Since government officials and the National assembly are too busy stealing, they have left ordinary Nigerian unprotected from all kinds of exploitation. The mobile telecoms companies have now realized that lottery and ponzi scheme is much more profitable that actually providing services, and so aggressively pursue their lottery schemes in the guise of promotions. MTN is ready to send you text morning day and mid night disturbing you to send the N100 - almost by force. They can send you over ten text messages a day, meanwhile they can not give subscribers even one free text message as is done abroad. The most annoying aspect is that it is the poor, vulnerable and desperate people in the society that suffers the most. Meanwhile the companies rake in millions daily without providing any service.

So please help spread the word, tell everybody you know that the so called promotions are nothing more than a ponzi scheme.

In the meanwhile, share some of these messages with us so we can have a good laugh.

Here are some sent to me by MTN.

LAST CHANCE! MTN want you to contest for N2million cash in a few hours!
You can make your dreams come true! Text GO to 2010 to get in the draw!
costs N100/SMS

What else do you want? MTN says you could win N20,000 cash in a few minutes & N2 million tonight!
Simply text GO to 2010 to put your name in the draw! costs N100/SMS

Please lets expose these crooks.

mtn text i recvd last month: Top secret: u could be the lucky winner of 20,000 weekly and 2 million monthly fifa to ____ to start now! Well scripted. Very dubious mtn