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Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by tkb417(m): 1:55pm On Feb 12, 2010
true !
i know that for sure
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by newdeal(m): 2:02pm On Feb 12, 2010
akigbemaru:

they have only collected a tiny of a colossal iceberg from reparation dues to be paid for West Africans from the most advanced crime ever committed by human (slavery) and dues for stolen West African relics and artifacts.

One crime hardly rights the wrongs of the other, there are loads of legitimate ways to address the points you raised.
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by 9jafreak: 4:37pm On Feb 12, 2010
Nigerians are lazy.

Just look at the number of students that pass SSCE, GCE, UME etc without cheating.

High School kids (even senior primary school boys) all aim for the EASY LIFE without much HARDWORK

People can keep blaming the government (yea, they su.ck!)

But TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE IT RIGHT!

Work hard, be creative

The Land is green 150 mililionnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn people

Gosh, that sounds like limitless opportunities waiting to be explored (not exploited)

In China where I have been a number of times, I am amazed to see many of the youth don't wait for the Govt to provide the jobs,  THEY MAKE THEM.

Do something right. And be content!
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by scorpio1(m): 4:50pm On Feb 12, 2010
Dis Song alone na Yahoo-Yahoo sef, At least the [b]Microsoft "MAGAS"[/b]paid well meeeennn, M.I,Banky,Cobhams,Omonwumi,Dele Momodu,make All of una enjoy , change cars,change Wardrobe, NA UNA MAGA JUST PAY!!!, LMFAO!
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by aishaah(f): 6:19pm On Feb 12, 2010
what s bad dont have any adjectivevto qualify it,does dat r in suupport of cyber crime,i pray u dont get caught one day nd nobody will be sorry for u even ur best buddies who supprt and spend ur ill gotten wealth with you,heard now dat yahoo yahoo is no more paying and now it is called yahoo plus whereby those involved now go in rituals just to maintain their standard of living n big boyism,i feel so sorry wen i see teenagers and youth who are in their formative years doing dis,where has our self esteem and intergrity gone too?am so happy for the training my parents gave us,especially our dad,i p[ray my children nd those of my siblings wil turn out to be pf good moral conducts like us,becos BIBI IRE KO SE FOWORA,lets us our prime tyme well nd leave positive marks on the sand of tyme,CRIME DOES NOT PAY,come to think of it,are dis vices nor the signs of end tyme?do check the bible and quran,i rest my case
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by gen2boi: 9:34pm On Feb 12, 2010
You shouldnt have rest your case, pls continue "the holy one"
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by gen2boi: 9:36pm On Feb 12, 2010
u guys forgot about the maga themselves who wants to collect the millions they did not work for, thats what greedy fellow deserves
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by ayettymama(f): 9:36pm On Feb 12, 2010
9ja freak

ur soo right

even 5 yr olds apply initiativ to make money
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by jpworld(m): 10:56pm On Feb 12, 2010
Microsoft should go and solve the credit card and identity theft fraud that is killing Americans.
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by A40(m): 11:22pm On Feb 12, 2010
Disclaimer: This post is simply for sarcasm purpose. If you miscrue ma mix of humor and sarcasm for anything else na you know

Yahoo-Yahoo is Nigeria's gift to the world

Iraq gave us bombers

Peru gave us china-white (heroin)

Colombia gave us cocaine

Jamaica gave us ganja

The Germans gave us beer

In other words we all have our vices

Crime rate has reduced to an extent in a lot of areas due to yahoo i dunno if y'all have noticed but i would give an example. Ma neighbourhoods in the late 90's early Two thou's was like Compton where a gunshot was like your doorbell that has kinda reduced since yahoo boiz came to town

In a nutshell Nigeria's problems are bigger than Yahoo and while Yahoo is not the way, We as a Nation have to solve those underlying problems first or else Yahoo would not die it would only multiply

Ma take on the song goes thus:

