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My Journey Into Cyber Crime by LaProffessor(op):
I will try to evade some little details that might blow my cover here, It has not been an easy thing to do but i guess i have to summon courage and be ready for the backlash,curses, swears from Co Nairalander even the hypocrite among them.
this is a new new account created solely for this purpose. I was a fraudster until some years ago before i decided to quit, it is a decision that took a tremendous amount of will power before i could completely wash my hands of it successfully.

I grew up with my Uncle and his Wife(subsequently referred to as parents) in a quiet suburb of a state in the South West, I strict religious upbringing as both parents were staunch Protestants Christians. i had a humble upbringing and attended average schools. An incident occurred about 18 years back which changed my life and my view about the way we lived in that country, My Aunt retired as a civil servant after Donkey years under the employ of the Federal government, she was the very strict type who i can personally vouch for,She never collected bribes during her service year and that led to her posting all over the federation in other to remove her from a position where she wont stand in a way of the spoils of corruption that the OGAS wanted.

Suffice it to say that she made a lot of enemies. she later had a disagreement with one of her top bosses, which delayed her retirement package after retirement, the boss at the top refused to sign the necessary papers which would have enabled her access to her entitlement, this issue dragged on for years and at the end of the day she had to swallow her pride when the family could not survive and debts were piling up. Mr corrupt Boss later retired and was celebrated by the government and was properly compensated financially with a few months vacation to the Uk..

My take from the incident and many others which i witnessed was corruption is celebrated in our country, we all cry for change and no one is ready to lend or assist anyone doing the right thing.i witnessed a case where a lecturer was sacked in my university for attempting to expose the sub dean of corruption other lecturers prompted him to take that decision but when it was time to stand and rally round him, they quietly disappeared into the shadows

Anyway, i attended university, i graduated above 3 points which is quite a good result judging from Naija standards,i graduated 7 years ago , i did my NYSC , saved up money and i started a business, due to bad government policies, my business folded up, debts were piling up and i could not get a job 3 years after graduation, my sponsors were retired and help was not coming from any angle.

At this point in my life i could not point out any of my course mates gainfully employed not even the ones who graduated with distinctions, i lost complete hope in the system, i applied for bank loans and non was given, all employers wanted a fresh graduate with 5 years experience below the age of 26, i got a bike on hire purchase and before i could finish the payment of the bike, it was stolen right in front of my compound at night where it was parked.

During the few months i worked as a bike rider, i met two of my junior colleagues who were also good students but they said after graduating when they could not get a job, they resorted to cyber crimes,i know some people will ask why they did not go into business but not everyone is created to be a Dangote or an Otedola, some people are meant to be employees, mere civil servants and a situation were there are no jobs what would you expect, after my bike got stolen, survival became a problem, the defining point of my life was when the guy who gave me the bike on hire resorted to threats, there was a day i was returning home after another fruitless search of employment, i never knew the guy was waiting for me , he accosted me close to my residence, followed me to my squalor of a niche and he carted away most of my valuables including the shoes i wore,that moment everything changed, i wept and i slept off, as i woke up later in the night with my empty stomach i trekked over 2 km to the residence of my younger course mate and that was how i became a fraudster.

Of course THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION for fraudulently obtaining other peoples property and money under false pretence but not everyone can withstand temptation and Hookes law of Elasticity states that "the strain/deformation of an elastic object or material is proportional to the stress applied to it" which in simple terms means that A man will likely yield to certain temptations after withstanding certain strains and stress.

This post is not created in any way to justify fraud but was i happy as a fraudster? not really, but at least i could feed after a few months, bought a property, then properties, bought a car, traveled out of the country and bagged another Diploma all with the illicit proceeds of the street. i am not proud of my past neither am i ashamed of my past, i did what i could, to survive! As humans what we do every single minute of our existence is trying to survive for one more minute,one more day, one more year etc.

I am a strong proponent of Darwinism and life is a continuos battle, a battle where the strong preys upon the weak, its a fucking food chain everywhere in the world! the strong will always dominate the weak, there is no mercy for the weak! right from the days of Hitler, The Napoleons of this world, it has always been about domination.

Nigeria is a proper case study, the clergy men are preying on the gullibility of the worshipers which is another fraud,amassing properties and jets, gallivanting and globe trotting while the politicians are preying on the docility of the Nigerian Masses and feeding fat on them, so many of their kids are here overseas living large and Nigerians are not at war with them, i had one who was my classmate and he practically lived like a Saudi prince.

