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RE: Do We Have A Project Hijacker In Hive?? // Whats Going On With Distriator Businesses In Aba, Abia State Nigeria???
I'm not arguing the fact that there are scammers in my country, Nigeria. Yes, there are lots of scammers. But the. Thing is, not everyone is a scammer. But generalising it, saying everyone is a scam is not calm, actually. It means that me too I'm a scammer. And if I was, I wouldn't even take a minute of my time to do this research. On the 7th of December, I was on night duty. Full ward (emergency unit). I didn't get any sleep. However, on the 8th, I came out from the hospital, and did these research. I came back by 2 or 3pm, and I had night duty that same day which resumed by 6pm.
Part of my Units Roaster. Cycled part shows my night duty.
If I don't have the interest of hive at heart, I would not suffer myself by depriving myself some sleep I needed. Thankfully, I could function well even though I had no sleep.
My point is, not everyone accepts illegalities. I don't and I will never. I try everything possible to kick against any atom of scams or related issues.
and it is a problem every western country has to deal with.
I have always been disgusted by the act of scamming coming from some of my country men. Trust me, there's no one that's as disgusted as I am. It boils my blood.
The western countries are actually not the only one affected. Even in Nigeria, people scam innocent and unsuspecting people. Just yesterday, I got a call saying that I should register for a grant. If I register with NGN45k I would receive NGN4M.
Screenshot of the scam numbers that called me yesterday.
The first number proposed the deal, he posed as a Pastor. He said Michael is his name. He asked me call the second number above who is an elder in the church. They claim to be from Assemblies of God church. I called just for the fun of it, and that's where they now told me to bring 45k for 4m.
An unsuspecting person would be tempted by the amount of money they are to receive, but I immediately saw through. These are the things we Nigerians have to deal with on a daily basis.
I've been scammed thrice or so before in this country. The first one, the used charm (voodoo) and the second was a job scam. I sent them money to get a job. Third was from my junior colleague whom I trusted. I have had a gun pointed at the back of my head, and they requested for me to empty my pockets.
Irrespective of these things, I know and I have seen many good people here in my country who can never hurt a fly.
Nigeria has good people, however, the bad deeds of some bad people has overshadowed the goodness of many people.
I am not saying you are a scammer. We need more people like you on HIVE not less.
I am just saying there is a stereotype and it was not made up yesterday. It is a globally known phenomena. And maybe that is just one of the consequences of HIVE. There will be culture differences. It is hard for people with totally different lives and cultures to share enough values that we are frictionless. I think friction on HIVE is a good thing. I think it is a good thing that anyone around the world can tell anyone else around the world what they think and feel. We have trolls on HIVE, but most people do take it more seriously than other social media when it comes to posting things. We can joke around while still having intent and purpose. I think what you have done here as an individual is amazing. And I do think there are beautiful people that come from all over the world. I have nothing against Nigeria. And we should be allowed to repeat things we did not make up that most people in our cultures have been through and understand. I really do not think that it is inherently unreasonable. Maybe you wish he said it differently? I don't know. But you both are free to say whatever you want here and that is a good thing which is not true everywhere.
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