Would you take a number containing 419?
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Posted by Felix Okoli on October 20, 2011 at 03:50:26:
419 is a number a lot of Nigerians don't want to be seen associated with. This is probably because of what 419 has come to signify which is "fraud or deceit". Ever since the Federal govt established the penal 419 code which is targeted against Advance Fee Fraud, people have come to associate it with anything that has to do with deceit in any nature and something not to be trusted. Among internet users, students, politicians, the press and even the ordinary Nigerian 419 something we don't trust or want to be seen associated with. In Nigeria, 419 is a tag or number that has been publicly cursed as it seems.Would you accept using a phone number containing 419 as in 08034583419?
Would you want to live in a house numbered 419?
Would you want to go to or send your children to a school at a building numbered 419?
Would you do business with a company with RC number 419? Would you join a queue if the tag give to you is 419?
Would you want to ride in a car with 419 embedded in its plate number?
Would you accept a call on your phone from a number having 419?
Why?
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419 is a number a lot of Nigerians don't want to be seen associated with. This is probably because of what 419 has come to signify which is "fraud or deceit". Ever since the Federal govt established the penal 419 code which is targeted against Advance Fee Fraud, people have come to associate it with anything that has to do with deceit in any nature and something not to be trusted. Among internet users, students, politicians, the press and even the ordinary Nigerian 419 something we don't trust or want to be seen associated with. In Nigeria, 419 is a tag or number that has been publicly cursed as it seems.Would you accept using a phone number containing 419 as in 08034583419?
Would you want to live in a house numbered 419?
Would you want to go to or send your children to a school at a building numbered 419?
Would you do business with a company with RC number 419? Would you join a queue if the tag give to you is 419?
Would you want to ride in a car with 419 embedded in its plate number?
Would you accept a call on your phone from a number having 419?
Why?
Comments: