Nigerian scammers - A time for sober reflection
May be I should start by congratulating all those that constitute the 'Nigerian scammers' and are locally referred to as ' Yahoo Boys' for winning the 2005 Ig® Nobel Prize for literature http://www.improb.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html. This just goes to show the extent to which the attention of the whole world has been drawn to the actions of these people.
I just wonder why christening the act 'yahoo,yahoo'. One, may be the perpetrators saw a comparison between their act and the exemplary feat of the founders of yahoo. That seem to have been rewarded with their award. The other reason is just the fact that they make use of Yahoo mails andIMs to perpetrate their awful act.
Let me give you the bad and the good news.
The bad news is that your actions and inactions are not doing justice to the millions of dollars Nigeria is spending to repair her international image. Legitimate mails emanating from Nigeria are being scrutinized and given a second thought. Have you also paused to think of the damage done to the person you are defrauding?
The good news, however, is that the presidential committee set up to look this case, The Nigerian Cybercrime Working Group (NCWG) has come up with a draft of the "COMPUTER SECURITY AND CRITICAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION BILL 2005". As soon as the bill is passed, and all effort has been put in place to ensure its accelerated passage before the end of the year, it will be extremely difficult to engage in the act successfully and go free.
One good thing about the proposed bill is that it has gone beyond providing a legal framework for prosecuting the perpetrators to putting in place all measure that will protect intellectual properties transmitted electronically.
The growth in the telecoms sector in Nigeria, with particularr reference to GSM, has proven that things can work in Nigeria if all necessary machineries are put in place. One of the right step in the right direction is the proposed bill. Its advantages are just too numerous.
Nigerian Scammers, please reflect.
About Me
- 'Gbenga Adeyemo
- Olugbenga is the Chairman of The IET Nigeria Younger Members’ Section (IET NYMS). He has represented the IET and presented papers at different technical and recruitment events of many IET Student Sections and other organisations in Nigeria. He is a graduate of Computer Science from the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria and an IT Professional with interests in web applications, networking, security and FOSS. He is also the Program Coordinator of Peer Energy, a series of workshop designed to train, empower and mentor youths in development initiatives. He is known to be passionate and committed to his work, which he sees as an opportunity to improve his country and the world. He believes “the joy of service is in the sacrifice put into it”. His hobbies are research and interacting.
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