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BangaRice:
Please observer the last 5 or so commenta of mine before this post. As it stands i am not the one delaying anyone.

after reading them i cannot say much dude.
Have you chatted him privately for this?

If i talk now, i have been accused of being with you. It is of no use raising more dust.

Open your eye always.

Ajoray:
You’re being one sided and that’s why I said you must be working with the guy or you’re him. Can you ship goods and get the items before paying for shipping? I attached the evidence already in case you didn’t see it you can scroll up and check
With the shipping used once pure batteries are involved:
$600 for 1cbm
$60 for 0.1 cbm which is the minimum
You don’t have to know how I got the batteries out of China. And as I said if he doesn’t want the items he can forget about them it doesn’t concern me. He’s not getting the items nor a picture of them unless he pays the shipping

no vex ooo. Evidence of this and that is no big deal.

Ajoray:
I have already given all the necessary evidence needed. Whatever wants to be done with that should be done
The fact remains that I have never scammed Bangarice nor anybody from nairaland, anyone at all, never. It has never happened and it will never happen
Everything that happened with this battery I updated him about with clear evidence. The amount of pressure and mental stress this man gives isn’t normal
I didn’t lost his goods, steal his goods, run away with his money, even the sourcing fee he paid was how much and he didn’t even want to pay in the first place. It’s because of situations like this I now have a website and structured company to avoid all these kind of handling business over WhatsApp and twisting narratives

I don’t even get what the arguments are for. He can’t get his goods unless he pays the shipping. If he doesn’t want them it doesn’t really concern me. I came here to update him when I initially couldn’t find the chat

lol. Guy you be cultist? See confidence ontop person money o.
Also some asked that you prove to you client the shipping fee is $60 used with payment details can you do that? What shipping company are you using? Your own or skycargo?

Ajoray:
I have already given all the necessary evidence needed. Whatever wants to be done with that should be done
The fact remains that I have never scammed Bangarice nor anybody from nairaland, anyone at all, never. It has never happened and it will never happen
Everything that happened with this battery I updated him about with clear evidence. The amount of pressure and mental stress this man gives isn’t normal
I didn’t lost his goods, steal his goods, run away with his money, even the sourcing fee he paid was how much and he didn’t even want to pay in the first place. It’s because of situations like this I now have a website and structured company to avoid all these kind of handling business over WhatsApp and twisting narratives

I don’t even get what the arguments are for. He can’t get his goods unless he pays the shipping. If he doesn’t want them it doesn’t really concern me. I came here to update him when I initially couldn’t find the chat

These are chats that says do this.. do that... the evidence of placing order for the battery will prove order was placed for exactly what was discussed. Chat cannot prove or disprove those.

Intdecor:
Have you seen the evidence below sir? You really look like the scammer here
He sent you evidence where the seller said he doesn’t know how many are in the module but you still said he should pay the seller
Now you’re here saying that it is incomplete(while having not received or paid the goods)
You’re not a good person honestly

So intdecor is one n same person as ajoray? Or why is Intdecor showing us what only ajoray should have access to? This case is too messy.

Ajoray:
I already told you I didn’t realize who I was dealing with on time. If I knew I wouldn’t have dealt with him. There’s a reason I told him he shouldn’t deal with me after the first encounter
We were trying to get his goods to him after a mixup but he kept breathing fire. Even threatening the waybill staff. He wouldn’t talk about that because the evidence is clear against him on that

support your claim with those evidences. Lets confront him.

Man, after seeing the screenshots. I think the agent guy is at fault. That chat looks like someone who never trusted you with shipping. You on seeing an opportunity slip away, forcefully shipped his goods and want more money than usual.

The most strange thing is taking noney after stopping business with the buying nairalander. Strange.

Next time the buying should an app to avoid forceful hijack of goods. There is skycargo and others.

