Comments on: Sony Depicts Nigeria as Home of Fraud in Latest PS3 Ad

By: Codec

Codec — Sat, 15 May 2010 23:07:00 +0000

See this country you despise so much, will be ruling all ya asses pretty soon… It's Codec!

By: Codec

Codec — Sat, 15 May 2010 23:07:00 +0000

See this country you despise so much, will be ruling all ya asses pretty soon… It’s Codec!

By: GadgetNut

GadgetNut — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:15:00 +0000

From SANS Newsbites: -------------------------------- Operation Eagle Claw Aims to Thwart Nigerian eMail Scammers (October 23, 2009) An initiative dubbed "Operation Eagle Claw" aims to move "Nigeria out of the top ten list of countries with the highest incidence of fraudulent emails," according to Farida Waziri, chairwoman of the country's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Though not yet 100 percent operational, Eagle Claw has resulted in 18 arrests and the closure of more than 800 websites linked to fraud. The initiative involves scanning all email. Police are working with Microsoft to calibrate the technology used to scan the email. -http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33448866/ns/technology_and_science-security/ -http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/23/nigeria_police_success/ -http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8322316.stm -http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/nigeria-actually-arrests-shuts-d own-online-scammers.ars

By: GadgetNut

GadgetNut — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:15:25 +0000

By: liberati

liberati — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:53:00 +0000

I'm Nigerian and I find this ad quite funny. It stings when people take the mickey out of my country for all the wrong reasons, but this is an ad targeting something that is actually true. So the so called "Nigerian Officials" should get over themselves and focus on giving companies like Sony no reason to make comments like that.

By: liberati

liberati — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:53:00 +0000

I’m Nigerian and I find this ad quite funny. It stings when people take the mickey out of my country for all the wrong reasons, but this is an ad targeting something that is actually true. So the so called “Nigerian Officials” should get over themselves and focus on giving companies like Sony no reason to make comments like that.

By: GadgetNut

GadgetNut — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:23:00 +0000

Yes, the Nigerian government is feigning being offended. They're being a tad thin-skinned about it considering how much of the scamming activity that they allow to go on. And they do it because government officials benefit from it. More money passes below the table there than passes above it.

If they really wanted to clean up their image, and put jabs like this to rest, they'd declare a 'season' on scammers, and throw their butts in prison, sending the message that they are tired of the scammers sullying the collective reputation of Nigeria. Until they do, they're both culpable and complicit.

So they're offended.. So what..

By: GadgetNut

GadgetNut — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:23:00 +0000

Yes, the Nigerian government is feigning being offended. They’re being a tad thin-skinned about it considering how much of the scamming activity that they allow to go on. And they do it because government officials benefit from it. More money passes below the table there than passes above it.

If they really wanted to clean up their image, and put jabs like this to rest, they’d declare a ‘season’ on scammers, and throw their butts in prison, sending the message that they are tired of the scammers sullying the collective reputation of Nigeria. Until they do, they’re both culpable and complicit.

So they’re offended.. So what..

By: Sampi

Sampi — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:35:00 +0000

I think the Nigerian government is exaggerating. It's just a joke, I'm sure most Nigerians are nice people. This ad is targeted at people who read about the price cut on the internet (ie, people who know about memes and internet scams). DEMANDING an apology is ridiculous, it was just a 2 second joke…

By: Sampi

Sampi — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:35:00 +0000

I think the Nigerian government is exaggerating. It’s just a joke, I’m sure most Nigerians are nice people. This ad is targeted at people who read about the price cut on the internet (ie, people who know about memes and internet scams). DEMANDING an apology is ridiculous, it was just a 2 second joke…

By: Jehovah's Witne

Jehovah's Witne — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:08:00 +0000

Nigeria seems to be getting a double whammy from Sony, with this ad, and the alien-eating portrayal in the Sony Pictures film "District 9." Poor Nigerians...can't seem to get a break. http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/21/nige...

By: Michael the Dumb Tec

Michael the Dumb Tec — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:29:00 +0000

In the Kansas City area I hadn't seen this version of the commercial. The one I'm seeing is identical to this, except where they make the Nigerian comment the guy says, "You shouldn't believe every rumor you hear on the Internet. That's how World War 1 got started."

@_@

Both are quite funny. Yay for memorable advertisements, even if it's a product I'll never buy.