This tune is like a condom jingle! People wey go $hag raw go $hag raw. The thing is these Microsoft peeps did not do their research at all judging by the artistes they picked. Sometimes its not about the message its about the messenger! M.I, Banky W, Modele, Omawumi. These are more or less ajebo or omo mummy artistes your average runz boy/street hustler cannot relate with these fellas! Why could they not pick say a 2face, Pasuma, Obesere, Eedris, Dbanj, P-square e.t.c yeah i know some names there are ridiculous abi? But then again its not always about the message its about the messenger
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by gen2boi: 11:39pm On Feb 12, 2010
americans gave us porn, lol grin grin grin jokes
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by gen2boi: 11:40pm On Feb 12, 2010
***********mojo********* , moderator watch ursev
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by heryyy(m): 7:17am On Feb 13, 2010
I am in the game and believe me i am not happy doing it,but where do i get my daily food ?My dad is late and mom is not financially ok, I am a career minded person and from the money i make out of it i got my self a UK student visa thinking when i get here i will stop this poo and start a new life by getting a proper job and focus on my study,to my surprise i got here and student can only work for 20hrs per week,(Still fair enough,atleast i will be able to pay my house rent and feeding) last week the UK government made a new law student must not work more than 10hrs per week and that cant even pay the house rent not to talk to feeding,i have no choice than to go back to my previous means of survival,NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY DOING IT   embarassed embarassed
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by beeke(m): 11:22am On Feb 13, 2010
heryyy:

I am in the game and believe me i am not happy doing it,but where do i get my daily food ?My dad is late and mom is not financially ok, I am a career minded person and from the money i make out of it i got my self a UK student visa thinking when i get here i will stop this poo and start a new life by getting a proper job and focus on my study,to my surprise i got here and student can only work for 20hrs per week,(Still fair enough,atleast i will be able to pay my house rent and feeding) last week the UK government made a new law student must not work more than 10hrs per week and that cant even pay the house rent not to talk to feeding,i have no choice than to go back to my previous means of survival,NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY DOING IT   embarassed embarassed


my guy thank u 4 being honest, for those who said is a crime i want to ask when did voluntarily giving in anticipation of juicy tins to come becomes a crime for those who said that some times an african falls victim my take on this is simple he/she only donated to charity a.k.a sowing seed in the life of a brother
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by mrofficial(m): 12:05pm On Feb 13, 2010
No woman no cry crime. lol.
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by BLING1: 12:33pm On Feb 13, 2010
This song was recorded for the B.L.I.N.G. project which was initiated by Ohimai Godwin Amaize as an ambassador of the Microsoft Internet Safety, Security and Privacy Initiative for Nigeria (MISSPIN) a joint campaign by Microsoft and Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) which seeks to re-direct the energies of young Nigerians from cyber crime to positive online engagements.

The B.L.I.N.G. musical collaboration project which enjoys the sponsorship of Microsoft has the benefit of having Cobhams Asuquo as producer, and an impressive line-up of artistes who volunteered to support the B.L.I.N.G. project: Banky W, MI, Modele, Omawumi, Rooftop MCs, Bez and Wordsmith. Also, several Nigerian celebrities like Fela Durotoye, Dele Momodu, Denrele Edun, Ofunneka Molokwu, Iyanya etc turned up at the video shoot in Lagos in January, 2010.

According to Tim Cranton, Associate General Counsel, Microsoft "MISSPIN Ambassador Ohimai Godwin Amaize is working to shift cultural perceptions of scammers and their victims through the B.L.I.N.G. project, which unites some of Nigeria’s most influential musicians around the problem of cybercrime. Their song, “Maga No Need Pay,” challenges young Nigerians to resist the temptation of “yahoo-yahoo” and avoid creating more maga, or victims. The song, an Afro Hip-Hop and R&B fusion, is intended to help inspire both national and international audiences."

Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by aishaah(f): 4:39pm On Feb 13, 2010
gen2boi,no be fight,dere is freedom of express mind you,and i am nt claiming to be holy but at least am not into cyber crime or other bad social vices
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by RBiafra: 5:35pm On Feb 13, 2010
maga must keep on paying daily, weekly, monthly and yearly, no body can stop it! no matter the amount of the publicity maga is still maga and they must pay
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by gen2boi: 7:11pm On Feb 13, 2010
well LEFT n RIGHT kept the world moving
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by Smi1(m): 7:12pm On Feb 13, 2010
What is yahoo yahoo ?
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by lowee231: 7:43pm On Feb 13, 2010
Reading most of the arguements here made me remember something my grandmother used to tell me,
"People will always find a good reason to do the wrong thing" and unfortunately its quite true.