Here is my submission on cyber fraud, there are so many people who are into fraud living codedly and quietly and it will take the discerning eye of another guy man to decipher his source of livelihood, i know Bankers who are not only pickers but hustlers, i know young lecturers who are also hustling when the harsh reality dawned on them that their take home penance wont be able to sustain a family,Policemen are also into cyber crimes, Pastors encourage it, every facet of the Nigerian economy has or is benefiting from crime one way or the other, club owners can sell drinks to young boys for over a 100k, i do not even want to go into the multiplier effect of the revenue a club generates on a typical weekend has on our economy, a cursory trip to developing areas you will notice most homes are being built by young guys, at least i can attest to that, where i built i am surrounded by young owners including other states where i bought properties, go to churches and see yahoo boys disguised as innocent worshipers dropping tithes and sowing seeds.

What Nigerians have always assumed is that any young man who sags and dreads his hair is a fraudster, that is quite hilarious because majority of those guys are fraudsters wannabe! They barely have 200 dollars to their names, the real guys making a killing from the street have visible source of income as cover, they have families and they dont go around flaunting cash, they are into real estates,own series of business etc when i was in Nigeria where i later rented everyone assumed i was a medical Doctor, i was not driving a car a young Doctor could not afford, i lived modestly and quietly,my suit,medical books and my medical attire were always visible in my car. I had no business with the police and the police respected me,i dont smoke nor drink but[i] i de carry woman well wel[/i]l grin to everyone around me i was a Doctor.


There are so many people as i mentioned earlier such as bankers, lawyers,Policemen, musicians, actors and other so called business men who are into cyber crime but they all have a perfect cover, my girlfriend who later became my wife never knew i was into fraud when we were dating, i had to stop because i could not raise my kids from the proceeds of crime.

All strata of our economy is built on proceeds of crime, we dont have to vilify the young men out there trying to eke a living for themselves,i can tell you that 95 percent of my course mates who graduated with me are not gainfully employed almost a decade after graduation while others are under employed! most of the guys are already into cyber crime and others are searching for manna from sport betting while some of the ladies are into bead making, tailoring,make up,prostitution,cake baking etc, its only in Nigeria a lady graduates from the university and starts looking for a skill to learn, the Nigerian government indirectly incorporated Skill acquisition and Entrepreneurship development known as SAED into NYSC to inform the teeming young graduates that there is no hope or job for them. Most young men graduates from the university these days and look for a way to go into cyber crime fully because they are aware there are no jobs anywhere.The future of the average Nigerian youth is bleak.

Everyone is benefiting or has benefited from the proceeds of crime directly or indirectly, i doubt we have less than 20 percent of Nigerians who dont belong to this category, look at the immigration officers who demand above the stipulated amount for passports,what about the ones at the airport preying on first time travelers extorting them of foreign currencies, what about our custom officers? what about the civil servants in various ministries who wont sign your documents unless a tip is given?what about the lecturers in our universities who sell hand outs and collects money to pass students,fvcks female students to pass them? what about the Doctors who will refer you to their private clinics? What about hoteliers that aaccomodate and provide refuge for hustling boys/ What about the night club where these boys spend their millions? what about the job, lets not even look into the Police Department or PHCN officials, Pastors and Politicians are the Ogas at the top and no one is saying anything, Majority of us are hypocrites, Musicians are calling out fraudsters, the same fraudsters who will buy a table for a million Naira at their shows! Hypocrisy everywhere!

We are all related as friends or family members to this folks, majority of us depend on kickbacks aside from our salary for sustenance, look around you and within you if someone who is actively or passively involved into crime is not involved with you, they maybe the highest patrons in your business or one of your relatives business.We are all guilty as fvck!

I have conducted a personal survey and i discovered crime thrives in all regions with extreme poverty, go to eastern European countries majority of the youths there are also into fraud including the ladies, i have been there before and i am being factual here.

The Russians,Ukrainians,Bulgarians etc are into fraud and hacking, Nigeria has a bad name because of the popular Nigeria prince format, The Russians are the syndicate behind hacking and their citizens dont go about shaming them,In the south and central American region drug trafficking thrives there, go to some Asian countries with high rate of poverty they are also into crime and even cyber crime, you cant take cyber crime away from the Indians, Bangladesh or Sri lankans you cant fight or subdue crime when you give the masses no other visible alternatives, remember an idle mind is the devil workshop.

