Chronicles of a yahoo boy (Internet Fraudster) Episode 2, Season 1

The Internship

After my secondary school Certificate Examination, things weren’t as rosy as thought. It was then life truly dealt with me. We were thrown out of our house and the only option was living and scooting in a desolate hospital. My dad in his usual way found is level..He sorted himself out and left all to the poor woman( Iya Dotun). On so many occasions we (my sister and I) slept on marshy rugs at the back of the hospital, when the hospital guard refused to let us in. We have to wait till late in the night when everywhere seem gloomy before we could sneak in.

My infatuations about my childhood cartoon (Scooby Doo) later came into reality. 

I remember wanting to hiss myself one midnight when I heard a frightening smile…ahahahahhh…I saw a shadow walk bye and slammed the door…gbaaaammm…I ran back postponing the activity till day break.

 Alright let me not bore you with some part of my funny story…all seem like a fairytale now..you know the once upon a time thing..!!

A year after secondary school, I had to relocate to Anthony Village to live with a family friend. Then my  internship to yahoo yahoo truly began. 

I learnt from the real bosses of the business. The so called big names in the Yahoo industry surely have affiliations with this dudes. They were my brothers and mentors at that time.

My first email address for the business was signed up. I started with posting ads on craiglist for one of my closest bro..who does classified…hmm are you wondering what classified is all about..?? That was the real deal then before the so called dating of the New Age..lol…New age indeed…

He thought me how to copy and paste..that’s simply the basic step needed. Copy and paste, replying messages from archives of formats and opening a new word pad for pasting the  maga's addresses...lol. It was much fun experiencing my internship there because I had opportunity to watch and observe how things are done. I got carried away and forgot the hardship and pain I experienced earlier, was wearing the latest sneakers, clothes from my different departmental lecturers…lol..I call them that because they really need to be awarded with a Phd in Yahoology..boring right??

In less than three months in the house, I met some different spiritual people  who could tell you to “stop wasting your time on this man or woman they won’t pay”..they work better on those ones who they notice better prospects in. They are like business partners to the yahoo guys.

I remember one faithful day, The man with the name Gaskia a muslim cleric who works for one of the dude already got a notification from his shrine maybe..that one of the maga he have been working on paid some money days back….he drove into the compound to confront the guy who had earlier denied it. To my surprise the dude admitted to the fact that the maga truly paid…lol and gave him his share.

I got registered on my first dating site..myspace.com with the name Jenny Houston…What a sweet name right..lol..I developed a strong and nice profile and in less than one week I met my first real maye…lol

Then the whole story started to make sense.. ( To be continued)

Financial secrets of self-made successful millionaires.

I was at home during the weekend and was thinking about a way I could add value to life of people or probably my lovely followers I call them NPvers..lol cool name right??. What first struck my mind was everyone wants to be successful but not all are ready to go break the limit.  Answer?  Have you ever wondered why some people are more successful than others? Okay I decided to make it easier and try sharing at least two topics weekly on how to achieve financial freedom; I will be sharing with you some financial secrets of self-made successful millionaires.

Hello, I am Teniola Adedotun, the CEO Newspatchers blog, I assure you that what you are about to learn can change your life. This ideas, insight and strategies have been a spring board to financial success to many men and women from every walk of life. These principles are simple, effective and very easy to apply. Each of it is based on rigorous research and interviews with self-made millionaires. The techniques have been proven over and over again and it will work for you if you take them and apply them in your own life. Here is the good news, virtually everyone starts with nothing, and probably 99.1 % of all financially successful people today started up broke or nearly broke. The average self-made millionaires have been bankrupt or close to bankrupt 3.2 times. Most of them fail over and over again till they found the real “success recipe”. One hundred of thousand and hundreds of millions of people have practised this same technique and you can do it also.

