Ernest Bhabor

Legacy: Genesis of the Popular Nigerian 419 Scam Ernest Bhabor

'Legacy' is a story based on a true life experience of the destructive and oppressive life in Nigeria. It is about the wanton penury and abject poverty of the people in a country that is supposedly the world's fifth largest oil-producing nation. An 'aberrative' incubus that has culminated in the prevalent present-day criminal enterprise that is commonplace around the world, and reputed to have originated from that region. It is a criminal enterprise that has wrecked, and that is still wrecking, havoc on the lives of unsuspecting victims worldwide. The scheme, aka the scam, is well known around the world by different names; e.g. 419, Advance Fee Fraud, Cat-Fishing, Letter Writing, Internet Fraud, IRS Call, Mirage, Ngbada, The Madoff, Wash-Wash, Yahoo Millions, Yahoo-Yahoo, etc. It is a known fact that many lives have been lost to this cancerous disaster. The FBI, the Interpol, and countless other law enforcement agencies around the world are working tirelessly to put an end to this epidemic.'Legacy' explores the genesis of this malady through the eyes of Frank Audu - a typical Nigerian youth in the pursuit of the proverbial Golden Fleece.