We can only fight cyber crime and crime in general, if the economy improves,if jobs are created, if the youth are aware there are more better alternatives aside a life of crime,create enabling government policies that would boost SMEs, i know of a guy who was into barbing but traveled to Ghana when he could not make ends meet from his saloon, constantly buying fuel and generator repairs rendered him penniless, fraud and crime has always been a a part of our economy and any other country but the degree varies.

My advise to all hustlers out there is to look for a way to do a clean job without having to soil the name of our country,as i said so many countries are into crime but due to stiffer penalties they have a way of perpetrating it without getting caught, remember na who de catch be thief, i know the damage crime has done on our passport, i once traveled to an European country with valid documents and i had to endure one hour of rigorous and senseless questioning but the passport wont put food on my table,Jonathan or my government doesnt care about me or y existence, so every Hausa with imm own kettle,so do the little you can, cash out, keep a low profile,dont scam your fellow Nigerians its not worth it, picture yourself robbing any woman you see on the street roasting corn or plantain, Fraud is bad and its robbery, anyway but man has to survive, so invest in yourself because the biggest investment of all is self investment and leave the street quietly.


And to those who will come here to curse me for my grammatical errors, Grammar doesnt pay the bills! and to those who will come here to rain curses on me, and to remind me of my Karma, YOU ARE NOT MY GOD!
Re: My Journey Into Cyber Crime by LaProffessor(op): 7:54pm On May 03, 2019
Bros go do better street, no de scam your fellow countrymen
beeeuin:
Fred bet
Re: My Journey Into Cyber Crime by Nobody: 8:07pm On May 03, 2019
Wow!!

Nice write up op
Re: My Journey Into Cyber Crime by nofuckz(m):
Highest no: churchs/mosques, zero values...it can only get worse.
failed state.
Re: My Journey Into Cyber Crime by youngsahito(m): 8:56pm On May 03, 2019
LaProffessor:
I will try to evade some little details that might blow my cover here, It has not been an easy thing to do but i guess i have to summon courage and be ready for the backlash,curses, swears from Co Nairalander even the hypocrite among them.
this is a new new account created solely for this purpose. I was a fraudster until some years ago before i decided to quit, it is a decision that took a tremendous amount of will power before i could completely wash my hands of it successfully.

I grew up with my Uncle and his Wife(subsequently referred to as parents) in a quiet suburb of a state in the South West, I strict religious upbringing as both parents were staunch Protestants Christians. i had a humble upbringing and attended average schools. An incident occurred about 18 years back which changed my life and my view about the way we lived in that country, My Aunt retired as a civil servant after Donkey years under the employ of the Federal government, she was the very strict type who i can personally vouch for,She never collected bribes during her service year and that led to her posting all over the federation in other to remove her from a position where she wont stand in a way of the spoils of corruption that the OGAS wanted.

Suffice it to say that she made a lot of enemies. she later had a disagreement with one of her top bosses, which delayed her retirement package after retirement, the boss at the top refused to sign the necessary papers which would have enabled her access to her entitlement, this issue dragged on for years and at the end of the day she had to swallow her pride when the family could not survive and debts were piling up. Mr corrupt Boss later retired and was celebrated by the government and was properly compensated financially with a few months vacation to the Uk..

My take from the incident and many others which i witnessed was corruption is celebrated in our country, we all cry for change and no one is ready to lend or assist anyone doing the right thing.i witnessed a case where a lecturer was sacked in my university for attempting to expose the sub dean of corruption other lecturers prompted him to take that decision but when it was time to stand and rally round him, they quietly disappeared into the shadows

Anyway, i attended university, i graduated above 3 points which is quite a good result judging from Naija standards,i graduated 7 years ago , i did my NYSC , saved up money and i started a business, due to bad government policies, my business folded up, debts were piling up and i could not get a job 3 years after graduation, my sponsors were retired and help was not coming from any angle.

At this point in my life i could not point out any of my course mates gainfully employed not even the ones who graduated with distinctions, i lost complete hope in the system, i applied for bank loans and non was given, all employers wanted a fresh graduate with 5 years experience below the age of 26, i got a bike on hire purchase and before i could finish the payment of the bike, it was stolen right in front of my compound at night where it was parked.

During the few months i worked as a bike rider, i met two of my junior colleagues who were also good students but they said after graduating when they could not get a job, they resorted to cyber crimes,i know some people will ask why they did not go into business but not everyone is created to be a Dangote or an Otedola, some people are meant to be employees, mere civil servants and a situation were there are no jobs what would you expect, after my bike got stolen, survival became a problem, the defining point of my life was when the guy who gave me the bike on hire resorted to threats, there was a day i was returning home after another fruitless search of employment, i never knew the guy was waiting for me , he accosted me close to my residence, followed me to my squalor of a niche and he carted away most of my valuables including the shoes i wore,that moment everything changed, i wept and i slept off, as i woke up later in the night with my empty stomach i trekked over 2 km to the residence of my younger course mate and that was how i became a fraudster.