Ajoray:
Bangarice out of 100s of clients I have you are the only one giving me issues and stress
Would you also mention that to find a way to ship raw batteries out of China isn’t easy and the situation of the shipping can be flexible and change. You kept complaining that the goods have not been sent out of China while there was an issue with the seller delivering the goods to the warehouse. Once they got to the warehouse that could ship the batteries I packed it together and shipped it out and you started complaining again. Broo what’s your issue actually that business can’t be smooth with you??
Would you also mention that you’re the same person I used to ship this battery stuff for? You stressed me so much when the Delta situation happened and I was trying to get your goods to you. I told you never to use me again. You changed number and contacted me again. When I noticed the uniqueness with the goods I pointed out it’s you again and warned you after this never use me again. You have found another shipper. Alright. Transfer the stress to them. I’m not interested in working with you again

mutuality is very important in business bro. I see little here. You took money from him after the bold. Waaoohh.

Ajoray:
Bangarice you can send a message to the number you were in communication with to be properly directed or send a message to number I’ve given to you to get your goods
When you’re messaged you can come here and post how the business went if you so please but I’m not dealing business of waybill and shipping on a nairaland thread
It’s your goods not mine. Plus you aren’t getting any pictures of goods till you pay for your shipping. Do have a good day

But you are able to lift chats from that number now. Or has he contacted you?

This is why i discourage long distance or online transactions.

The scammed guy should tread carefully from now on.

Less than 1KM but Lagos to Akwa Ibom is the priority.

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[color=#555555]Evan Boettler's parents describe him as a bright, funny teenager who loved to fish, play sport and hunt[/color]

"I have your nudes and everything needed to ruin your life".

This chilling message was received on social media by US teenager Evan Boettler, from someone he had previously believed to be a young girl - in fact, it was a cyber-scammer.

Just 90 minutes after receiving the first message, the 16-year-old took his own life.

Sextortion - sexual extortion - is one of the fastest-growing online crimes. Victims - often teenagers in the US and Europe - are tricked into sending intimate photos or videos, which the scammers threaten to pass on unless they are paid.

"When they finally told us that night that he was gone, it didn't make any sense. I don't understand how this could happen to our family," says Evan's mother Kari.

In the Missouri home she shares with Evan's father Brad, she describes their son as a bright, funny teenager who loved to fish, play sport and hunt.

They tell me how late on a cold afternoon in early January 2024, Evan was contacted on Snapchat by someone he believed was a girl called JennyTee60. But she was not what she seemed. Within minutes, "Jenny" persuaded him to share explicit images of himself and immediately began ruthlessly blackmailing him.



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Evan's parents show Tir round his room and explain how his items bring back good memories, but make them realise the scale of their loss
Nearly two years later, the Boettlers' grief has been raw, and their search for answers met with frustration. Social media platforms such as Meta refuse to share information without a court order - which the family does not yet have, despite pressing the FBI to act. In the years since Evan died, law enforcement seems to have made little progress.

There was, however, one crucial trace - at one point the scammer demanded Evan's Facebook login, and when they used this, they left behind an IP address.

That digital footprint led me to multiple locations in Nigeria, most frequently its most-populated city, Lagos, where I hoped to discover who was responsible.

My first meetings took me to the back streets which are home to many of the city's fraudsters, known as "Yahoo Boys" - named after the email they used to run online scams in the early 2000s.

These young men, often in their 20s, live in impoverished areas but dream of fast cars and quick money.


That's where I met Ola. He laid out the mechanics of sextortion with a matter-of-fact ease.

"You open a female account using fake names from fake generators," he said. "It's a site where you get names of people from the country that you want."

Once the profile is set up, the targeting begins. The boys on the other end of the screen become nothing more than usernames to the scammers messaging hundreds of people a day, hoping one will send them cash.

I tell him this sounds ruthless and could ruin someone's life. He replies: "I don't feel bad because I need the money."

It was apparently impossible for Ola to believe a British or American teenager couldn't pay. In his mind, being born in the West automatically meant privilege.

