26/02/2024
I had this long conversation with one of my casual friends about this trending internet fraud popularly called Yahoo. He categorically told me he's involved in the street. I asked him what it means, is it to be involved in snatching of bags — armed robbery or what? He said it means to be involved in yahoo; duping people in the internet. I said oh!
Something now caught my attention in the discussion and made me fully immerse myself in the pool of the discussion. He said he has been doing Yahoo for the past one year but he has not been lucky to hit the jackpot. He has attempted to successfully dupe up to six clients but when it remained a little effort for the clients to send money, something used to happen and got the plan spoilt. He said probably this Yahoo of a thing doesn't align with his destiny. I smiled.
He added that he is actually doing this internet fraud with conscience. I asked him how, that is there any conscience in duping people for money? He said he made the statement because he has the intention of stopping the fraud immediately he successfully closed a Yahoo deal and he will resultantly diversify the money in real businesses because that's what one of his friends actually did. In my mind, I was like you want to make someone cry and use the cry to start your own happiness, wow!
As a person, I love having deep discussions with Yahoo boys, because reminding them of things they know but choose to forget is a thing I love doing. I asked him why he decided to engage in such act. He acquainted me with the fact that time is not really in his side again. He's actually turning 23 in April, 2024. I told him my age which definitely he knew I was older than him. I said, despite my age and nothing to show even as a graduate, I never thought of choosing Yahoo as my next source of income. I just keep hoping and doing the little I can.
To solidify my points with him, I said there is a perception I have about life: God never, for any reason, created a man, sent him to the world and destined him to be poor till death. God is not such wicked. He has definitely destined everyone to hit success at a point in time but the time is a mystery to every mankind — nobody knows the time.
Now, considering the fact that you don't know when God has destined you to hit your success, you decide to opt for acts that God does not approve, won't that affect the plan of God for your life? Okay, it's sounding like I'm preaching like one of those regular evangelists in the street. Let me illustrate with a practical example. If God planned that me, Peter will have my story changed in April this year and in March, I decided to start duping people, making them cry and suffer for the rest of their lives, I would push them to cry to God and curse me. Now, the God that has judgement in his hand may decide to forfeit the life changing success he planned for me in April because of my dubious acts in March. It's as simple as such. In fact, the curses of my clients may not be only directed at me, but also to my next innocent generation. God! This is how curses transition from generation to generation. If my forefathers have caused one in the past, I shouldn't create a new one for those coming behind me.
He kept following up, I added that the space of time between poverty and riches is just a second. As you're seeing me poor monetarily at the moment, your next sight of me might be of different amazing appearance. That's life!
Bringing my points to an end, I pointed at a mansion which the owner is a multimillionaire and he himself is working under the man, I asked him that did he know that till 30 this man was busy struggling in the streets of Lagos, pulling wheelbarrows, doing Okada (commercial motorcycling) as a graduate. It's after 30 years of age, things began to have a new face in his life. He affirmed he heard of the whole story too and he's shocked. I said good!
All being said, he felt motivated and made a statement which I would love to share. He said this night, like today's evening particularly, he would tell his boss in Yahoo that he's no more interested in the act. I smiled. I would do a follow-up to ensure he's not just motivated but really decisive.
- Peter Swot