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Newbies abeg, make ona no come this forum dy spoil our reputation abeg, I been don talk this thing before, this go be the last time I go talk this thing, after this na reporting I go start to dy do, no be naija bad pass oo, most of us never even comot for this country before but na to busy dy talk how we bad reach give the whole world as if we don test other countries see.

See the thread wey one of us go dy post for English board because of him selfish interest  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5485289.new#new

E duh reach like that abeg make unah dey calm down nah. Which con still be are most scammers from Nigeria?  Even though you wan post about scam much put country name, comeon now we wey e dey the country nah understand how things dey go. no country wey scammers nor dey so why dem nor con write their country name or make such post. This thing now actually falling hand, I duh first see post like this wey newbies dey drop but this one to much now. If you one even post naija related stuff we get local board wey you fit dey drop Nigeria related stuff nah.
Normally doing such post nor go ensure you of getting any merit, go learn more about the forum and bitcoin merit go dey come nor be this kind post go ensure any merit.

Let people have freedom of speech on this forum. Because what you think is against what another person thinks, that does not mean you should be annoyed. Correct him with proves and let the person learn.

One lesson in life, you can not always be right.

This is not the kind of post to report.

According to many articles online since some years ago, Nigeria has always been the first. This is an example: The top 10 internet scamming countries in the world in 2023 are enlisted in this article (https://www.analyticsinsight.net/top-10-internet-scamming-countries-in-the-world-in-2023/)

Many years ago, developed countries like US has been on the top. Also still among the first ten presently.

Freedom of speech shouldn't be a medium for someone to speak outside common sense and rational thinking. We have a local board, what sense does it make for him to go to the wider community to advertise our weakness and convince people of our scamming prospects?. Freedom of speech is good, but making others look stupid after you must have expressed yourself is irrational. We are here fighting for recognition in the forum and to have a moderator and merrit sources and someone from within us is out there convincing the world that we are all scammers, how they wan take us serious?.

definitely It isn't, but if I know that boy, em deserve to flog like 36 lashes.


I believe you will like to read a more recent one https://bscholarly.com/countries-with-highest-number-of-scammers/. we have been of good behaviour recently and have been overthrown by 4 countries.

for this life eh, maturity and sense na one of the most important but yet most underrated things aswr.

Person when get sense suppose understand the kind thing when suppose de come from our end considering the bad reputation we don get already but some people no de ever gee get sense. Are you trying to tell me that we are the worse nation in terms of corruption and cyber crime? So many countries de when de run crazy things on the low but no body de hear am because them no de too hype am.

If we can't speak good about ourselves in the public do you expect others to do same about us? The issue when de course mist of the things na basically because most newbies de feel say na compulsory thing to always create thread. Must they even put Nigeria in the title of their thread? I know say no be only us be the African country when de the forum but na our matter ns him plenty every where pasd and most of them no be for the good reason. which way Nigeria?

Know that we have forum recognition. What that matters that gives recognition on this forum is your posting quality and not how bad your country is.

Do not praise Nigeria as if there are no scammers. The country economy is bad. Lack of employment makes many youth to take cyber criminal activities as work. The guy is not wrong at all. Can you not even see what is happening internally in Nigeria now. There is something wrong internally and externally, as long as people wants to make money. You see the high rate of kidnapping, all for a means to make money.

Do not say you want forum recognition that people should not have freedom to post what is going on in their country. If you think that he is wrong, go and post there and correct him like I have posted before. And in fact, you have nothing to correct than the world itself cruel. The economy was bad, it got worse, scammers increased in number. That is not wrong.

He is only talking about what have been the cause of the high cyber criminal activities in Nigeria. And from what I understand from his post is that many Nigerians are suffering due to bad economy and later got no option.

