A Nigerian man has taken to social media to expose the hub of Internet fraud which has its origin dating as far back as 1998.
The man had taken to his X account, @samson_at, to post a picture of a newspaper clipping that reported that Nigerians had stolen over ten billion Naira from American citizens, with about two million 419 letters seized from entering into the country.
In the newspaper report, they had said;
“Nigeria’s image came under severe bashing yesterday following startling revelations by the United States postal inspectors that they have seized and destroyed two million 419 letters from Nigeria at New York’s Kennedy airport, this year alone”.
To further prove his point, the man has posted another newspaper article dated 1995, where a young 22 year old girl, a youth corper at the time, was asking the Newspaper counselor, Aunty Temi, if her boyfriend was into Internet fraud as he had no visible means of income.
See Netizens reactions:
@Tharraleos231 said: The Elders always say ‘Nothing is new under the sun’.
@_DuroJaiyeJnr said: So even our forefathers dey bomb ?????
@Tito_Aina said: This is where the word Bomb was derived from ???????????????? in terms of scamming.
@mxyzzyxM said: Old takers, you think all the big old men you hear about nowadays made their money legitimately?
@am_juelz said: It didn’t start today, the Internet only amplified it…
@nzekiev said: Now, this same generation are saying that we don’t value honest work. I’m glad to love reading history cos I learned to never take them serious. ????????
6 Responses
I don’t believe this before this era did you know how the big men in our society makes their money then this generation is a child play compared to the one that are coming don’t be fool bro
Its has been since e the beginning,but then,there was no internet,no computer and no phone,it was face to face then,they come to tell you sweet things about one very professionally business,you key into it,pay money and they are off. It has been from the beginning
This has existed many years ago , the difference is there was no internet. Reason why the fraudulent oldies birthed their younglings who are also fraudulent. Some of them have mutated to refined methods
There is always history it would have been better if the system or internet can be harness more better than fraudulent Acts
Lobatan!!!! Hmmm! Wetin miss don see for gate since him start gateman work nor be here o. So fraud don dey since sef . May God help us o.
Sure it really nice to know the origin of a particular thing I feel that the internet only make it more known but this has been on before now