chiraqDemon:

I know but minus those ones, we sef know say we don break some strong rules wey b say if naija na better place we for de behimd bars or on some kind probation or punishment of some sort.

Fhowe:
NO MIND THIS ONE IT IS PEOPLE LIKE THIS THAT GO AND WASH TOILET COME NAIJA COME DEY FORM BIG MAN NA GOD GO PUNISH AM HE WHO IS NOT A SINNER SHOULD COME OUT ABEG THIEF NA THIEF ,BAD IS BAD,GOOD IS GOOD .IT IS PEOPLE LIKE THIS THAT WILL GO AND MARRY ONE ONLY ROTTEN OYINBO FOR GREEN CARD ODE

blackfase:

Wrong move on their part if you ask me. Genuine recipients will only be made to suffer. These scumbags know how to route their scam money from one country to another before finally getting to them.

ClintonDal:
The appalling thing is that folks back home do not know the kind of damaging reputation Nigerians have on an International scale. Until you live overseas and i don't mean just visiting or for holidays, i basically mean to reside completely....only then will you see and really understand the damage these internet fraudsters has done to us. Go to Instagram and see what yahoo boys are displaying and you expect regard from the foreigners.
Even when you excel academically or intellectually, the exploit is still looked into so much that you begin to wonder. Back in Med school topping the class meant a great deal, and whenever i or the other Nigerian girl did there was always some people who thought we cheated.
We just need to reorient ourselves from the ground up.

TheVictorious:


He's simply expressing his sad experiences about Nigerians, which depicts the behavior of most Nigerians. This is what we must accept. I don't care whether or not, he's doing it for personal reasons. What I care about is that it's the truth and this is a sad fact we must accept, if there must be any meaningful change in our society.

willibounce1:
We have scammers and opportunists in every country of the world. People commit all manner of crazy crimes. No doubt we have corrupt people in Nigeria, but we also have lots of diligent and hard working people.

Our leaders have also ruined this country and we the followers are very docile. We just go to work, Church and mind our business. You see people praising a governor or president for doing his job. Americans can say whatever they like. Not everyone likes Americans too. The world in general is a jungle and everyone must use their brain, be careful and watchful at all times. The America be talking as if all Americans a saints.

enomakos:
you are right,things will get better. we will get there one day

Fearcom:
What the foreigner said is true sadly. we may not carry guns and do violent crime, but we are corrupt, lazy, dirty, crooked, scammers, fraudulent and dishonest. More than half of the entire population fits into one, two and even in some cases all the vices mentioned above.

CoCoLav:


1. They bring their dangerous chemical products to test on African skin because they dont have FDA approval in their country. They bribe OUR officials to allow them bring those products in and make our country a dumping ground resulting in outbreak of several diseases. What do you call that?

2. I am not trying to justify what some Nigerians do but the writer of that opinion-ed is very myopic. Does she think Americans are saints? Last I checkd, white collar crime is still a crime.

SSBN:


You are the biggest idiot in history . I am not a scammer, but these Nigerians you despise are doing nothing but surviving. They sustain their family and train the less priviledged to school. The peopme doing real damage to Nigeria are our crooked politicians. Rather than hold them accountable you make excuses for them and blame Yahoo boys. Did you know that the Nollywood movie industry which we Nigerians all have pride in was Bourne out of money made from Yahoo?

TheVictorious:


1. So whose corruption is that. Theirs or OUR's?

2. Som Nigerians or most Nigerians?

It's like you guys are not ready for change.

fuckerstard:


That's what we would say, people like you would even sell it for 100K because that's your price. Price varies indeed.

onos217:
Why not? Tell me why I'm in business ,if not to make prices. Besides, no one forced you to buy.The price at which you buy a bottle of coke at a local store is not the same as price you buy from Mr biggs, and some other sophisticated eaterie.Indeed,price varies.

I'm not in favor of corruption, but your case doesn't tally with corruption. It's case of you buying at a higher price.

chiraqDemon:

Wtf. So we should praise yahoo boys because they scam less than politicians?
What u are saying is like we should praise a murderer because he did not murder as many ppl as the other murderer.
Yahoo boys are simply surviving by taking what another person uses to survive?
Please i advice u to change the way u think cos the white person was referring to ppl like u.

Do u even think if half of the broke ppl in america wanted to "survive" that ur bank account would still exist talkless of being empty? They mighy have hacked ur acct, removed the money from it and even erase the account so that when u go to complain u will be treated like a criminal that wants to blackmail the bank.

