In this article, I will be correcting the common opinion about Nigeria filled with Yahoo boys and girls. Even though there are some bad eggs among us but we have many people making it legally.
Nigerians are discriminated upon because of the internet fraudsters tag, even Nigerians are afraid of dealing with each other online because it is thought to be our area of expertise.
What we don't understand is that this isn't correct. Unlike the narrations projected by Media and continents, Nigeria isn't filled with internet fraudsters but hardworking men and women.
Here is the list of top 20 Countries with the highest records of cybercrimes. This is gotten from the Symantec research report, a security research firm.
1. United State of America: According to Symantec, the USA is the actual den of internet fraudsters from the records gotten. They are ranking at a number 1 on attack origin, Phishing website, Bot rank among others. while other countries like the above are following the USA.
2. China: Despite its business acumen, this country is the second-largest home to internet fraudsters following the USA.
3. Germany is the 3rd
Other countries include Britain, Brazil, Spain, Italy, France, Turkey, Poland, India, Russia, Canada, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico, Argentina, Australia, and Israel in that order from 4th to 20th.
Where is Nigeria? No African countries make the chat despite the stereotype.
Even with the likes of Woodbery, Hushpuppi, Mompha, and other alleged internet fraudsters, Nigeria didn't come close to what other countries' citizens are doing.
This is to tell you that Nigerians are legit and not criminals as being projected worldwide. We actually have more hardworking men and women who are making us proud.
Whenever you heard anyone stereotyping Nigerians again tell them "Not all Nigerians are Criminal in fact it is only a few"! We are hardworking!
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