The Iron law of human destiny is the “ Law of cause and effect”. This law is very simple but yet very powerful. This law states that there is a specific effect for a cause. For every action there is a reaction. This law says that success is not an accident; financial success is the results that doing certain and specific things and causes over and over again until you get the effect that you desire. The fact is, self-made millionaires are average people with average education working at average organization and live in average houses and driving average cars, but they have found out what other financially successful people do and they have done that over and over again until they got the same result. It is not magical and it is not accident and when you think the same way and do the same thing that self-made millionaires do you will begin to get the same result and rewards that they do. This is the way and how the  law of cause and effect works in your life. There are 21 secrets of success of self-made millionaires each of these is indispensable to your becoming financial independent the absence of any one of these factors can  or by itself  undermine or even destroy your chances of health , happiness and great prosperity . The good news is that you can learn every one of these principles by practice, repetition and learning it over and over again until they become so natural to you as breathe in and breathe out, just as you have learned to ride a bicycle and drive a car you can apply the principles of self-made millionaires and apply them in your life. “Remember there are no limits except for the limits you place on yourselves”.

Let’s begin!!!

The first secret of self-made millionaires is simple. “Dream Big Dream”. Allow yourself to dream, allow yourself to imagine, fantasise on the type of life you’ll like to live, the kind of life of money you will like to earn and have in your bank account. All great men and women begin with a Dream of something wonderful and different from what they have today. Remember the song that says “you have to have a dream if you want to make a dream come true”. Imagine for a moment that you have no limitation on what you want to be, had or do in life. Can you at least imagine for a moment that you have all the time, all the money, all the education, all the experience, all the friends, all the contacts, all the resources & everything you need to make you achieve anything you really want in life? If your potential was completely unlimited what kind of a life will you want or create for yourself and family? Practise what is called back from the future thinking. This a high technique used regularly by high performing men & women in every field. This method has an amazing effect on the way you think and what you do. This is how it works; you project yourself forward to 5 years in your mind’s eye. Imagine that 5 years have passed and that your life is now perfect in every respect. What does it look like? What are you doing? Where are you working? How much money are you earning? How much do you have in the bank? What kind of lifestyle will you have if your life was perfect in every respect?

Create a vision for yourself for the long time future. The more clearly you can make a vision of health, happiness and prosperity the faster you moved towards it and the faster it moves towards you. When you create a clear mental picture of where you are going in life you become more positive, more motivated and more determined to make it in reality. You trigger your natural creativity and you start to come up with ideas after idea to help your vision come true. You’ll always tend to move in the direction of your dominant dream, images and vision, the very act of allowing yourself to dream big dreams actually raises your self-esteem and causes you to like and respect yourself even more. Dreaming big dreams improves your self-concept and increases the level of your self-confidence. Dreaming increases your personal level of self-respect and personal happiness. There is something about dreams and a vision of the future that is exciting and it stimulates you to do better than you ever been before. Here is great question for you to ask an answer over and over again. Here it is, what one thing you will dare to dream if you knew you will not fail. If you are absolutely guaranteed of success in anyone thing in life, large or small, short term or long term what will it be? What one great thing will you dare to dream if you knew you could not fail. 

Whatever it is write it down and begin imagining you have achieved this one great goal already, then look back to where you are today. What will you have done to get to where you want to go? What steps will you have taken? What will you have changed in your life? What will you have gotten into or gotten out of? Who will you be with? Who will you no longer be with? If your life was perfect in every respect what will it look like? Whatever it is that you will do differently if you have no limitation take the first step today. Dreaming big dream is the starting point of achieving great goals of financial independent. The number 1 reason that people never suicide financially is because it never occur to them that they can do it, they never DREAM, as a result they never try, they never get started, they continue to go around in financial circles spending everything they earn and little bit more besides but when you begin to dream big dream about financial success, you’ll begin to change the way that you see yourself and your life. You will begin to do different things bit by bit gradually until the whole direction of your life changes for the better. Dreaming big dream is the starting point of financial success and becoming a self-made millionaire. 

Kindly watch out for other  20 secrets on becoming financially successful coming up later today...As i've promised i'll be posting at least 2 daily...Enjoy..!!

Pictures: PHCN staff electrocuted while working on an electric pole in Lagos

A PHCN staff was electrocuted at Kogberegbe Street, Isolo Lagos today. He was electrocuted while he was trying to fix the light. As of 2pm when I received these photos from a witness, the man was still up there. See them after the cut...

How many teachers does a school need?

Branwen JeffreysEducation Editor

Do schools in England have enough teachers?

