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Hmmm. Let me elaborate on how I report scam e-mails I recieve.

Most scam emails come from one email address and direct you to reply to another email address. So what you do is send a report to the abuse@addresses of both of them including the headers of the email I recieve. For example, if I receive an email from President_Idi_Amin@yahoo.co.uk asking me to reply to Idi_Amin_dada@excite.com, I will forward the body of the email including the headers to abuse@yahoo.co.uk and abuse@excite.com. often, I will recieve a message back from Yahoo saying that the account has been investigated and action has been taken against the scammer. I find that satisfying!

Another idea is to report known scammers to the EFCC.

Many of us, especially those who run cyber-cafes, live in Festac area, or in a University, are aware of some people who deal in Internet scams and fraud by night and during the day they drive around in their expensive cars, showing off their ill-gotten wealth. Do you know that we can report them to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) via their website, and the EFCC would actually respond? Visit www.efccnigeria.org!

I think with these two steps a lot of progress will be made. Meanwhile, like schngrg has suggested, those of us who are honest should persevere, succeed, and draw attention away from the scammers.

We want to make the scams stop so we can be trusted again. We don't want to be left out of the Internet revolution taking place all over the world. So what other things can we do?

Hello,

As a honest Nigerian webmaster and techie, global e-commerce remains a dream to me. Thanks to the negative exploits of the large number of advanced fee fraudsters (419ers) who are Nigerians. Phrases like "Nigerian scam" and "Nigerian e-mail" have become so common that the word "Nigerian" is synonymous with "scammer" on the Internet.

If you are based in Nigeria, you cannot easily earn money (with a merchant account) or spend it (with a legally owned credit card) online without the issue of "scam"coming up. Paypal, the most popular and conveninent payments processor, will simply c[b]lose your account and sieze your funds[/b] when they discover that you are a Nigerian. When you mention that you're a Nigerian on forums or chat rooms, the issue of 'Nigerian' scams will be raised. For each item you try to buy online, a scam alert is triggered.

One myth has been spreading online is that the 419 scam is our major foreign exchange earner. This of course is wrong, because 95% of our foreign exchange comes from crude oil (Nigeria is a member of the OPEC oil cartel). But it shows that the extent of the damage that has been done to our country's image is enormous! Thanks to reports about corruption in the police, they don't believe in the Government's sincere desire to create to enforce new laws against cybercrime.

As long as this distrustful attitude towards Nigerians remains, honest Nigerian entrepreneurs on the Internet will be at a great disadvantage. So they (we) need to do what they (we) can to stop these scams!

I am in the habit of reporting all scam e-mails I receive to the abuse@ email addresses, but I don't think that this will be enough. But what else can I do, as a honest Nigerian not in government, to stop Nigerian scams? Your suggestions are welcome.

Seun.
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However, if their love is geniune and reciprocal, moves like this can make it stronger. The more dependent you are in a family, the more you are forced to resolve your differences instead of running away.

SO Fabian is also anti-feminist!

Today's Google is just like GBay:
"Google achieves platform-style success, spawning a new industry where [b]millions of bloggers depend on its ad placement servic[/b]e as their primary source of income. Google becomes the second most recognizable brand after Coke. "I'm feeling lucky" becomes a national catchphrase. Rivals complain that Google squeezes out competition, but no one seems to care. The courts begin to hold the company liable for all sorts of wayward transactions."

Yes, indeed Java is a little bit slower than C++, but it's much faster to code in. Think of it this way: if you have to choose between using 10% of your computer's capacity and 2 weeks of your time or 20% of your computer's capacity and 1 week of your time, which would you choose? The second one is what I'll chose, because my time is more valuable than the computer's time!

So if my computer has 90% of it's capacity unused, why not use some of this extra capacity and save myself some time? And for web applications, PHP is much faster to code in than Java, and the speed is not an issue. I mean, do you think nairaland will be faster if it was coded in C++? If that were so, why not go a step further and use assembly language?

