I Go Chop Your Dollar

Ok, for those of you who watched 20/20 on 12/8/06, you are either currently laughing really hard, utterly disgusted, or both. It was insane how people gave up their life savings for things like "black money" or promises of a cut of some large fortune. If you are like me, you receive these emails periodically or maybe even more frequently. Most people simply delete them and move on, apparently some actually respond and begin plans for the transfer of their riches. Kai! Don't get me wrong, I feel bad for those who lost their life savings but really at some point they have to take stock of their own roles in these scams. They became victims as a result of their willingness to dupe whichever government or ex government official whose money they were promised. I do not in any shape or form condone what the scammers do but as my favorite saying goes, "those who don't hear must feel." Those would-be beneficiaries of the scams, or victims as they have now become, probably would not heed the advice or warning of those around them or their own insticts telling them that nothing could be this easy. Therefore they had to feel the effects. Chai!

With regard to ABC's role, I thought they were not very objective in their portrayal. For example, they called Nigeria "a sprawling, crime ridden, corrupt, disgrace of a city." Dang! Also they added a music video, which the audience was prompted to infer reflected the views/ideas of Nigerians in general. The played it throughout the segment to really enrage the viewers. I mean think about how much more it angered viewers that these people were taking their money and singing about it. In actuality, that video was made for a movie. Apparently the actor/music video lead is in "trouble" with the government for acting in the movie. Ehhhh, then Brad Pitt and all those people better be careful. Nonsense. Africans too like "yessa massa" when Americhe or Bylon is mad or feeling duped. So now they have to sanction actors for playing a role. Mbuasem times 2. All in all, this problem can be blamed on both the scammers/masters and the mugu/losers. It is unfair to lose all your money to a scammer but it is also unfair to try to get rich via illegal means. Me Done.

Here is the link for all those that were partying that night instead of watching 20/20:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPrwyZ4nDpk