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What to do when your money runs away "Ezenukpo" style
Culled from Google
You’re at your traditional Nigerian wedding. Your traditional wedding. Rababa-ing in your agbada across the dance floor, spraying bundles of dollar notes on your iyawo. She has refused to smile—as is the custom of her people—but you don’t mind. You spray on, and on, and on… until she finally gives in. The aroma of party jollof and abula passes through your pointed nose so you subtly switch dance moves to a simple legwork before you whisper in your highschool sweetheart’s ears “Olami, let’s retire for some proper Nigerian food, shall we?”
Funny thing is, it never started out that way—your financial status, I mean. It was more of a “gold have I none, sapa I get” scenario. You had ventured into the deep, dark tunnels of MMM, Racksterli, and finally, CBEX.
These are notorious Ponzi scheme platforms that promised quick and unrealistic returns on investments by luring thousands of unsuspecting Nigerians. MMM(Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox), the most infamous, presented itself as a mutual aid community offering 30% returns in 30 days. Racksterli followed with a flashy social media presence, enticing users to invest in supposed digital advertising packages for daily profits. CBEX, the more recent iteration, disguised itself with a crypto twist, using complex jargon to hide its fraudulent core.
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Culled from Tribune
In the case of Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX,) You thought you were holding on to hot gist, keeping the update to yourself like it was a hidden treasure. The plan was simple: invest a sum, wait for a month for the money to double. All you had to do was sit back and let the “bibbidi bobbidi boo” do its thing. Then gbam! You’ve made it. Or so you thought. However, like every other Ponzi scheme, your money developed legs and ran away - ezenukpo style.
You were broken and troubled, stuck in that deep, dark tunnel for a while. It was hard. It was painful. But you made it through.
How?
You learnt your lesson and stopped the blame game.
You didn’t isolate yourself. Instead, you surrounded yourself with people whose voices were louder than the ones in your head
You took control of your finances. You read books like The Richest man in Babylon by George Clason, attended seminars, and soaked in lessons from stories like Diana Henriques’ Lessons on History's Biggest Ponzi scheme Tedtalk.
And most importantly, you didn’t keep the wisdom to yourself — you warned others.
You had hoped the Investment and Securities Bill of 2025, signed into law by President Tinubu, would bring real change. But you didn’t wait to find out. Instead, you migrated to the US. There, you did a lot of manual jobs that your university medicine credentials never required and so it gathered a lot of dust that period. gateman, cook, waiter, you name it. You did it all, climbing the ladder bit by bit till you broke the jugular of sapa and tweaked your story.
To become wealthy, you need either of these – a powerful surname, influential connections, or exceptional intelligence to open doors of opportunities for you in Nigeria.
You had just one, exceptional intelligence and you wielded it like a sword. You didn't tilt to marrying a white woman as an illegal immigrant for a green card as your friends did and soon enough the rewards of my smart and hard work flowed in when you became a doctor in Houston and a popular one at that. However, it came with a series of trails and errors, signs and desperation,and finally, tears and joy. You've realised that individuals who have managed to pull through the discipline, consistency and trials are always rewarded immensely and It is obvious that you have become one of such individuals.
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