Hey man it hurts to read about something like this on this forum especially when it is coming from a Nigerian, knowing that we Nigerians on the forum are working hard to most to uphold our integrity and make other see us in good light. The disadvantages with topics like this is that those who aren't mature enough will easily generalize to the rest of the population which is not good. However, there is a lot we can do to at least discourage any generalizations. It is true that many Nigerians are into internet fraud but it is also true that many Nigerians are into very honest businesses that have solve so many of the world problems. These people are in the limelight and they are more than those who got their wealth through frauds. Thes responsibility lies on us to tell a different story to the world - We have people like Asisat Oshoala, Blessing Okagbare, Victor Moses, Ahmed Musa, Alex Iwobi, Kelechi Promise Iheanacho, Seye Ogunlewe, Peter Odemwingie, Sim Shagaya, Basket Mouth, Chidiogo Akunyili. Clarence Peters, Bosun Tijani, Bankole Cardoso, Yemi Alade, Alex Iwobi, Asuquo Ekpenyong, Don Jazzy, Seyi Taylor, Wizkid. We can all drive the conversations around these Nigerians and change the narrative. You too can as well talk about yourself. You are not into fraud. You wouldn't be reading this if you were.

Firstly I don't get what you're trying to say and I wished I understood what the op is trying to create right now, people should understand the difference between creating topic for discussion and informing the public about the current situation, I wished the op would have written something better like after listing the problems try and create something new like a solution for everyone to learn. After blabbing and talking nonsense everyone will still face the hardship then there's no point creating such nonsense like "if you're not rich you can't feed well" like who asked for such opinion.
Everybody here know say the country current situation too hard so why informing the public without listing a solution, I believe everyone is here to learn so I can decide to learn from one or two opinion listed but there's nothing to even learn.
Talking about reputation, just one post can't tarnish the reputation of naija and it can never happen, the information the op passed out is just a normal inform and every country get this scam issue not only naija, I can't paint another country black because of what I heard for example, naija get scammers but in the midst of bad eggs good eggs go definitely dey.

What I meant is that you people have no right to create a post that newbie is painting the country bad when the economy is not good. Go to the thread and make valid points instead of bringing it up on the local board on another thread. You people can also talk about the solutions. I do not have time to post anymore on this thread that is not useful for me to discuss. This thread is not helpful. Go there and make useful posts that are helpful.

I hail boss, me i be newbie and wetin carry me come here be say i hear say them dey pay una weekly in dollars. As sapa too much for Naija i say make i register see if i fit follow una chop this money

:D lol hope the person that told you that they pay weekly here told how things work, is true that you can earn some extra cash through this forum but is not easy as you have Heard. Before you can be qualified for any weekly payments, you first need to rank up and to rankup you need something called merit and to get merit you need, to know how the forum work and learn more about bitcoin so that you can contribute and same time earn merit.
I think now you don't need to rush things take your time and learn more about the forum reading about the rules, the link below can help you with that and always do so to use the search icon if you want to search for anything for proper understanding concerning the forum or BTC
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=help

The op has a point to some extent but I will disagree with the case of reporting anyone. Recently, this idea of reporting is everywhere on social media which I think is very bad. If we start reporting people over small issues , what will it profit us in their downfall.

To me, I think the poster must have posted of the frustration of the country economy. Look at it , people finds it difficult to live up to standard just because they can afford things due to dollar to naira crisis.
I do not thing we should hide our shame, let be published so that people in authority can do something about th the shame.

I bin wan create this post after I read am for politics and society. My mind tell me to check weda person don already create similar thread before I come see this one.

Tru tru, the way wey our newbies don dey demarket Nigeria no good. E no start today but e don dey worse. Which kind wahala be this. I check the person profile and see say him don already post for local board, why him no open the topic for the local board. E dey bad. Our name no good for online, abeg make una no spoilam the more.

You no suppose report that kind post, no be spam. For the fact say you no like am or e dey spoil the reputation of Nigeria no mean say na spam.