His reply is equally stark when asked why he targeted them. "Because their sex drive is so high, and young boys are scared of their pictures being released to their class groups, their parents and their friends."


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[color=#555456]We watched as the men in this Hustle Kingdom conducted their scams - mostly financial or romance fraud, they said[/color]

Ola worked alone, but other cases show how sextortion in Lagos has evolved into more organised networked operations - gangs run with leaders, hierarchies and pooled resources, designed to maximise profit.

The trail eventually took me into the waterways of Makoko, one of the city's poorest districts, where wooden houses balanced on stilts rise on the edge of Lagos Lagoon.

To film there, we first had to seek permission from the community's chief, and we were guided throughout by a local crew of fixers who knew how to navigate its maze of waterways.

I'd been told about operations known as "Hustle Kingdoms" – rooms with gangs of young men on phones running scams. They had been rarely, if ever, filmed. But after much negotiation, I was given access.

This particular Hustle Kingdom was on the second floor of a low-rise building. Inside the small room, a dozen young men sat with laptops on their knees, all their phones buzzing with messages from potential targets. The atmosphere was like a call centre - they swapped fake profiles, traded scripts, and passed around the names of new victims.

Each young man played a part, but the money all flowed upwards to their leader, known as Ghost. There, the experienced scammers teach their apprentices.

The lure was quick cash, but beneath their bravado was something more predatory - boys as young as their early teens had been effectively groomed into crime.

Older "mentors" dangle success stories and social status, while imposing debts or taking a cut of every scam, creating a cycle that is difficult to escape.

Watching these men work, I realised how far removed this was from the lone scammers. This was organised, efficient and relentless - a system designed to extract as much money as possible.

Could Evan's scammer have been part of a Hustle Kingdom, or did he operate alone? The leader, Ghost, said they were mainly conducting financial scams, mostly romance, not sextortion, as he was a "God-fearing person". He said only people with a "black heart" did this. In this Hustle Kingdom, sextortion was seen as shameful.

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[color=#575754]We accompanied Ade as he visited a traditional healer, in a ceremony that involved sacrificing a dove in order to bind him to wealth[/color]

These scammers told me that a lot of Yahoo boys were transitioning into what they called "Yahoo Plus". This involved them visiting local priests to bless scams, and to cast spells they believed would make victims more compliant, or protect the scammers from being caught.

Traditional healers have long been woven into Nigerian culture, and for some of these men, turning to them was as natural as buying a new Sim card.

I met Ade, a 20-year-old who had recently started sextorting men. He agreed to let me follow him to a so-called cyber-spiritualist, a man he believed could help him make more money. The shrine was tucked away down a side street on the edge of the city - a low-roofed room crowded with carved figures.

A white dove was brought out and sacrificed, its blood spilling onto the floor. Ade was told to eat part of the offering - a ritual the spiritualist said would bind him to wealth and protection. When I asked how common this was, the healer told me he saw six or seven Yahoo Boys a day. For Ade, it was not superstition but a business expense.

What struck me most was the contrast between the old and the new. One moment, I was watching a 20-year-old take part in a ritual rooted in centuries-old beliefs. In the next, I was being shown the tools of the digital age.

Later, I also discovered a scammer using 21st Century sorcery - deepfake technology with a woman he had hired, Rachel, acting as the face of the con. He showed me the app on his laptop - a professional-grade face-swapping tool that cost him $3,500 (£2,600). He said it was worth it for the returns.

Brandon Guffey pictured sitting behind a desk with bookshelves and a US flag behind him. He has short fair hair and beard, and is wearing a navy suit with a pale blue tie. To the left of the picture is Tir pictured from behind, she has long dark hair and a grey jumper
Brandon Guffey's 17-year-old son took his own life after being targeted on Instagram


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[color=#545464]Brandon Guffey's 17-year-old son took his own life after being targeted on Instagram[/color]

In the US, reports of sextortion to the FBI have more than doubled in the past three years, reaching a high of 55,000 in 2024. In the UK, 110 reports are received by the National Crime Agency each month.

