Nairaland General › Re: Advertising On Nairaland: Please Use Google Adwords by Seun(mod): 4:58pm On Aug 16, 2009 |
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Jobs/Vacancies › Re: Do Stammerers Have A Good Chance In High Stake Job Interviews? by Seun(mod): 11:42pm On Aug 15, 2009 |
Pls don't be annoyed; the poster is probably a stammerer too, or maybe he has a friend who is. |
Family › Re: Would You Like Your Son To Be A Pilot? by Seun(mod): 9:31pm On Aug 15, 2009 |
Sure, why not? Provided (1) I have the money to sponsor him. (2) He'll be flying civilian airplanes. |
Investment › Re: How Is Fixed Deposit Account In Nigerian Banks? by Seun(mod): 9:08pm On Aug 15, 2009 |
What's the name of your bank? |
Education › Re: Prospective Students: Beware Of Online Fraudsters by Seun(mod): 8:16pm On Aug 15, 2009 |
Don't those fraudsters have names? |
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Business › Re: Credit Card(cc) With Naira by Seun(mod): 12:59am On Aug 15, 2009 |
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Nairaland General › Re: Arts Section on NAIRALAND by Seun(mod): 7:15pm On Aug 13, 2009 |
What kind of topics would you post in the art section if it existed? |
Nairaland General › Re: Hi People by Seun(mod): 7:00pm On Aug 13, 2009 |
Welcome |
Nairaland General › Re: Hi, I`m New by Seun(mod): 7:00pm On Aug 13, 2009 |
Welcome |
Programming › Re: Python Programming by Seun(mod): 6:09pm On Aug 13, 2009 |
alexis: Why do you want an python based NL forum Seun? The reasons are painfully obvious, alexis. Ask yourself, "why do I prefer Python to PHP?" @Ikoje: nice to hear! What are some of the things you've done with Python? Let's chat sometime! |
Programming › Re: Complete Javascript Programming Tutorial by Seun(mod): 10:14pm On Aug 12, 2009 |
I'm interested. Will you introduce us to jQuery too? |
Forum Games › Re: State One Thing You Do Like About The User Above You by Seun(mod): 8:13pm On Aug 12, 2009 |
You're based in the USA? |
Romance › Re: My Girl Friend Dnt Want Me 2 Sleep With Her by Seun(mod): 4:16pm On Aug 12, 2009 |
Why must you sleep with her? If you don't like it, then opt out. |
Business › Re: Customer Satisfaction by Seun(mod): 4:07pm On Aug 12, 2009 |
Thanks! |
Business › Re: Why Free Is Bad? by Seun(mod): 3:17pm On Aug 12, 2009 |
Yes it's true. But nothing is free. If it doesn't cost money, it'll probably cost time. |
Business › Re: Business Section Business Library by Seun(mod): 3:15pm On Aug 12, 2009 |
Good job. Please remember to update the library by adding new posts to this thread, so people who have subscribed to this topic will be notified. |
Jokes Etc › Re: The Rabbi's Little Gift by Seun(mod): 3:10pm On Aug 12, 2009 |
He used the punchline of the joke as the title. That's why it wasn't funny. Never do that. |
Nairaland General › Re: Seun Or Mukina by Seun(mod): 1:07am On Aug 12, 2009 |
When a post is blocked, don't do anything. Just accept it and wait. |
Programming › Re: Python Programming by Seun(mod): 1:06am On Aug 12, 2009 |
Want to work on an official clone of the NL forum in Python? |
Events › Re: Wedding Reception In Nigeria/ile Ife by Seun(mod): 5:37pm On Aug 11, 2009 |
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Events › Re: Event Library: Threads For Our Upcoming Events Section by Seun(mod): 4:59pm On Aug 11, 2009 |
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Events › Event Library: Threads For Our Upcoming Events Section by Seun(mod): 4:47pm On Aug 11, 2009 |
This is a place to post links to threads that will fit into a dedicated events subforum. Post away! |
Nairaland General › Re: Seun Or Mukina by Seun(mod): 2:28pm On Aug 11, 2009 |
A computer program did it. |
Music/Radio › Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? by Seun(mod): 1:05pm On Aug 11, 2009 |
Inverter Sounds, By NEPA. |
Computers › Re: Cnn: Web Citizens Trying To Kill Internet Explorer 6 by Seun(mod): 3:23am On Aug 11, 2009 |
Bleh. It's already dying. |
Politics › Re: Nigeria: Ghana Plans To Be Major Electricity Exporter To Nigeria, Others by Seun(mod): 10:42pm On Aug 10, 2009 |
Nigeria has problems producing power. The solution is simple deregulation. That's the way out. |
Politics › Re: Yahoo Boys, Global Economic Slump, And Hard Work by Seun(mod): 6:38pm On Aug 09, 2009 |
Government provided high security residences with guards and strict disciplinary services. |
Politics › Yahoo Boys, Global Economic Slump, And Hard Work by Seun(mod): 6:30pm On Aug 09, 2009 |
Worldwide Slump Makes Nigeria's Online Scammers Work That Much Harder
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Online swindling takes dedication even in the best of times, the scammer said earnestly.
The spinal cord aches from sitting at a desk. The eyes itch from staring at a computer. The heart thumps from drinking bitter cola to stay awake for chats with Americans in faraway time zones. The wallet shrinks from buying potions that supposedly compel the Americans to pay.
Succeeding in the midst of a worldwide economic meltdown? That, he said, takes even firmer resolve.
"We are working harder. The financial crisis is not making it easy for them over there," said Banjo, 24, speaking about Americans, whose trust he has won and whose money he has fleeced, via his Dell laptop. "They don't have money. And the money they don't have, we want."
Though statistics are fuzzy, the FBI-backed Internet Crime Complaint Center says that scam reports by Americans grew 33 percent last year, and that after the United States and Britain, Nigeria housed the most perpetrators. Ultrascan, a Dutch research firm that investigates complaints of 419 fraud, says online scam offers from Nigerians in and outside their homeland have mushroomed this year. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/06/AR2009080603764.htmlWhat can Yar'adua do to help these hard-working citizens? How about free accommodation? |
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Health › Re: Free Tuberculosis Drugs Diverted To Other Nations Because Of Tax by Seun(mod): 6:14pm On Aug 03, 2009 |
The story hasn't been confirmed, but to me it makes sense because most goods imported into Nigeria are subject to customs tax, and the law may not (yet) have any exception for free drugs. |