For the fact say freedom of speech dey, we suppose use our head. People from US dey defend their country till the end and one person wey no use him head dey dey paint us black more. E no go well abeg. Just read the title only see how e sound

Na d matter wey we dey discuss b dis so, u no go look for way to learn BTC or crypto in dis Bitcointalk.org, but na how to mak dollar every week d person who introduced u teach u before u join d forum abi. Dis kind person na, he go later do something bad  dat will make other people dey mention Nigeria among country wey dey do bad pass, and some of dem are not from Nigeria but dey are using some post dey manage post in d local board as a member of Nigeria local board, I guess dis is d time our members in dis local board open deir eyes very well for all those stranger wey dey spoiled our name in other forum claiming dey are from Naija.

This sef na problem because when person bring you come the forum and dem no orient the person Wella na so the user go make post and get the thinking say na just to come make money here without properly evaluating the way things are actually done and this na one of the major results of people doing all these shitpost them. E for better say these user dem actually learn before them create thread anyhow for the forum.

If the forum will look at that before picking moderators and merit sources from the local board, then the system is not fair to the Nigerians in the forum. Just like every other country in the world, scammers and good people nest everywhere and it differs to what extent they are in a particular location. The OP shouldn’t have just come up to say such about his country, although he must have been saying it out of context or joy of writing about scamming. He might also have said it because he is only aware of what is happening in his country without comparing it to what is happening outside of his country before making conclusions. I hope he learns from the corrections he gets from this thread.


This is a more recent data about countries that scams the most in the world. It is not about the data but about your country not appearing in the list at all. This is not something beneficial that we will be glad that we have improved and not maintaining the higher position we were once in before.

The newbie is talking out of point. To even say that you came to the forum for the sake of earning dollars weekly is not something that one should proudly see out there. Even though it is nothing if you go out there to make something for your pocket, I don't think that should be your major reason why you are here. The forum is not all about making dollars but a data bank where you can learn a lot of information and get a lot of understanding on how Bitcoin and other cryptos operate.

 You can be able to invest and trade Bitcoin among other things that revolve around Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. It is not enough for you to say that you came to the forum for the purpose of making dollars. That means you wouldn't come with a passion that you need to survive in the forum because, as far as I'm concerned, the forum is a well-disciplined place and it hasn't gone against its core values, one of which is to impart knowledge of digital currencies such as cryptocurrencies to the forum members.

The forum has also taken into account that to introduce local boards as a means of identifying the diversity that is in us and giving us that sense of belonging to contribute and also learn from activity and events that are happening within our own society or country, as well as how countries are adopting the use of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Saying that someone told you that money been made here and that's probably the reason why you came to the forum, I don't think that person has exposed you to the core objectives of this forum. Therefore, it may end up being problematic for you because you may not be able to understand the rules and guidelines guided by this forum and result in breaching the set rules and guidelines which is not what we hope for.


I also don't believe that freedom of speech should allow someone to disgrace his country outside the world. Some Nigerians are looking for the slightest opportunity to pounce on the integrity of the country, and we cannot allow that to happen because we should not allow our country to go out with the notion of being a nation for scammers or painting us black in the face of the world. As Nigerians, we should remain our own ambassadors, and we should be the promoters of our own country. We are the citizens, and we know what we are facing. However, we cannot let our guards down out there because as much as we denigrate the country out there; the more it becomes difficult for the outside world to trust us, and that will affect us even more than it will do to the country or  leaders. So, if our leaders are not doing what they should do to ensure that our country remains great in the comity of other nations, then we cannot be like them as well. We must protect what we have and cherish it at the best.

The moment you carry the flag of Nigeria, you are meant to protect the integrity of the country, and whatever you're going to do that is going to paint a bad image of the country, you should avoid it. Let us be our own image caretakers, and let us try as much as possible to correct those problems and wrongs that we are facing today in the best way that we can. If speaking good about this country is the best thing we can do to right the wrongs, then let's continue to do that because that is what the nation needs.

