Mobile phone use has taken off in Nigeria in recent years
Nigerian mobile phone users have been anxiously checking who is calling them before answering them in recent days.
A rumour has spread rapidly in the commercial capital, Lagos, that if one answers calls from certain “killer numbers” then one will die immediately.
A BBC reporter says experts and mobile phone operators have been reassuring the public via the media that death cannot result from receiving a call.
He says that in such a superstitious country unfounded rumours are common.
A list of alleged killer numbers has been circulated but no-one is reported to have died from answering the phone.
The BBC’s reporter in Lagos, Sola Odunfa, says that the current scare story is reminiscent of a rumour that spread a few years ago that a handshake could cause sexual organs to disappear.
That rumour turned to tragedy as mobs rounded on people accused of making organs disappear.
Despite the massive public interest, no-one was found to have lost their organs.
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Astonishing…if true… Wonder if they have a secret handshake that would make bodhrans disappear instead of organs?
"At the time of arrest, Sserunkuuma said he could not afford the demons’ enormous demands. He said the demons demanded for 300 virgin girls and cows to provide them with blood for sustenance.
Sserunkuuma added that when he failed to provide the virgins and cows, he set them (demons) free. They then attacked the pupils. He pleaded that he had no intention of harming the school, but only failed to control the demons."
now if we could just figure out some killer bank account or credit card numbers, we might be able to have some fun with the 419 scumbags…
How about responding to a 419 spammer letting him know your account is protected by a curse that will be activated if someone attempts or even contemplates stealing from it. The only way to prevent the curse from coming on is to regularly deposit large sums of money into the account.
“Of course, my friend, this curse has no relevance to you. I just thought you might feel reassured by the lengths I have taken to protect our mutual investment…”
Tony
Wonder if they have a secret handshake that would make bodhrans disappear instead of organs?