Fearcom:
What the foreigner said is true sadly. we may not carry guns and do violent crime, but we are corrupt, lazy, dirty, crooked, scammers, fraudulent and dishonest. More than half of the entire population fits into one, two and even in some cases all the vices mentioned above.

chiraqDemon:

Very true.
Also about the scammers, after the MMM era, then came that dead era. All sorts of ponxi schemes were opening up daily. Some would open up 6am in the morning and after successfully collecting an amount they feel comfortable with, just shut down before night sef and be gone.
These were nigerians doing this to each other. And those who participated did not care about the fact that they could be scammed, they would rush in and donate cash as soon as they hear of a new one so that they wiuld be among the first batch to be paid, as far as they weren't the ones the schemes closed down on then they were okay.
Looking back at it i realised that those ppl might say they are not scammers because they did not open or shut down the scheme, but they forget that they helped spread the scam fever. I can also say they were scammers cos they invited friends who came over and got scammed. These were all nigerians.

I do mot know what we can do to repair Nigeria's reputation if there is any left to even repair. The country is in a mess and we are the cause of it, that much is certain.

chiraqDemon:


Bro nor mind am

If they bribe our leaders and our leaders collect, who is this corruption affecting. Its us.
They get their profits (billions of dollars higher than the bribe they gave) and get to keep the good stuff for their oen markets. Btw is it their fault that we don't have high standard ratings for products? Thats a loophole any legit businessman would explore. We accept bad products, so they give us bad products. If we stop being corrupt then they cant bring their corruption diwn here. It is all our fault and not theirs. Btw our own has reached another level. In US corruption and disorder is not as rampant. Only few countries in this world are like us, and most are acrican countries too.

Amberon:
This guy is not lying at all. While I lived in eastern Europe, I got to understand these things more. I met some guys who were internet scammers. All their Nigerian friends who lived there (and i mean all with the exception of none) were internet scammers too. Eventually one got arrested (he's probably still in jail now) and several others fled the country for fear of being arrested too. One ran to Ghana after he was caught withdrawing money from western union with fake documents. He was under strict investigation and fled the country using a fake passport (which is another crime). Apparently he would create fake bank websites that are identical to the original websites. Imputing your credit card details in those websites would result in him getting all your information and subsequently he would "wire" out every penny you have. I also got to know that they did a lot of online shopping with stolen cards.

We shouldn't play the"racism card". The op is 100% correct. This op isn't exaggerating at all. Nigerians have also destroyed the reputation of Malaysia. A cyber cafe was busted in Lagos for habiting fraudsters and the locals all came out to support the fraudsters.

We don't need to lie to ourselves, the op isn't saying that EVERY Nigerian is bad, he is simply saying that an overwhelming majority of us are bad and that is the gospel truth if we mean to be truthful to ourselves. Look around and you'll find that several of your colleagues steal office property when the opportunity arises.

fratermathy:
This post was made by a citizen of the US in his blog. I was really disturbed by it and thought to share here to see reactions. I'll also post some of the disturbing comments I saw. Please take your time to read it and comment on what you think. I have also boldened some of the important parts of the post.



Source: https://robertlindsay./2015/06/03/why-i-dont-like-nigerians/

abbeyty:


I cant believe any one in his right senses would make excuse for any form of dishonesty, reading the so called leader of tomorrow trying to justify the act of 419 make me doubt if there is still hope for this country, no wonder the politicians rip them off of their commonwealth but instead of throwing stones at them they sing their praises.

NotComplaining:


My friend, as a former computer wiz, I can assure you that Nigerians are at the rock bottom of the pyramid, and the pyramid stretches time and region.

We can blame Nigerians for somethings, but not most things.

I can even date the period Nigerians started on the phishing/internet fraud scene.

At the top are Russians/Chinese/Koreans. Theyve dominated the criminal underworld since inception. These criminals have roots in government and are well coordinated/trained/funded. Their hackers/fraudsters are truly sublime in the craft. They purloin millions at a time and usually target the frabric that hold together modern banking. Even with with the knowledge of Interpol, they make illicit money by 'any' means necessary.

Followed by Indians and Arabs.This group we call the big buyers. They buy high-end tools created by their antecedents for either retail or personal use. Sometimes they become proficient enough to create their own, but this is rare.

Then Western Europeans. Usually, they buy such tools for monetary gains and corporate espionage.

Then Americans,

Finally Nigerians

Why Nigerians find themselves mingled in such contraversy is because we are so loud.

Identity fraud is much bigger than Africa as a whole. Africans procure these identities from second hand sellers, not even the direct source. Like drugs, Nigerians are seen as the face of drug distribution because we like the Oga feeling even at our own detriment. But the world knows Nigerians arent remotely close the to the master planner of such operations, which is mired in grotesque violence and apathy for life.

Poverty is to blame for Nigerias flamboyance. When a poor man receives his first illicit cheque he is bound to misbehave.