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Destalker, a well-known comedian in Nigeria, has come clean about his past endeavours into internet fraud, which he admittedly failed at.
The comic revealed that his former acquaintance who first exposed him to online scams is now a Christian preacher in an episode of the In-house Gist podcast.
His benevolent nature prevented him from succeeding at cyber fraud, he said.
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I failed at internet fraud with a friend of mine who is now a pastor before I left Enugu. Subsequently, we would arrange for N250 night sessions in cyber cafes. My friend would always foot the bill as I couldn’t afford it back then. Reverend Nelson Umeh is currently a prominent pastor.
Nevertheless, I was occupied on Facebook conversing with my loved ones and former classmates from Ughelli as he was searching for unsuspecting people to con. My day would end with a nap. Spending more than you need to when you’re in the wrong boat is pointless…
“However, things have changed now. I did not have to succumb to internet fraud; it was not my fate. Due to my generous nature, I am unable to con someone. My experience has given me the self-assurance to know that nothing can stand in my way of reaching my objective.
I informed the comedians who had threatened to pull me from a concert if I didn’t appear there that I would blow their minds regardless of whether they were present or not. I went ahead and did it. The comedians and some of the performances have gone off the air, Destalker said.