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RE: ANNOUNCEMENT: The Nigerian Millionaire Prince is Dead – Long live the Nigerian Contest. LITTLE THINGS MEANS ALOT. I>PLAY.
That’s mah Savage girl and you have such a lovely accent too! If anything, you could be adopted and that would Be considered a true entry !? Right ... or Is it ...
Yeah, if people can change their gender identity why can't I change my nationality identity. Awesome. I now identify as Nigerian.
:D
It's not a good time to be a Nigerian, trust me. The kinda things happening over here wouldn't make you too proud
I even tell folks I'm a Ghanaian. (covers face)
I don't know too much about Nigeria tbh. The only Nigerians I 'know' are on Steemit. What's happening that's bothering you there?
Hmm
Snakes and monkeys are 'sallowing'monies (the kind of shameless lies we hear). Government says they've dealt with Boko Haram only for them to strike again, kidnapping more girls
Epileptic power supply, everyone practically has to provide their own security, power and water.
Civil workers haven't been paid salaries for months and internet fraud is rising each day (so much that it's becoming a norm)
Lemme stop at that.
I don't want to paint my country black
OMG the schoolgirl kidnappings. I heard about that! Jesus. Islam has a lot to answer for. Nasty stuff. Sorry you're having to deal with that. How scary and oppressive for people to live through this. Wow.
Sorry... this is mindblowing. I can't even imagine having to provide your own security, power and water. Wow.
Sorry, all I can say is 'wow'. Totally inadequate response, I know, but...
What can we do to help?
Lol. My friends need to see this. We're thinking of how to leave this country and you want to help? Wow! You have a kind heart Anj
I think this country has to sink first. There are so many lies we tell ourselves, so many false bonds that hold us together. Most people play lip service to nation building. The good guys with brains and the vision don't stand a chance. Because some other people are benefiting from the rot.
I've got great hopes for Nigeria. I just think she needs to see herself for what she truly is. Only then can true and long-lasting change occur. Until then, life continues as usual (and my friends and I keep thinking of how to leave this country)
That's awful, to be at such a place where you consider leaving your country. Sure, I'll help however I can but I'm pretty sure I can only marry one of you to get on a visa here hahaha.
Yes, when countries are in chaos, the bad guys find a way to profit from the mess.
Have youz come up with any good solutions? Ideas that will help the most people? If all the good guys leave, it just gives the bad guys more scope to play what's left over.
Good solutions?
Not yet
Not even thinking of any yet
Scratchn my head on this one ... LOL!
I would refer to DM otherwise you might try to go SAVAGE on me ... then I'd have to go SAVAGE and then we'd just be SAVAGn each other ... no bueno. :p
i know many nigerians living in NYC doing great, they pile up on american goods and run back to nigeria to sell them at local shops. they wear beautiful clothes, marry american women and build gorgeous homes back in nigeria.
i have also been subject to scams via email and many other things where nigerians are involved. but then i reported them to the federal gvt here and they were taken care of. scammers will not get far with me ...
Aye to the first one. That's why we want to leave too. Maybe we can also "wear beautiful clothes, marry [...] and build gorgeous homes back in nigeria." Most importantly, we want to be published abroad.
About the scams, well, congrats. You're American so you're a choice target. I even get scam mails too. Over here, we call them 'G-boys'. G for Google/Gmail. It used to be Yahoo boys but...
I don't want to implicate myself but I can tell you that G-boys are in vogue over here. They don't even hide it. For some, it's a matter of pride, like its hard work. (and sometimes, it can be hard though). There are even songs about them.
Everytime people see me clacking against my keyboard, they assume I'm 'working'.
About reporting them, well, not this dude.
Yeah well to be honest that is why many of us Americans want to tighten our borders. It’s been done and played out. We have our own issues and our people need our economy to work for us. Our education and money need to be forbidden those to rebuild our own lives and the scams can stay in other countries.
Ive always wondered why other countries just don’t set up their own publishing.
Yeah I have no problem reporting to governments since it works.