We can see how the Super Eagles brought happiness to the country, and even the comments of football fans and other football lovers across the globe, including some FIFA officials, respecting Nigeria and the Nigerian players for how they have performed extremely well. That should be the way we should go about selling Nigeria out there, not looking for opportunities to downgrade our image and to let our guards down. There is no nation that doesn't have scammers, and even big nations that we think that we are copying have issues too, a lot of bothering issues. But what they do that we don't do is they hide their weaknesses and continue to show to the world that they are the best. But it's just never enough. An example that I'm going to end this discussion with is just because you can defecate, or as a human being, you're meant to defecate, doesn't mean you let your bum-bum (buttocks) out there.

With this mentality you find the forum very difficult to survive, because you are basically here to make money and not here to contribute your knowledge. I hope you succeed in your quest, but it will surprise you to know that you have to put in lots of work before you can get to this level you are talking about. Mind you many people have been here for more than two years and haven't seen anything. It's not as if once you register your account you get paid, bro this place is not a hustling ground. If you need money go and look for a job that will pay you. Here is for people who are ready to learn and gain knowledge and contribute their knowledge in life to help others. If you are not here to learn about bitcoin, then forget it.

This na matter wey we don discuss tire and them still dey repeat this matter, omor if to say I be DT member, nothing go make accounts like that survive for this forum. Because I go just red tag am for lies first, then low quality poster. Wattin be this na, this matter don tire me oo. Na people wey carry Dem come wey no give them proper guidance naim I blame. All this kind things no good na, newbies e nor good make we dey spoil our country name all in the name of merit, beside if you go some countries wey dey suffer similar things like Nigeria you go see say our own even good. Russia wey na Dem be the baba for hacks you no talk na Niger you dey go call.

Newbies abeg the best wey to learn na to follow the footsteps of those wey don go far for life, even for this forum. If you follow their footsteps, you go learn many things and know how to succeed. No be all this trash Dem wey I dey see for forum here. When I started as a newbie though my post weren't quality enough but i tracked some quality posters and learn from them, and I made good use of my Google search to learn any new word that I came across and did some reading in GitHub to learn more extensively on Bitcoin. Dem say, the power to succeed and to fail, say na our hand e dey. So na you go decide weda you wan continue to dey post trash make Dem ban your account or you go change and follow good footsteps make you for achieve your purpose here in this forum.

This one shock me, abeg my fellow Newbies make una look any topic well before u post abeg

I get you bro some Nigerians dey use their hand spoil their name outside, but he has freedom to say what he wants on the forum, I won't blame him he was probably trying to get some attention, but how did you know he is a member of the niger board or did you just assume?

Nevertheless na fuckup, it would as if Nigerians on the forum have such lifestyle too and some may start been racist towards us.

As I see the post, my body just weak, I don’t even know what to say, I checked the person wey post am posting history, and I see say na from Nigeria self, how you go post that kin rubbish for general thread just because of merit, because Wetin I know say d person dey look for no pass merit, you dey spoil your country reputation for other people eye just because you want make dem give u merit, and after posting the rubbish, him no still receive any merit. No matter how bad our country is, at least him no suppose go dey open our yansh for all those oyinbo make dem see, if him talk things like dis for local board, e no go too pain me, na just other section wey him carry am go vex me pass.

Seriously I don’t think anything can be done about it even if you report the person, dey fit just move d post commot for d section wey him post am go another section. Abeg make we just dey think first before we dey post, all those posts no really make sense, and if anybody carry person come dis forum, make dem dey try monitor people wey dem carry come. Person wey make that post lack orientation about the forum, him dey reason say na posts like that go give am merit.

This post isn't right for our reputation in this forum. Although this shouldn't have caused any issue if it was posted in our local board with the tittle being reframed. Let's always try not to make any post that will continue to affect our reputation as country.