There is at the very least a severe disconnect between the different views, and the gap shows no sign of closing.

Almost every head teacher you speak to will regale you at length with the difficulties of getting enough decent applicants for a job.

Ministers point to national figures showing a stable teacher to pupil ratio.

But as the National Audit Office also points out today, in its understated way, the official statistics only tell you so much.

The number of vacancies or posts filled temporarily has doubled but is still at 1.2% of the workforce.

This doesn't tell us who is standing in front of that class.

Although, as this report makes clear, if it's physics the chances of it being someone who has only reached A-level have got greater.

Almost a third of secondary school physics classes in England are now being taught by someone without a degree in the subject.

And in computer science or Spanish it nudges over 40%.

Nuanced

Nor does the data tell us what is the right number of teachers, perhaps quite sensibly, because schools and their pupils vary so much.

Analysis for the NAO of similar primary schools with about 200 children found some had the equivalent of 12 full time teachers, while others had only 7.

That is quite a staggering difference.

It adds to the arguments for a more subtle and nuanced view of teacher recruitment than the headline figures.

Predicting how many teachers schools need against a background of rising pupil numbers and more emphasis on teaching core subjects isn't easy.

England's independent public spending watchdog is warning a better grasp of it is needed by officials.

And one thing is certain, if there are shortfalls in recruitment to teacher training now, they are likely to get worse if the economy improves any further.

Credit to BBC uk

Sunderland's Adam Johnson admits child sex charge

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Image captionThe winger denies two charges of sexual activity with a girl aged under 16

Sunderland footballer Adam Johnson has pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child and one charge of grooming.

Appearing at Bradford Crown Court, the Sunderland winger also denied two charges of sexual activity with a girl aged under 16.

The 28-year-old from Castle Eden, County Durham, who has 12 England caps, was arrested in March 2015.

His case is due to be formally opened on Friday.

Kate Blackwell QC for the prosecution said the alleged incidents had taken place in or about the area of Castle Eden and Wingate.

Image captionAdam Johnson arrived at court with his partner Stacey Flounders

Judge Jonathan Rose told the jury of six men and six women: "You may see reference to this in the press but it's the evidence in court that you will gather.

"This defendant has already pleaded guilty to two offences, you will hear more about them in detail when Miss Blackwell opens the case to you on Friday."

He said they must come to a decision on the remaining two charges.

"It will be for you and only you to determine if he is guilty or not guilty."

Mr Johnson, who was born in Sunderland, began his career at Middlesbrough before moving to Manchester City and then on to Sunderland for £10m in 2012.

FA Cup- West Ham Hammers Liverpool out of FA Cup..

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FA Cup: West Ham 2-1 Liverpool (aet) highlights

Angelo Ogbonna's extra-time header put West Ham into the last 16 of the FA Cup with a dramatic fourth-round replay win against Liverpool.

The Hammers led before half-time when Michail Antonio guided in Enner Valencia's cross at the far post.

Liverpool responded shortly after the restart when Philippe Coutinho's low free-kick sneaked under the home wall.

Both sides hit the woodwork in an open tie, before Ogbonna met Dimitri Payet's free-kick to delight the home fans.

The Hammers will visit Championship side Blackburn in the fifth round on Sunday, 21 February.

Re-live a dramatic night at the Boleyn Ground

Magic of the cup?

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Game will go down in history - Bilic

West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has said he would rather win the FA Cup than finish in the Premier League top four, and he showed his intent by picking a near full-strength side against an inexperienced Liverpool team.

Reds counterpart Jurgen Klopp, as he had in his previous three FA Cup matches, rang the changes with only goalkeeper Simon Mignolet surviving from Saturday's Premier League draw against Sunderland.

But any worries - for the neutral observer, at least - that the hosts would dominate their youthful opponents proved unfounded.

The two sides were evenly matched throughout the 120 minutes as a high-tempo game, containing plenty of goalscoring chances and drama, provided a sharp contrast to the dour 0-0 draw at Anfield.

Either side could have nicked an extra-time winner, with Christian Benteke missing three clear-cut opportunities for Liverpool.

And former Juventus defender Ogbonna's first Hammers goal provided the perfect finale for the hosts in what might be the final FA Cup tie at the Boleyn Ground before their move to the Olympic Stadium.

