naijalander:
See what this man says about domestic violence.

Op I want to ask a simple question.

Who then beats the senseless man when he misbehaves seeing that a lot of men misbehave too.


The fellow that put down those words is totally bereft of common sense.

There is no excuse to beat up a woman or a child or even a househelp in the barbaric way its being done in our homes today.

Every campaign against domestic violence against women should also include campaign against violence on children and househelps cos women are mostly guilty in this househelp area.

There are many ways to discipline individuals in the home without stooping low to the barbaric physical violence rampant today. Once you begin its hard to stop.

Lalasticlala and other relevant mods should put this on the front page to help save a lot of innocent people.

So many People have invested here in Nigeria and too many are still investing as we are talking including poor University undergraduates.

The thing is spreading like wild fire and no one knows its a time bomb. People have even begun seminars in excitement.

Gentlechinok:
I Will Rob Peter and Pay You, Paul - Everything You Want To Know About This Scam Called MMM
========================================

In 2001, I was a starry eyed University student, who was desirous of making it big in life and becoming rich.

I was looking for businesses opportunities that would make me a lot of money. I tried different things.

In 2003, November to be precise, I stumbled on internet marketing, through Success Digest magazine.

Over the next few years I would try almost everything published in the paper - affiliate marketing, information marketing, Google Adsense, you name it.

In 2006, one particular money-making scheme came up which attracted hordes of fans. That scheme was/is known as HYIP.

What's a HYIP? It's called a High Yield Investment Programme.

Basically how it works is this:

You put in some money, and then every day or week, or month, depending on the particular HYIP website you registered with, you would earn a percentage, maybe 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 50% and even 100% again depending on the HYIP site.

It looked so easy. Just put in money and wait for sometime and bam! You get a percentage.

It looked too good to be true but nothing tried, nothing gained, right? So I gathered my school feeding money and bought eGold (remember them?) worth $50 and "invested".

The following week, my money had "grown" to $100. My HYIP company paid 100% of your money every week. My oh my! I was totally sold!

Now to make more money, I needed to reinvest my money which was now $100 which I promptly did. The following week, I had $200.

Gaddem!

So I went round school preaching this stuff. I even preached it far more than the guy who introduced it to me. I got others to "invest" and with each investment they did, I was scheduled to be paid a 10% "commission bonus" for the referral.

I went looking for more money to borrow to invest because my thinking was, if I had gotten $200 with just $50 in two weeks, imagine how much I would get if I invested $500!

The guy who introduced me to it went to his Mum, borrowed her retirement gratuity and invested another =N=500,000, roughly about $5,000 then!

That week he had earned $13,000 including commissions!

Sheet!

I could see my riches coming. My dream cars, my beach house. I prayed to God morning and evening thanking him for remembering me.

It was like a blessing for everyone, and naturally people poured into this scheme.

One day, I got a call from Nonso, the guy who invited me. He sounded desperate, his voice shaky as he asked me if I had checked my HYIP account. I said no.

"What's the problem, I asked?"

"I can't see the money in my account anymore", he said. "My money is gone."

When he said that, I felt my heart sink, my stomach turned and I suddenly felt sick. If I remember correctly, I think I pissed a little hot urine on myself.

"Where are you?" I asked. He was at a cybercafe town, so I jumped into a bus and went to meet him.

As I was logging into my own acount, my mouth was dry but my account opened!

"Ah! Thank God" I said.

Anyways, Nonso had requested for the HYIP company to send him $7,000 out of his $13,000 which was perfectly okay to do. You were allowed to request a payout anytime you want, between Monday - Friday.

However, after he had placed the request, he logged in a few days later, and his balance was no longer there. It had been wiped out. In fact the page that showed your account was no longer opening.

"It must be something wrong with your account I said. Have you emailed them?" He had emailed, but got no reply. Called the numbers on the website, but they were not going through.

So I placed a payout request of $100, and suddenly, my own account balance was wiped out.

Sweat started forming on my brows. I refresh the page again and again, still the same thing. The account balance page was no longer opening.

We went back to school hoping that things would change. It didn't. It took me several days to come to terms with the fact that my $200 abi $50 was gone forever.

Someone in Iran, Russia, Ukraine, only God knows where had taken my money and it was gone.

Nonso's mother's gratuity was gone. All the monies by those I introduced? Gone! I and Nonso became almost like outcasts in the school. Nobody wanted to deal with us anymore as far as business was concerned. We were blamed for the con.

Why am I telling you this story?

Because lately, I have been receiving offers from people to promote a ponzi scheme called MMM.

They tell me it's a business. That it works. That people have been paid money, blah blah blah.

I want to use this piece to write an article and wash my hands off this matter once and for all.

MMM is a ponzi scheme. Simple and short. I have been in business long enough to smell a scam from a thousands miles away, and this one is a big scam.

It's the return of the HYIP days of 2006.

Ponzi scams reinvent themselves every few years, change their name, wear "new clothes" and come out as the newest best thing since sliced bread.