Social media companies say they are acting but their critics argue they could intervene more aggressively.

In South Carolina, I met Brandon Guffey, a state representative whose son Gavin took his own life in 2022 after being targeted on Instagram. He was 17.

Before his son's death, Brandon had been preparing a lawsuit against Meta, arguing the company had failed to protect him from predators. One of the accounts used to blackmail him was eventually removed, but others remained live. For Brandon, that detail was damning.

Meta said in 2024 it had taken down 63,000 sextortion accounts linked to Nigeria in a single sweep, including 2,500 that formed part of a coordinated network targeting Western teenagers.

Yet critics argue those numbers merely highlight the scale of the problem.

"Did they pull it down in one day for a PR stunt while children are still being attacked?" Brandon asks, "or, if they did pull it down in one day, why haven't they done anything since?''

A spokesperson for Meta said the suggestion that it could eradicate sextortion if it only chose to, was "simply untrue". They said the company worked aggressively to fight it by disrupting networks of scammers and supporting law enforcement.

"We have around 40,000 people working on safety and security globally, with over $30bn invested in this area over the last decade," the spokesperson said,"including by automatically placing teens in the strictest message settings and letting them know when they're chatting with someone who may be in a different country."

The grieving parents' scepticism is echoed inside Meta itself. Arturo Bejar, a former engineering director-turned-whistleblower, testified to US Congress in 2023 that the company's leadership had ignored repeated warnings about the dangers facing children on its platforms.

He told me the systems designed to protect young users were fundamentally inadequate.

''They keep demonstrating that they don't want to know when kids are in harm, they don't want people to know when kids are in harm... because they don't want to deal with it," he said.

Meta said many of Mr Bejar's suggested measures were already in place. It added it had introduced teen accounts with built-in protections on Instagram last year, meaning they can only be messaged by people they are already connected to.

The spokesperson said when something was reported as spam, the company would take action if it did not follow community standards.

Referring to the case of Evan Boettler, Snapchat said its "deepest sympathies are with the Boettler family".

"We have zero tolerance for sextortion on Snapchat. If we discover this activity, we take quick action to remove the account and we support law enforcement efforts to help bring offenders to justice."

If you have been the victim of online abuse, you can look for sources of support at BBC Action Line.

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has a tool which under-18s worldwide can use to confidentially report nude or sexual images of themselves, remove them from the internet and prevent them from being reuploaded.

And if the content has not yet appeared online, the charity can still create a digital fingerprint for the picture which will prevent it from being shared online - although they are unable to remove it from encrypted networks like WhatsApp or if it's been saved on someone's phone or computer.

In the UK, the charity works with Childline, which offers the tool through its "Report Remove" service, which also gives the child the option to speak to one of its counsellors.

The IWF told us in the first eight months of 2025 it has taken action over 723 reports from Report Remove - 224 of those featured sexual extortion.

Meanwhile, for Evan's parents, the barriers to justice remain insurmountable. With Meta and Snapchat unable to release the data, all hopes of finding Evan's scammer relied on GloWorld, a Nigerian service provider that the IP address linked to.

After months of trying, I finally received an update. Even though GloWorld was supposed to keep user information for two years, it had failed to do so. The trail had gone cold.

When I called the Boettlers they were gracious and thanked me for my efforts. Brad had previously described their son as "an amazing kid".

"It wasn't hard to parent him because he was such a good human," he said. "I couldn't even put into words how much I loved him."

Source:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czrpedexleno

Whites have big ears like munkees.
White are hairier in the facen generally like munkees
Genetically more similar.
Value animal right but deny supposedly animal their hunan right.

Cc naptū2.
The defender of LASU and all govt schools from being accountable. Cotonou and Togo is their problem and not Nigerian forgers.

naptu2:
Funny thread.

but serious if obi who holds no office gets same attention.
Always known you to partisan and biased.