Just imagine a citizens of a country tarnishing the image of his country that's too bad, does it mean that we are this bad, why will a Nigeria mess his country of up like this, making things look like we are devil itself, this is a bad way of presenting your origin to the public, many countries are even worst nit that am supporting anything but let's always try to present ourselves very well to the public so that it won't look like we are the worst country on the planet earth, anyways I already know why that thread was created, it was created to get favour but it is very unfortunate that they people that the op was expecting the favour from already knows that antics, let's just be mindful of what we say here because it may come knocking one day.

@DubemIfedigbo001 don't be so insighted like our government authorities who has hijacked the power, right and responsibilities of the social medias and the platforms of our publicity.
Don't sound like there is something of the nation you embraces and doesn't want the globe to know about.

The country has been a place like if you talk it is a waste of time and if you don't talk it still makes no difference so, let anyone who wants to say whatever they wants say what they want to say. Let their emotions be satisfied and be justified. Lets exercise the freedom of speech as even the law permited it
Besides... Let what have to be aired be spilt out for the country isn't even being encouraging to be defended or boosting about by the poor citizens unless to those being favoured by the country.

I see many people dey talk sey e get freedom of speech to talk wetin e like, but I dey sure sey people wey dey support am no go through the OP post very well, because if dey do, dem go know sey the post doesn't make any sense.

Government don ever stop us from open businesses before unless the business is not legit. The true be sey the poster really made a mistake and e good dey should make am know, e for even choose to talk about how bad our economy is now because na everybody dey feel am e go even better pass this wan..

I don sabi say you dey vex. E dey very important to make we dey keep di atmosphere positive and show respect for forums. If person dey behave anyhow, e dey okay to report dem to di moderator. To dey build community wey dey support each other dey good for everybody. Na so we suppose give newbies small time make dem fit revise so dem fit adjust to di forum culture.

I have to go back, and I took my time to read all the nonsense this person had to spill out of his blatant mouth. I dont blame him. I blame the member who introduced him to the forum without proper orientation. If anyone is in contact with that individual, i think it is advisable for him to lock the thread. I see it is open, and a lot of people are saying jargon over there. The thread should be locked as soon as possible.

In as much as we are all experiencing the same hardship and problem with the government and  cryptocurrency news we still have to behave orderly by avoiding spamming. Now both Sr men and newbies just dey make the local board be like say na new forum, I know how painful this present situation be for people but I got still like clear una say e nor good for the health of our board. Make we nor loose our standard at least we fit discuss for one thread about government and cryptocurrency matter instead of make everybody dey create em own thread. Currently out posting structure is not on all, e no good make we repent and keep the board free from spam posts . If you mistakenly make post and person don already talk about that same matter, you fit lock your thread and let the other thread keeps going.

Some of wetin our people they talk about our country for this forum e no make sense. No be everything wey dey go on for this country na we suppose to bring come forum. Even if this dude won bring something like this come outside for forum na local board him for bring ahm come then we discuss ahm will our local language wey be say nobody go understand ahm, e go be only we wey go fit understand ahm.

This na serious matter my brother,  the way some newbie wan take dey act faster than them shadow dey surprise me. Some never even learn the forum rule them don dey rush go bigger boards to show skill as e dey hot without knowing say the forum get record, everything wey you post dey somewhere dey wait for you.

I know say some people wey be newbie dey try but the ones wey dey do pass themselves dey spoil everybody name and e  no good. We don see plenty bad belle against 9ja people, that one suppose to dey teach us to get sense. If not our big oga them wey dey help dey cool the fire sometimes, plenty people for don collect wetin no good.

This the problem we have in this country carrying probagada such as them say, I hear without proper consultation or seeking other information has help to damage our country.

Though we have free down of speech but let try and make our verification not them say in public domain beside creating post is not mandatory you can still comment on people post a get rewards, despite the state of the nation i am not happy with economy and the way our leaders are leading but saying things I am not sure to condemned this nation is very bad because it affects you directly and indirectly, many of our citizens has been put into serious check by other nations due to what we tag our self to be even when we are not.

My advice is that who ever that want to carry out information like this should try a light and verify what is passing out Incase of necessity to avoid hard I know .