In 2008, they returned as wonder banks - Nospetco, Gradual Investments, etc. In 2010 it was Clickviral. In 2012 - 2013, it was "Oil and Gas Investment" companies. Today it's MMM.

MMM is a scam. It is not a real business.

A real business has A PRODUCT to SELL, a product that adds value to the person buying it. There's an EXCHANGE of value between both sides - the buyer and the seller.

MMM doesn't have that. Rather it "pays" you a "commission" to refer people. Where does it get the money to pay these commissions? For how long can this be sustained?

What product does MMM sell? Why does an "investor" take his money and "gift" it to some stranger, and then wait for someone else to choose him and also "gift" him too?

If you don't get someone to choose you, then you wait and your money "grows"? Grows? How so? With fertilizer? Where will MMM get the money to pay you this percentage from? Will they steal it?

The most alarming thing about this stuff is this mysterious program is based in Russia. Russia? Are you kidding me? Anyone who knows anything knows that Russia is a country full of murderous mobsters who run illegal gambling operations, money laundering and prostitution rings.

They have since forever created similar programs to mop money up, transfers their illegal funds and pay off people to kill their rivals.

Are you unknowingly helping support a Russia mafia boss and putting innocent people in danger while perpetrating money laundering, illegal gambling and prostitution?

I will not be surprised if the EFCC swoops on the people who run these and guess who they will come after? Yes you the big gun who is pushing this everywhere.

And no, you cannot blame Buhari for your misfortune when it happens.

Frankly, it amazes me that people who should be knowledgeable are pimping this MMM stuff.

It's a scam. And it will collapse like all ponzis do. It's just a matter of time. If you really care about your audience and want their good, not just money that will enter your pocket by doing a seminar, then you will NEVER promote that shit.

It speaks volumes about the mentality of the general masses that they always gravitate towards a business "opportunity" that requires, "no work" and no "effort".

NEWSFLASH: The only way to make money is to actually provide something of value to another person in exchange for cash, not to give someone money and then wait for another person to give you.

What nonsense is that?

This is my last say about this MMM and similar cash gifting programs. I do not want any part of it. I do not wish to receive any further enquiry about it from anybody.

And please, next time before you come into my inbox with some frivolous questions about a program, do me and you a favour, fire up Google and do some research about it FIRST.

Thank you.

P.S. Please permission is granted to share this post if you want to.

Blessings.

Written By=> Ikenna Ronald Nzimora (founder, Sell Your Brain Society)

Thank you Op for enlightening us and delivering me from this pitfall. I was going to invest a lot of money into this venture thinking it was real.

czj11728end:
come for.grab

Very excellent phone. I wish I could afford it then I buy it without hesitation.

Try putting it on OLX Nigeria , efritin, and jiji Nigeria, you are likely to get better results with quick sales.

Criminals like this Yinusa fellow are walking free while innocent people like Nnamdi Kanu are locked up.

Criminals like this Yinusa fellow are walking free while innocent people like Nnamdi Kanu are locked up.

swissobed:
Anyway from his point I won't doubt him because some customers will say am just on your street you will Neva see dem,if a serious bidder arrive definitely you sell,also I have bought a car from him this year so I don't doubt his offers I think apology is just d solutn..onelove

If the exact same thing that the fellow complained about happened to you, then micolo has to give an answer. Both can't just be coincidences.

Especially when in both cases you called him right from the park and he said come.

This kind of thing has happened to me here in Lagos and I couldn't bear the pain and betrayal let alone when I have to go all the way to Ijebu Ode.

This circumstance often arises when the seller decides to change his mind or try his luck with a higher price or the real owner of the car refuses commission terms at the last minute.

gudluckgreat:


Imose M2 is 1800maH imose kampe is 10000maH

The battery capacity of their products are a total fraud.

omosefeeguaibor:
It is with pain and embarrassment that I write this story I got myself into.I'm a final year student and being a finalist of course, you are given lots of work to accomplish before you graduate,ranging from project to assignments, term papers, research on various articles, e.t.c and of course, the best way to get this work easily done is having your own system i.e laptop. And that was how I began my quest for laptop search, and because I frequent Nairaland I thought it was the best place to get what I was looking for at a reasonable cost. (But alas! I thought wrong) and so I got in touch with a guy called gwillonlinemart who is also a nairalander and he showed me specs of laptops available that my small money could afford,and I chose my choice (note I reside in Benin and he stays in Lagos) after making my choice, I made the mistake of transferring cash to him. When the day to deliver my system came, I got something totally different from what I purchased, I called him and he apologized that it was an error, and asked me to waybill the system back to him, which I did and he promised he was going to give me the exact one I asked for. And he began by giving me excuses that i should be patient and all,it is about one month now since I started having this issue, I tried to call the guy, his number is no longer connecting I have accepted my fate and I know I'm too be blamed for trusting him to deliver of which he failed, but I wouldn't want anyone to fall victim as I did with the same guy , his name is goodwill onyema okoli and this his number I've been using to get in touch with him 08164438784, 07055860341, but lately it has been switched off , I know he may think he might have had his way with me but karma will come knocking on his door soon. Mods FP please this could save someone about to fall victim again.