Obi is less of an office holder but gets his sons analysed always.

Haba. Tinubu needs to see this.

National crisis how? This man na correct mental.

Penuelseun:
You knew about solar before nairaland:okay. How many people have benefited from your knowledge:nil

You dont have to repeat what has been said just to make people realize you also know things. 95% of data here are repetitions of simple things.

People dey drive keke and dey type. Only on nairaland will someone work for a secret society oga and madam then login into a new account, create a false reputation to throw his mark off, and proceed to FTC for years.

CoronaVirusPro:
The Palestinian struggle is not the course of just one man but millions. Celebrating the death of a man whose only request was freedom would not stop the struggle.

The Ashkenazi Jews should swallow their pride and return to Europe. Information is so decimated that majority now know Zionism is just an extension of western imperialism.

Nothing will stop the rebirth of Palestine from the river to the seas. Israel will join same list with Nazi’s and always be remembered for the Palestinian holocaust.

Today, we could at some point be helpless, we have strong hopes and conviction that our dreams and desire are near. Just like our ancestors who were forced into slave ships across the Atlantic and never had or saw hope of freedom, or our brothers in South Africa who witnessed apartheid and the many that died for the course. It’s a different story today.

We will never be intimidated or stop speaking the truth. We will keep talking and pass every bit of the evils the European Ashkinazi Jews did in the Middle East to all that cares, young and even the newborns that will still meet us on Earth.

We will tell them how many clapped and celebrated the Palestinian holocaust . How the world was silent until the end of the holocaust. We will further tell them how the word “antisemitism” was weaponized and will still never forget to tell them the true meaning of “Semitic”

God bless Palestine!

before going to europe, where were the jews before?

The short thingl tortured Christians for their faith for eight good year and beyond by taking heavy loans that starves future governors of funds to appease one religion. He has no creative ideas in his arab infested brain other than fancy roads and shopping malls. His own sense of prosperity is founded on misery of his percieved adversaries. No industries. No inspiring ideas, just bodybag politics of death and terrorism.

While i am no fan of Tinubu or his lagos gang, this man is 10 times a disaster than Buhari.

9jatriot:
But to be fair to El Rufai, he said he did that because those guys were planning a retaliation to something that had already been done to them. It was more like a compensation to whatever damage they may have incurred.

It is not too different from what the governor or Edo State did recently.

That seemingly thoughtful act is boomeranging against El Rufai now.

Retaliation you say. Who made the infamous comment about a cow of a fulani being a loan repayable by human lives?

El Rufa it was

In Ogun state? I pray she is alive n safe.

Same Katsina where they are renovating cemeteries with N20m each and enploying imams plus sweepers of mosques.

Stolen yams.

Who empowered the youths to flog a drug abuser? Mob action. When Nigerians suddenly have power as a result of being in large numbers, you see a silent an dangerous side of them.

CodeTemplarr:
No, the de minimis of USA stays with USA. Yekini and co are trying to add their own tax for outgoing parcels. That 85 USD is what some Nairalanders are contemplating starting their business with. We see them as here on NL as questions from time to time.

Instead of training more STEM graduates and artisans to be potential forex remittance agents, they tax the few ones over there by strangulating their relatives sending them parcels. Shortcutism at its dangrous best. Maybe parcels will be for drug traffickers alone going forward.

Stop lecturing dullards for free. Charge them.

cyberbro:
See your ignorance staring you in the face. You don't even respect your own lineage, how can I blame you for insulting another person's?

All of this anger just because you refused to read? Pele ti e 😒

Keep quiet. We are not all fools.
The USA will handle the fee from their own end. That's the equivalebt of Lagos agbero under Fashola collecting levy for buses headed to Anambra under Obi and wiring the proceeds to Onitsha thugs.

How will FedEx and DHL handle thiers if Nipost is publishing it? Think.

1,000 Lumens or Watts? Woww