Ogbonna scored his first West Ham goal in his 18th appearance for the club

Hammers up for the cup?

West Ham are three-time winners of the FA Cup, but have not lifted the trophy since Trevor Brooking's famous header gave them victory in the 1980 final.

But with Bilic keen to focus on the competition, could he lead the east London club to silverware in his first season as Hammers boss?

The Croat will not publicly admit it, but he must realise his team have a great chance of reaching the last eight as they face a Blackburn side winless in eight league matches and in the lower reaches of the Championship.

France international Dimitri Payet will be central to their ambitions of a possible run to Wembley, with the mercurial midfielder again instrumental in this victory.

The 28-year-old, who the Hammers want to sign an improved deal, outlined his worth by starting the move that led to Antonio's goal and supplying the teasing free-kick that Ogbonna converted.

Benteke to blame?

Since his £32m summer arrival from Aston Villa, Benteke has failed to win over many Liverpool fans, who have questioned the wisdom in spending so much on a striker who has struggled to fit into the Reds' system.

And the Belgian missed the chance to win over the doubters by firing Liverpool, seven-time winners of the FA Cup, past the Hammers.

Benteke put four of his nine shots on target (green arrows), seeing two blocked (yellow) and three missing the home goal (red)

Benteke had nine efforts at goal - three times as many as any other player - but extended his goalless run to 11 matches in 2016.

Hammers keeper Darren Randolph denied him from close range in both halves of normal time, but Benteke should have scored when put clean through in extra time.

However, he could only shoot at the legs of the Republic of Ireland international - a miss which proved costly.

"It's not the nicest moment in his career but he has to work hard," said Klopp.

"He wants to score and we need him to score. We will work on it in the days, weeks and months."

Sturridge return boosts Liverpool

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Klopp sees 'lot of good' despite loss

Despite the defeat, there were some positives for Liverpool fans - most notably Daniel Sturridge returning from a hamstring injury to make his first appearance since early December.

Sturridge has spent almost 55% of his time at Anfield injured, but once again showed how important he could be if he manages to stay fit.

The England international gradually grew into the game after arriving as a 59th-minute substitute, showing glimpses of neat footwork and his sharp eye for goal.

His best opportunity came early in the second half of extra time, when he picked the ball up near the halfway line before driving forward unopposed and fizzing a shot inches over the Hammers crossbar.

Too early to start thinking of an England recall?

Man of the match - Michail Antonio (West Ham)

Antonio impressed at both ends of the pitch. The £7m summer signing scored his fourth goal in six home games and was also denied on two other occasions. But he also impressed defensively, making a game-high five successful tackles when he filled in for the injured Joey O'Brien at right-back

What's next?

Back to Premier League action. Sixth-placed West Ham go to relegation battlers Norwich on Saturday, while ninth-placed Liverpool visit bottom side Aston Villa on Sunday.

Stats you need to know

• Liverpool played their 40th game in all competitions in 2015-16, more than any other Premier League team
• Philippe Coutinho's goal was Liverpool's first in 318 minutes of action against West Ham in all competitions this season
• The Hammers have lost just one of their past 11 FA Cup games at home, winning six and drawing four
• West Ham's win was their first in eight FA Cup meetings with the Reds, drawing three and losing four
• Benteke has gone 11 games without scoring for Liverpool in all competitions, mustering 30 shots in those matches

Photo: Beautiful Ex-Bread seller (Jumoke) turn Model to feature on CNN..

Just days after  Olajumoke! Bread seller turned model, got covered the front page of This Day Magazine...and recently signed to Few Models..More is yet to come for Olajumoke Orisaguna, Her new model management, Few model recently shared a pictures of her fitting for designer April By Kunbi the fitting was covered by CNN.

I think CNN seem so fascinated by her Grass to grace story.

Pictures below.

Chronicle of a Yahoo Boy ( Internet Fraudster) Part One

Many of us are aware of this old adage “Even a broken clock is right twice a day”, if this is correct, then I will not be making much mistake if I say there’s no completely bad person.



This tends to be a true life story written by Teniola  Adedotun Michael.