His account details of the bank you paid into has a detail of his address and other info.

Lias with a bank staff or police to trace and nab him.

All you people sha that agree to pay for goods you have not seen or inspected.

how much and where is it sold

Mecoy:
Pls I want to make my business portal 'data-free' to my users, i.e., I want to bear the cost for the data charges incurred by anyone visiting the portal..

To explain clearly, I want to pay for data in bulk, so my users will not have to pay

How can this be done?

Thanks

Contact freebasics crew. Currently working with only Airtel Sim.

Ask them to include your portal to their free data services.

o. freebasics.com. Browses some sites 100% free. Only on Airtel sim at the moment.

You can also ask the Nairaland management how they could include their website on this same Airtel freebasics.

joenor:
Ceejay, Can I add this 12v40Ah to the two batteries I have in the blue gate UPS and support the charging from the smart charger?

You're quoting the wrong person

daphid25:

Yes it does
The battery can last for up to 60hrs, the phone can also charge another phone.

All you Tecno marketers on this forum should stop misleading people.


Theres hardly any phone existing that can last even 30 straight hours on normal to heavy use.


And yes even some phones with as little as 2000mah battery can last 60 hours on zero usage standby mode.

Dear Op, believe me you got so lucky. Come to my area and see them issuing N10,000 monthly bill for ordinary 2 bedroom flats in that area.

Ordinary 10,000mah power bank being sold for 3k or less in computer village.

The funny thing is that the solar function makes it blink but won't charge the power bank in 2 weeks.

greenhulk:



You mean all those phones that have terrible display that cannot even match HTC one m7 of 2013? A used HTC one m7 is still better than a brand new Infinix hot note pro, Gionnee m3/m5, Tecno L8, etc. Shey na only battery I want chop for phone?

Bros I'm not going to argue with you. I can tell you're among those fellows that believe once its a China phone its useless.

Have you even used any of the above phones to decide about their display.

All phones have what makes them better than each other.

For one person it may be battery life and price and to another display.

Each to his own.

wozniacki:


Thanks alot... but what about the Techno W4? I've seen a lot of hyping about the phone.

Good too but doesn't have a robust battery. Android drains battery a lot so you better opt for a phone with bigger battery.

wozniacki:


Which one of them, pls?

Infinix hot note pro, Tecno L8, Gionee M3 mini, Gionee M5 or M5 mini. All have similar or better specs that HTC one max plus they each got big long lasting batteries.

Loooooooooooooolzzzzzzzzzz!!!

Man I laughed till all my muscles were aching.

Soon oyibo will start doing surgery on their pet ants and pet micro-organisms.

Pathetic folks. They value the life of their pets than the lives of fellow humans

They spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to maintain their pets monthly but cannot give to the homeless and needy.

seenter84:
why are almost all the mechanics in lagos heartless or wicked abi both sef?

I fully agree with you. They're top in the list of the most dishonest.

In fact I'm tempted to agree with the statement that "no mechanic can enter heaven"

badlek2016:
Good news!!!
Buy glo data at cheaper rate.
2GB= #700
6GB= #1500
My name is badero Lekan
Call me on this number
08155655677.
10GB= #1900 And so on
Just give me a call on DAT no

I'm beginning to smell scam already.

MTN some nights deliberately throttles the speed of this stuff and slow it down so much that you cannot browse/download more than 300mb the entire night.

Same with Airtel 1 hour/2 hours unlimited night. Downloads deliberately slowed down so you can't exceed a certain limit within the allowed time frame.

I've used Ruzu bitters and it did completely nothing for me. I even experienced nasty side effects that stopped once I withdrew from it.

You people should stop this network marketing gimmicks.

Indian bad english language at times makes it difficult to make out what they are trying to say

aameyah:


It depends on how you look at it. I have a friend who left a salary of 102k. So there goes....

It's not a sensible decision to leave a salary of 108k to go work for GNLD.

I won't even leave a salary of 30k for GNLD. Your salary is certain but GNLD is just luck and that's for only a few.

aameyah:
Well, she wasn't lieing about the banking world....

There are so many people being paid as little as 50k and above in banking job. It's better than staying idle or working for GNLD.

udemzyudex:
Can't remember the last time i mad night calls, it's been 3years now, so they can scrap it.

They should scrap it because of you?

Selfishness is not a virtue.

Do you know countless thousands others that are less privileged that use it?

Especially undergraduates and students when they are broke.

greenbackboogie:

Nice piece of info, but in the case of emergency I don't think most panicking individuals would have the patience for that act.

Good observation... especially when in panic mode. Elbow usually does the job. But good to know there's a better substitute.

SultanOfBrunei:


irresponsible! really? he is healthier, happier, richer even more educated than everyone in ur village,

he has a name, family, children and grandchildren.

...........and you? what hve u gat with ur responsible looking ?

Shame to fellows like you. Was I addressing you? Why don't you allow the man to defend himself or is he your God?

All you debased folks that embrace & support hooliganism are totally bereft of common sense.