Of course THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION for fraudulently obtaining other peoples property and money under false pretence but not everyone can withstand temptation and Hookes law of Elasticity states that "the strain/deformation of an elastic object or material is proportional to the stress applied to it" which in simple terms means that A man will likely yield to certain temptations after withstanding certain strains and stress.

This post is not created in any way to justify fraud but was i happy as a fraudster? not really, but at least i could feed after a few months, bought a property, then properties, bought a car, traveled out of the country and bagged another Diploma all with the illicit proceeds of the street. i am not proud of my past neither am i ashamed of my past, i did what i could, to survive! As humans what we do every single minute of our existence is trying to survive for one more minute,one more day, one more year etc.

I am a strong proponent of Darwinism and life is a continuos battle, a battle where the strong preys upon the weak, its a fucking food chain everywhere in the world! the strong will always dominate the weak, there is no mercy for the weak! right from the days of Hitler, The Napoleons of this world, it has always been about domination.

Nigeria is a proper case study, the clergy men are preying on the gullibility of the worshipers which is another fraud,amassing properties and jets, gallivanting and globe trotting while the politicians are preying on the docility of the Nigerian Masses and feeding fat on them, so many of their kids are here overseas living large and Nigerians are not at war with them, i had one who was my classmate and he practically lived like a Saudi prince.

Here is my submission on cyber fraud, there are so many people who are into fraud living codedly and quietly and it will take the discerning eye of another guy man to decipher his source of livelihood, i know Bankers who are not only pickers but hustlers, i know young lecturers who are also hustling when the harsh reality dawned on them that their take home penance wont be able to sustain a family,Policemen are also into cyber crimes, Pastors encourage it, every facet of the Nigerian economy has or is benefiting from crime one way or the other, club owners can sell drinks to young boys for over a 100k, i do not even want to go into the multiplier effect of the revenue a club generates on a typical weekend has on our economy, a cursory trip to developing areas you will notice most homes are being built by young guys, at least i can attest to that, where i built i am surrounded by young owners including other states where i bought properties, go to churches and see yahoo boys disguised as innocent worshipers dropping tithes and sowing seeds.

What Nigerians have always assumed is that any young man who sags and dreads his hair is a fraudster, that is quite hilarious because majority of those guys are fraudsters wannabe! They barely have 200 dollars to their names, the real guys making a killing from the street have visible source of income as cover, they have families and they dont go around flaunting cash, they are into real estates,own series of business etc when i was in Nigeria where i later rented everyone assumed i was a medical Doctor, i was not driving a car a young Doctor could not afford, i lived modestly and quietly,my suit,medical books and my medical attire were always visible in my car. I had no business with the police and the police respected me,i dont smoke nor drink but[i] i de carry woman well wel[/i]l grin to everyone around me i was a Doctor.


There are so many people as i mentioned earlier such as bankers, lawyers,Policemen, musicians, actors and other so called business men who are into cyber crime but they all have a perfect cover, my girlfriend who later became my wife never knew i was into fraud when we were dating, i had to stop because i could not raise my kids from the proceeds of crime.

All strata of our economy is built on proceeds of crime, we dont have to vilify the young men out there trying to eke a living for themselves,i can tell you that 95 percent of my course mates who graduated with me are not gainfully employed almost a decade after graduation while others are under employed! most of the guys are already into cyber crime and others are searching for manna from sport betting while some of the ladies are into bead making, tailoring,make up,prostitution,cake baking etc, its only in Nigeria a lady graduates from the university and starts looking for a skill to learn, the Nigerian government indirectly incorporated Skill acquisition and Entrepreneurship development known as SAED into NYSC to inform the teeming young graduates that there is no hope or job for them. Most young men graduates from the university these days and look for a way to go into cyber crime fully because they are aware there are no jobs anywhere.The future of the average Nigerian youth is bleak.