Chronicle of a Yahoo boy  ( Part One)



Dele is a brilliant boy who seem loved by his teachers in school. Right from his young age he have always wanted to become a lawyer..Dele's father who happens to work in one of the renowned hospital in Ilupeju, Lagos( Ajanaku Hospital) a hard working, neat and loving father, except for sometime when he decides to shy away from his fatherly duties (If there is anything like that).

Dele's mother popularly known as (Iya Dotun) as she is fondly called by guys around Ogunji street for her jovial and street wise or lets say her street credibility have on many times settle disputes among the so called Street Niggas...lol..
She had a phone boot where she sells recharge cards, drinks and also make calls with the well known (Samsung Blue face)..uhhmm does anyone still remember that phone who was sold at the rate of Iphone 5 now...life revolves tho...

Yahoo Yahoo !!! story can never be complete in Lagos without making mention of Ilupeju boys..It is argued upon that Yahoo Yahoo originates from Ilupeju...while some say Shomolu or mushin...anyway this isn't a debate..lol..

As a young teenager still growing I sit and listen to my big bros talk about going to the cafe...Opening yahoo and Western union..I seem lost and fascinated..They come home gisting the next day the cheque has cleared..Maye don pay...they buy their so called baggies..lol..jamming up to 50 Cent's "Go Shawty..It's your birthday..."gone are those days...lol

I gradually grew to become their errand boy all in the name of receiving stipend from them...
I remember sneaking severally without my mom's permission to Mercy cyber cafe at Ogunji street, the then Head quarter/ business hub for the so called Yahoo boys in the earlier 2000's. My friend (Ope) and I pick tickets on the cafe's floor just to log on to www.miniclip.com, www.eville.de just  to play video games..I marvel at the pace at which they type..some even switch from their mother tongue just to sound like a white man...

After my secondary school Certificate...(To be continued)


 

Adidas vs Nike who is winning the battle?

Nike and adidas are sportswear companies whose products are very popular around the world, while Nike has the upper hand in sales and sponsorships, Adidas is growing. Adidas owns Reebok, Taylor Made golf company and Rockport. Nike owns the Jordan Brand, Umbro, Hurley, Converse and Cole Haan.


With Celebrities like  Michael Jordan, Drake, Serena Williams e.t.c who are all endorsed to Nike they have helped in re-branding of the shoes being produced by the company.
Nike Jordan and Nike Air from Michael Jordan, OvO from Drake and not forgetting " Roshe "are all examples of exotic shoes with exquisite design from Nike e.t.c


Adidas on the other hand have celebrities like Pharell William,   who helped  in designing the Well known " Super Star" by Pharell William  and Kanye West who switched side to Adidas also  launched "Yezzy Boost" to mention few and  probably won the shoe of the year for the previous year.

Looking at football or sport in entity Adidas seem to have more players signed to them than Nike. Below is a list of Players endorsed by both brand.

SOCCER		ADIDAS	NIKE
		Manuel Neuer Bastian Schweinsteiger Gareth Bale James Rodriguez Mesut Özil Ivan Rakitic Kaká Toni Kroos Javi Martinez Philipp Lahm Lionel Messi Steven Gerrard David Beckham Frank Lampard Raúl Xavi Hernandez Luis Nani Alessandro Del Piero Diego Angel Di Maria Thomas Muller David De Gea Oscar David Villa David Silva Xabi Alonso Iker Casillas Diego Milito Daniele De Rossi Marco Etcheverry Zinedine Zidane Oliver Kahn Ricardo Quaresma Karim Benzema Diego Forlan Michael Ballack Lucio Bryan Ruiz Dani Alves Arjen Robben Van Persie Van Bommel Adebayor Julio Cesar	·         Cristiano Ronaldo Alexandre Pato Ronaldinho Neymar Jr Luis Fabiano Didier Drogba Fernando Torres Wayne Rooney Zlatan Ibrahimovic Wesley Sneijder Rio Ferdinand Frank Ribery Carlos Tevez Landon Donavon Andres Iniesta Pique Sergio Ramos Robinho Ronaldo (Fênomeno Gonzalo Higuain Eden Hazard Thibaut Courtois

 


Who do you  think is winning the market ? Kindly comment to tell us your own view.

Written by Teni