall victim to fraudsters.
I think we have castigated the fraudsters enough… lets change gear and lecture the would-be victims. Greed begets greed. Some businesses are too rosy.Don’t give in to such.
January 21st, 2006 at 4:32 PM
I feel you! And the 419 stigma goes beyond the internet…itfollows you anywhere you go-literally. It is now customary for foreigners- especially during business transactions- to put you “under the microscope” once they hear the word “Nigeria”. It weights and slows you down. I have live with this all the time.
Not thanks to the good-for-nothing 419-letter- writting knuckle heads!!!
Well, the victims ususlly hides under the umbrella of “Trust”…Trust my brown.*** !!!
The first thing my mama taught me was to be wary of “people to promise the extraordinary”- you know what I mean. Whether these victims have cottonwool for brains I do not know, but it is high time someone sat down these “trusting-greedy-morons” tell them as it is!