Of course, if they are planning or expecting to get divorced later on, this wouldn't be wise.

Fine girls and what they do to us.

Hello Ugo and welcome [again] to Nairaland! https://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/5.gif

Actually, SAT-3 is supposed to be cheaper for the same amount of bandwidth, because sending signals through fibre is more efficient. However, when you have a private monopoly on SAT-3 usage, they are likely to offer a very large price that is only slightly less expensive that VSAT for bulk buyers (ISPs)

The thing about private sector is this: we do not need WSIS to think for us. All we need is freedom to compete for customers. With or without WSIS, if government opens up opportunities, nobody needs to tell the private sector what to do.

Thanks for posting. Why is it that all the muslims on the forum are neither male nor female

It's not a clarion call for anything or anybody. What we need in this country is stable power supply and affordable Internet Access. If the SAT-3 cable is opened so the public can enjoy it, the private sector will provide Internet access independent of WSIS. If the power supply industry is deregulated so that private companies can go into it and compete, there will be stable power supply for those who are ready to pay a little bit more. Can the WSIS can give us stable electricity in Nigeria?

Oh, and by the way, conferences like this do not influence politicians because politicians don't care about what won't get them re-elected. And they do not influence the private sector because the private sector doesn't care about what won't bring them profits.

alheri, you are right. obong, you are completely wrong. Yeah, now I feel much better having said that!

Fish head - marine brains

Hello lucy,

Welcome to Nairaland, and please make yourself at home!

Seun.

TUNIS, Tunisia - A crucial summit on expanding Internet access around the world ended Friday with a firm promise to narrow the digital divide — but little in government funding to make it happen.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10097825/

Just as I expected.

Can you give us the background of this story?

To show your wife you love her, try doing something dramatic or sentimental like buying a box of chocolates with a love note inside. Things like that apears to work well . Do not, under any circumstances, buy her a lingerie.

@Vexxy: what a story. "mommy, I'm delivering a baby!" is more shocking than "mommy, I'm pregnant!"

I recommend AVG antivirus for all systems, as long as they run Windows. It's [b]free [/b]for individual use and it's good.

Definitely the best way by far. But if I was a girl, I won't say no to anybody unless the person was a devil. I won't say yes, but at the same time I won't say an outright "no" to anyone until I had a ring on my finger.

Why don't you post their pictures so we can compare their looks properly?

If a married husband and wife are actively seeking a child, they are likely to detect the pregnancy because they will always be looking out for it. Any small sign, and they will want to confirm if it is a pregnancy.

But in your cousin's case, she was [i]not lookin[/i]g for a pregnancy, so all other things being equal, it will still be much easier for her to miss the signs. See the difference?

The correct answer is that it's rare for a woman not to know that she's pregnant until it is almost due, but it's possible. Rare, but possible.

Hello Aderonke,

Thanks for posting this introduction thread because I've been meaning to welcome you for a while: welcome to Nairaland!

So, come, what are your statistics?

Seun.

If you don't know yourself, you probably should not be thinking about marriage at all!

Funny.

But why can't the one who was bitten suck the venom out himself, if the friend doesn't want to do it?

What do you mean by "interpreter"?

Her mother, who is a woman, has accepted it. pie1ect, I will advice you to accept what the ladies have said - that she might not be lying - unless you are a doctor or have been pregnant in the past. She is not lying because she has nothing to gain by lying.

And even if she is lying how is it a problem for you? Were you planning to marry her?

Hello,

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If you are qualified, please go ahead and apply. They are an equal opportunity employer, and they don't care where you come from as long as they think you have what it takes .

So you mean they are billing people for GPRS and they won't even tel you how much they are charging? Na wa oh!

This is just for fun! And besides, have you heard the adage that says when you're in Rome you should act like a Roman? If I want to sell a product to the 'developed' world, it will only be smart business to use a name that appeals to them!

He has said it several times, that he won't contest for a 3rd term!