Why Are So Many Nigerians Fraudulent?

nigerians, come and answer this question 

@Rikkyjen

You dissapoint me with your comment.

1) I am a Nigerian, proud to be a Nigerian anyday.

2) "level of poverty", I beg give me another excuse!

3) You live in Yankee, Why are we fraudulent there as well?

Nigerians are not really fraudulent. Its just that we know too much and we are only channeling the knowledge negatively.

 Shock reaction i was shocked by your reaction  !!  how can you be ashamed to be a Nigerian.
I think Nigerians are fraudulent because of the need to survive in a country that does every thing to make sure you don't.
The situation has killed our conscience, when you see our leaders and wealthy ones living in affluence because of stolen oil money and fraudulent contracts, it strengthens the resolve to make it at all cost. So Nigerians result to tricky means. It's sad

If we turn our innovation into enterprise we will be agreat nation.

If you think it's only Nigerians involved in fraudulent activities then you are sadly mistaken, it's the way of the world.

 

survival of the fittest some people use their information as a means of survival, someone that receives his/her monthly salary on time can feed the family,pay school fees and still have enough in case of emergency would really see the need for doin this shizzle
But some people are just born or should i say raised to be greedy, oppressive, obstentious! they need to show off so inrespective of what they earn they still want more!!

so sad but true


ps: note i used "some"

_{why is it that most nigeria newspaper copy and paste news from foreign papers, they can atleast always re-write it!!!!!}

exactly kimba.exactly

i think its just a survival of the fittest  thing also, not only nigerians are frauding, it happens everywhere, like it or not.  but anyways, i'm proud of my country no matter what and just pray that God will intervene. Amen.

@Akolawale

I would rather be a fake American, than a fraudulent/upstanding/holy Nigerian. FYI if you hold a Passport/Naturalization certificate or Birth certificate make you a real citizen of that country. Not Half,Not Fake,Not circumstantial, just a citizen. I taught u knew that?

Kokscity giving civic lessons for free. A kind gesture from a nice boy!!!!!

@ Kimba

the difference between the wealthy in the western world and the wealthy in Nigeria is a Hardwork and innovation.
In the US nobody questions the wealth of men like bill gates, donald trump, oprah winfrey, paul allen, steve balmer,  because we all saw where it came from. Pure innovation no Governemnt contracts and fronting for Leaders involved. Thats the difference.

The wealth of these great Americans inspires younger American citizens to work hard and be innovative and they too can make it.(The google boys) In Nigeria the stolen wealth of our leaders inspires younger ones to be crafty and look for a way into government so they can make money. Our banks until recently have been to weak to give meaninful  start up loans to the innovative people we have . So where do they get the capital from. Thats the major problem.

Name 7 extremely wealthy Nigerians who don't have ties to the government. Its sad. And also Kimba if you think Nigerians are not wealthy in dollars think again. I used to have a world bank report of the 50 richest men in Nigeria, who have ties to the government , the lowest person on that list had $350 million in a swiss bank account. The highest Ibrahim Babangida Had $9billion in one of his three major foriegn accounts. So kimba think again.

IBB shld b d richest man in d world. 50 generations afta him can never kno lack. that man has more money dan many african nations put 2geda.

r they now google boys?  thot d popular name 4 them was yahoo-yahoo?

oh. i get u now. sori bout d mistake!

@IBB
I never do anyone 419 for my life before. Na real Citizenship i get. The process took nearly Six and a half years. I did it all by the books no Mago, Mago.

@Nightrider

U are exactly right my brother.Nigerians value shortcuts and stolen money. We will never change, except we start valuing hardwork and innovation and productivity. Well said none the less.

Who is the real Mugu? Revenge is sweet ,  http://www.419eater.com/html/trophy_room.htm


• There is a culture in Nigeria that esteems those who can make money without working.

In the 18th century, European traders sat in hulks and trading posts at the mouths of the Oil Rivers, Badagry and other sites and were well used to the ridiculous amounts demanded by Nigerian traders for Palm Oil, Ivory and Slaves. Serious negotiation was involved and people like John Holt are on record complaining about the difficulty of dealing with the locals

I grew up in Nigeria long before oil was discovered in the Niger Delta. The culture of Southern Nigeria has always admired those who can make money without working and I have scam letters going back to the 1950's.

Us Old Coasters became increasingly irritated with the outrageous prices demanded by traders for Nigerian Craft work as the tourist business increased and naive tourists (usually Americans) paid the initial prices asked which could be up to 20 times the going price elsewhere. The somewhat "jack the lad" culture of southern Nigeria combined with the stupidity of foreigners showed how easy it was to make money from the white mugus and intelligent scammers soon developed the 419 scams, initially via fax and then via the internet.

Children raised in this culture soon learn that scamming is acceptable – especially if you are successful.

The attitude of the family is largely dependent on the degree of success their chum has with scamming, if the lads been on it for 3 years and only has a fairly used car to show, he's a failure and no-good,  but if he's built a couple of houses and cruises around in an X5, all hail the king! They even give him a chieftaincy title in his hometown!!!

• Using internet cafes costs money. Those poor starving Nigerians who can’t afford to feed their family also can’t afford to use internet cafes.

• It is the better educated Nigerians who are able to speak some English. While we may laugh at the way they mangle it (how well can you write in another language?) they wouldn’t be able to speak it at all if they weren’t somewhat better off than many of the rest of their countrymen.

• Scams do not target Westerners. They target anyone with money. In this thread one of the 419eater moderators, Lew_Skannen replies to this claim with a list of some of the victims that he has personally spoken to:
1. Thai women, catering assistant in Bangkok - lost about £20,000 of money borrowed from family and employer. When she told the scammer she had no money he told her to go borrow some.
2. Saudi Arab - $130K
3. Egyptian - sick wife - lost $10K
4. Egyptian - $7K
5. Black American woman - student - lost $2K
6. Black American woman - single mother - lost about $10K but was saved from losing another $20K by a timely phone call.
7. Korean guy - Lost $1000+
8. Mexican woman- reasonably wealthy family I think - lost $120K
9. Polynesian woman - $5K
10 - Colombian man - $500 only.

• Successful scammers make a lot of money out of it. If they were really doing this to right past wrongs then the money would be used to assist the poor. But this money doesn’t get distributed to the poor. It goes straight into their own pockets. The money that their victims have borrowed to fund this business deal and will spend years paying back goes on supporting a lifestyle that very few others in Nigeria can enjoy.

In the course of this business I have purchased several luxury cars and built many large houses which I rent out. Believe you me my friend, an American sucker is born every hour. Take you for instance if you had any money you would have lost it. The only thing keeping you safe is your poverty. You should thank God for that!


• Many countries are poor and many countries have come off second best from colonialism but Nigeria has a huge amount of valuable natural resources. There is more than enough to drag it out of poverty. However corruption is a colossal problem - Nigeria is rated as the second most corrupt country in the world (after Bangladesh) and that corruption is right through the whole of the society – from the top down. Nigeria will not be able to escape what some see as the legacy of colonialism until this problem is dealt with. As long as it is tolerated, or worse encouraged, by the majority of people then they will continue to struggle as a poor nation, stigmatized by a reputation for corruption and scamming.

One major reason for the fraudulent nature of some Nigerians is the nature of our society.  In Nigeria today, nobody is ready to know how u got ur wealth, once u r wealthy, almost everyone gets to reckon with u. 

Some people are also not ready to work hard.  Many people want to make quick money, regardless of how wrong, , or even inhuman the means is.   Some people's lives are at risk at the expense of the greed and laziness of others.