My two cents
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by BLING1: 8:26pm On Feb 13, 2010
Here are the lyrics of the song:

Intro:
Echo: Eh!, Eh!, Eh!, Eh-Eh!,
Maga no need pay!
For me to buy correct motor,
For me to take make my dough,
Maga no need pay!
Eh! Eh!
Maga no need pay!

Verse 1: Omawumi
Reminiscing as I walk to my car,
Thinking about how it used to be,
For Ekpoma, I dey ride okada and most times I dey soak garri,
I wanted to change the way I lived
But I didn’t have to do those things.
Now I’m rolling VIP
And all the girls wanna be like me, yeah,

Verse 2: Modele
You ask me how I deal with my reality,
Gotta tell you truly it ain’t easy, no!
I feel the pressure to find something wrong to do
Then I remember you reap what you sow!
Now I’m sitting staring at the screen of my computer,
I’m thinking really hard about what truly matters,
What with all these data, just to catch a maga,
It could have been my father, or someone else’s brother

Chorus: Banky W, Cobhams Asuquo & Omawumi

Maga no need pay!
For me to buy correct motor,
For me to take make my dough
Maga no need pay!
No need for me to go cafe
I hustle hard to make my pay
Maga no need pay
No need to do Yahoo-Yahoo (to do Yahoo-Yahoo)
Maga no need pay!
Eh! Eh!
Maga no need pay!
Eh! Eh!, Eh! Eh!

Verse 3: Banky W
Seven in the morning, it’s a brand new day
Eyes still swelling, still at the cafe
Hustling real hard from Sunday to Sunday
Hoping someday that maga will pay
But maga no need pay
For me to live correct
They call me Mr. Capable, I gat my self-respect
No need to do Yahoo-Yahoo for me to cash a cheque
I don’t need no maga, just work harder now

Verse 4: Bez
Tell me what a boy like me should do
Thought I heard the guys that rule do Yahoo-Yahoo
And if I do not do it I’m uncool
I’ll be a fool to the girls in school
But maga no need pay to get a good degree,
Or have a great opportunity
Don’t have to hack and attack,
Make use of CD cracks
We’re keepin’ it original, now you know my swag

Repeat Chorus

Verse 5: Rooftop MCs (Soulsnatcha & Sokleva)
Soulsnatcha:
Twale officer!
What’s the problem sir?
Or there’s a law against cruising in a Range sir?
Sokleva:
I don’t know what you think we are,
Cos we roll in fancy car?
We’re making the sweet money,
I call it the candy bar.
Soulsnatcha:
All those wey maga pay,
Where dem dey today?
I’m straight no deceit,
My money get receipt!
Sokleva:
I don’t mess with cybercrimes,
But I make the cypher rhyme.
I get paid for my time,
Don’t need to scam a dime!

Verse 6: Wordsmith

I’m your role model’s role model,
There’s no second guessing whom,
Wordsmith was made to make you change like a dressing room.
I’m living proof that there’s dignity in labour,
My bars is life imprisonment and this is hard labour.

Verse 7: MI
My father said I was a star before I ever spit a bar,
He said when you travel far,
Don’t forget who you are.
Represent Nigeria,
Represent for Africa.
Even when the things were hard,
I place my future in my God, (Yes, yeah)
See my nation’s reputation suffers much condemnation,
This’ our situation.
Are we cybercrime criminals? No!
We are the mineral resources of our fatherland,
We must rise and take the stand.
Every day heroes are born,
All stereotypes are torn.
Things we did to cause us harm,
We off that and now we on,
Hard work, positivity,
Truth, reliability
Expose your ability,
Change our reality,
That’s word! (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Repeat Chorus 2ice

Outro with chorus in the background: MI
Cheer!
Nigeria!
Yeah, yeah, listen everybody,
Put your BLING up right now!
BLING in this case means we’re Brilliant, we’re Legitimate, we’re Inspired, we’re Nigerian and we’re Great!
It means that we do not have to do anything that we ought not to do to make money y’all!
We just gatto apply ourselves and work hard and be creative and innovative.
Be truly Nigerian.
We will get there, y’all!