Everyone is benefiting or has benefited from the proceeds of crime directly or indirectly, i doubt we have less than 20 percent of Nigerians who dont belong to this category, look at the immigration officers who demand above the stipulated amount for passports,what about the ones at the airport preying on first time travelers extorting them of foreign currencies, what about our custom officers? what about the civil servants in various ministries who wont sign your documents unless a tip is given?what about the lecturers in our universities who sell hand outs and collects money to pass students,fvcks female students to pass them? what about the Doctors who will refer you to their private clinics? What about hoteliers that aaccomodate and provide refuge for hustling boys/ What about the night club where these boys spend their millions? what about the job, lets not even look into the Police Department or PHCN officials, Pastors and Politicians are the Ogas at the top and no one is saying anything, Majority of us are hypocrites, Musicians are calling out fraudsters, the same fraudsters who will buy a table for a million Naira at their shows! Hypocrisy everywhere!

We are all related as friends or family members to this folks, majority of us depend on kickbacks aside from our salary for sustenance, look around you and within you if someone who is actively or passively involved into crime is not involved with you, they maybe the highest patrons in your business or one of your relatives business.We are all guilty as fvck!

I have conducted a personal survey and i discovered crime thrives in all regions with extreme poverty, go to eastern European countries majority of the youths there are also into fraud including the ladies, i have been there before and i am being factual here.

The Russians,Ukrainians,Bulgarians etc are into fraud and hacking, Nigeria has a bad name because of the popular Nigeria prince format, The Russians are the syndicate behind hacking and their citizens dont go about shaming them,In the south and central American region drug trafficking thrives there, go to some Asian countries with high rate of poverty they are also into crime and even cyber crime, you cant take cyber crime away from the Indians, Bangladesh or Sri lankans you cant fight or subdue crime when you give the masses no other visible alternatives, remember an idle mind is the devil workshop.

We can only fight cyber crime and crime in general, if the economy improves,if jobs are created, if the youth are aware there are more better alternatives aside a life of crime,create enabling government policies that would boost SMEs, i know of a guy who was into barbing but traveled to Ghana when he could not make ends meet from his saloon, constantly buying fuel and generator repairs rendered him penniless, fraud and crime has always been a a part of our economy and any other country but the degree varies.

My advise to all hustlers out there is to look for a way to do a clean job without having to soil the name of our country,as i said so many countries are into crime but due to stiffer penalties they have a way of perpetrating it without getting caught, remember na who de catch be thief, i know the damage crime has done on our passport, i once traveled to an European country with valid documents and i had to endure one hour of rigorous and senseless questioning but the passport wont put food on my table,Jonathan or my government doesnt care about me or y existence, so every Hausa with imm own kettle,so do the little you can, cash out, keep a low profile,dont scam your fellow Nigerians its not worth it, picture yourself robbing any woman you see on the street roasting corn or plantain, Fraud is bad and its robbery, anyway but man has to survive, so invest in yourself because the biggest investment of all is self investment and leave the street quietly.


And to those who will come here to curse me for my grammatical errors, Grammar doesnt pay the bills! and to those who will come here to rain curses on me, and to remind me of my Karma, YOU ARE NOT MY GOD!
me want to learn work ooo cos I'm now a frustrated unemployed graduate in Nigeria.
Re: My Journey Into Cyber Crime by LaProffessor(op): 8:56pm On May 03, 2019
go to religious houses, celestial churches, islamic clerics and other new generation churches you will see clergy men praying for these guys, so they can successfully execute their con,we have a long way to go as a Nation, every man to himself ...it can only get worse, Nigeria is doomed and its already towing the path of self implosion,Nigerians are being slaughtered home and abroad, the country is not giving the right incentive to forestall any Nigerian from soiling our name and to make any Nigerian proud of his or her nationality. i have seen people from developing countries boast about their country but i cant point one good thing about my country.
sighs....

nofuckz:
Highest no: churchs/mosques, zero values...it can only get worse.
failed state.
Re: My Journey Into Cyber Crime by Hoodbilonia: 4:38am On May 04, 2019
Story
Re: My Journey Into Cyber Crime by betapikin: 10:07am On May 09, 2019
LaProffessor:
go to religious houses, celestial churches, islamic clerics and other new generation churches you will see clergy men praying for these guys, so they can successfully execute their con,we have a long way to go as a Nation, every man to himself ...it can only get worse, Nigeria is doomed and its already towing the path of self implosion,Nigerians are being slaughtered home and abroad, the country is not giving the right incentive to forestall any Nigerian from soiling our name and to make any Nigerian proud of his or her nationality. i have seen people from developing countries boast about their country but i cant point one good thing about my country.




sighs....
Bro I Dm abeg reply me
Thanks
Re: My Journey Into Cyber Crime by olu77(m): 10:43am On Nov 02, 2021
Yahoo government
Yahoo bankers
Yahoo pastors
Yahoo citizens
Yahoo nation
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