Man exposes the origins of Internet fraud in Nigeria

A Nigerian man has taken to social media to expose the hub of Internet fraud which has its origin dating as far back as 1998.

The man had taken to his X account, @samson_at, to post a picture of a newspaper clipping that reported that Nigerians had stolen over ten billion Naira from American citizens, with about two million 419 letters seized from entering into the country.

In the newspaper report, they had said;
“Nigeria’s image came under severe bashing yesterday following startling revelations by the United States postal inspectors that they have seized and destroyed two million 419 letters from Nigeria at New York’s Kennedy airport, this year alone”.

To further prove his point, the man has posted another newspaper article dated 1995, where a young 22 year old girl, a youth corper at the time, was asking the Newspaper counselor, Aunty Temi, if her boyfriend was into Internet fraud as he had no visible means of income.

See Netizens reactions:

@Tharraleos231 said: The Elders always say ‘Nothing is new under the sun’.

@_DuroJaiyeJnr said: So even our forefathers dey bomb ?😂

@Tito_Aina said: This is where the word Bomb was derived from 😂😂😂😂 in terms of scamming.

@mxyzzyxM said: Old takers, you think all the big old men you hear about nowadays made their money legitimately?

@am_juelz said: It didn’t start today, the Internet only amplified it…

@nzekiev said: Now, this same generation are saying that we don’t value honest work. I’m glad to love reading history cos I learned to never take them serious. 😂😂