Chorus till fade
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by jidobaba(m): 8:47pm On Feb 13, 2010
F@!*%k Microsoft.
F@!*%k B.L.I.N.G.

all's fair in life.
when you know this,
thus endeth the lesson
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by shilling(f): 1:54am On Feb 15, 2010
A-40:

Disclaimer: This post is simply for sarcasm purpose. If you miscrue ma mix of humor and sarcasm for anything else na you know

Yahoo-Yahoo is Nigeria's gift to the world

Iraq gave us bombers

Peru gave us china-white (heroin)

Colombia gave us cocaine

Jamaica gave us ganja

The Germans gave us beer

In other words we all have our vices

Crime rate has reduced to an extent in a lot of areas due to yahoo i dunno if y'all have noticed but i would give an example. Ma neighbourhoods in the late 90's early Two thou's was like Compton where a gunshot was like your doorbell that has kinda reduced since yahoo boiz came to town

In a nutshell Nigeria's problems are bigger than Yahoo and while Yahoo is not the way, We as a Nation have to solve those underlying problems first or else Yahoo would not die it would only multiply

Ma take on the song goes thus:

This tune is like a condom jingle! People wey go $hag raw go $hag raw. The thing is these Microsoft peeps did not do their research at all judging by the artistes they picked. Sometimes its not about the message its about the messenger! M.I, Banky W, Modele, Omawumi. These are more or less ajebo or omo mummy artistes your average runz boy/street hustler cannot relate with these fellas! Why could they not pick say a 2face, Pasuma, Obesere, Eedris, Dbanj, P-square e.t.c yeah i know some names there are ridiculous abi? But then again its not always about the message its about the messenger

That's funny  grin.

@ B.L.I.N.G: thanks for the lyrics.

Just listened to it, it's not a bad song, quite nice actually.  Happy to see Modele, loved 'Adara'.
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by exago(m): 1:05pm On Feb 15, 2010
In the Final Analysis,  Crime does not Pay

Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by deoyel25(m): 8:56am On Feb 16, 2010
Tell the magas that the love of PU$$¥ is the beginning of payment. grin grin. So far they continue to fall cheaply for PU$$¥ picture, they will continue to pay. Insha Allah.
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by DrKiEzeUgo: 8:52pm On Feb 16, 2010
Water flows from place of abundance to place of scarcity(this is a simple law of nature). When they had nothing they started from Africa. Africa is the foundation of U.S and European wealths. I.E; it is he who have that gives to he who dont have. Now that they have it's our turn to have water flow from abundance to scarcity.
It's a disgrace for a whiteman to complain he/she sent money to Africa. How about the many years of looting in Africa during slavery and the unpaid salaries to our forefathers in their countries and in their farmlands in the Caribean?
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Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by justwise(m): 2:50am On Feb 17, 2010
ayettymama:

9ja freak

your soo right

even 5 yr olds apply initiativ to make money



God bless u, i went through all ur post on this topic and i got nothing but respect for u.
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by justwise(m): 2:52am On Feb 17, 2010
R.Biafra:

maga must keep on paying daily, weekly, monthly and yearly, no body can stop it! no matter the amount of the publicity maga is still maga and they must pay

Its funny how some of ur criminals think, now stealing is something to be proud of? Ur days will soon be numbered.
Re: Nigeria Uses Celebrity Power To Stem Cybercrime by justwise(m): 2:58am On Feb 17, 2010
heryyy:

I am in the game and believe me i am not happy doing it,but where do i get my daily food ?My dad is late and mom is not financially ok, I am a career minded person and from the money i make out of it i got my self a UK student visa thinking when i get here i will stop this poo and start a new life by getting a proper job and focus on my study,to my surprise i got here and student can only work for 20hrs per week,(Still fair enough,atleast i will be able to pay my house rent and feeding) last week the UK government made a new law student must not work more than 10hrs per week and that cant even pay the house rent not to talk to feeding,i have no choice than to go back to my previous means of survival,NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY DOING IT embarassed embarassed

Its good to be honest but then again, the choice is urs, but onething is sure. . pay back day is around the corner, things are hard will not be an acceptable excuse, this is UK, u can run but u can't hide. Many Nigerians are kissing the prison bar now cos of fraud and many more will follow. Good luck.

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