Smiles
I get the sentiment. We did same for Ghanaians too at some point. Only that Ghana suddenly overtook us.
I know the US has issues. Funny, if I had a choice, I would choose Egypt.
About publishing, we have publishing firms over here, and good ones too. It's just the exposure that matters. Being published abroad gives you some kinda edge. The most popular writers in Nigeria made their names abroad and then were celebrated by the Nigerian community. It rarely happens the other way round (unless you're well connected)
About reporting in Nigeria, like I told you, almost everyone knows at least one G-boy over here. There's so much poverty and frustration that no one cares anymore. If only you know how many times I've been advised to join them, since I can spurn tales easily. I need to stop here before I indict myself
omg ovetook you? thats scary!! sad that each country doesnt have their own publishing or ways to help their own people, especially from those who “made it.”
hahahaha indict yourself ... how if you say you refused ...
See my response to Anj
I remember reading Ben Okri's The Famished Road. It won the Booker Prize. Awesome novel. Everyone should read it.
Yes, people do desperate things in times of high stress and poverty, that's for sure. Maybe they see the likes of us westerners living in luxury. But, often, the victims of G-boy scams are not rich. They're usually just normal people who work damn hard just to make ends meet themselves. They're lured by the idea of making a bit of extra money COZ THEY NEED IT! The scams don't touch rich people. They ruin other people who are also struggling.
I think you can make it honestly without damaging other people. For sure. People already have a hard time trusting Nigerians because of the G-boy reputation. Why not change that?
I haven't read the book. I think I'll after I'm through with the one I'm reading.
(I'm making all of this up)
Smiles. Not all of the schemes involved getting rich. There are different kind. Some involve impersonation. I steal a white lady's profile (one who has an active social media life so I can get get fresh pictures) , use VPN to change my IP and sign up on an European dating site (facebook works too) . There I connect with a guy and 'begin' a relationship. Then I tell him I lost my job or my mum is sick or problem with the bank or anything. The minimum wage here is $50/month. If I have ten guys on my list and each sends about $100 per week, hallelujah. Of course I would have more than ten and keep changing them.
Or I could claim to have a charity and want you to donate. Or I've got a house to sell, or a tractor.
(Remember I'm making all of this up.)
There are a million and one ways to scam. The get-rich schemes are almost outdated. These days, they play on your emotions, intelligence or both.
That's the irony. You only know they are Nigerians after they are caught. They know you don't trust Nigerians, but you trust a profile with a white man's picture on the display and pictures to back up his claims. For the ones with Nigerian profiles, no luck. Even if they're 'genuine'
The same thing happens on fiverr and upwork (in my dream world). Nigerians who make it there have false accounts. No one trusts a Nigerian.
Because the people at the top are suffering from constipation caused by overstuffing themselves with the nation's wealth so they don't give a shit.
Without technology, without the internet, a guy like me might never be able to chat with an European. Over here, I don't count in the grand scheme of things. So what should I do? Engage in a fight I won't win? Join the bandwagon and have my conscience turn into a haunting demon? Nah, I just close my eyes, create a world of my own and try to make the best out of the cards I've been dealt
Yes, that happens here in the UK too.
We get people from all over the world coming here but instead of working, many just get themselves on government benefits, get free housing, furniture & clothing, free healthcare, free schooling, and live happily ever after without putting a damn penny in the pot.
Then try to change our laws! At the moment, some immigrants are pushing for Sharia Law in England!!!!!! Now that pisses me off. If they love Sharia so much, why not just stay in the country that already has Sharia Law? SMH.
yup! the usa is rather done with that one with this presidency and hopefully for eternity.
plenty of poor people in out own country that need help.
i totally agree about laws and how people feel they have a right to chnage things and not a citizen or having paid taxes ones entire life into the economy. smh
Lol yes, Trump put that one in order really quickly. Good job! He can see what a disaster the immigration policies in Europe are.
total Disaster, his exact words too lol
If only there was a word deeper than savage
She killed it!
why are you always trolling our posts ?? :p
Who?
Me?
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