{"id":55037,"date":"2016-12-14T03:52:06","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T02:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=55037"},"modified":"2016-12-14T03:52:06","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T02:52:06","slug":"nigerias-ponzi-scheme-mmm-sting-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nigerias-ponzi-scheme-mmm-sting-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria&#8217;s &#8216;Ponzi Scheme&#8217;, MMM, sting Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerians subscribing to MMM may have to wait a month longer to get their refunds or compensation which they have been eagerly awaiting to celebrate Christmas and New Year festivities.<\/p>\n<p>MMM took the decision barely 24 hours after its founder, Sergey Mavrodi, wrote to Nigeria, criticising the later\u2019s constant attacks on the ponzi scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The one month deferment to pay Nigerians is an apparent indication that MMM Nigeria has crashed.<\/p>\n<p>The administrators of the scheme, early Tuesday, announced freezing of participants\u2019 monies for one month.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter posted on the scheme\u2019s website, MMM said; \u201cAs usual, in the New Year season, the System is experiencing heavy workload.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the severity of constant attacks on the controversial scheme, the statement said \u201cmoreover, it has to deal with the constant frenzy provoked by the authorities in the mass media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHence, on the basis of the above mentioned, from now on all confirmed Mavro will be frozen for a month\u201d, the statement partly reads.<\/p>\n<p>Mavro is the general name used to describe participants\u2019 money in the system.<\/p>\n<p>It added; \u201cThe reason for this measure is evident. We need to prevent any problems during the New Year season, and then, when everything calms down, this measure will be cancelled. (Which we will definitely do.:-))<\/p>\n<p>Urging participants not to panic, MMM said that \u201cthe things are still going well; the participants feel calm; everyone gets paid \u2013 as you can see, there haven\u2019t been any payment delays or other problems yet \u2013 but!.. it is better to avoid taking risk.:-)) (Moreover, there are almost three weeks left to the New Year.)<\/p>\n<p>By implication, over three million Nigerian participants as claimed by the founder, Mavrodi, who were planning to withdraw their money ahead of the yuletide season will have to wait for one month.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that similar scenario had played out in Zimbabwe and South Africa, where participants money were frozen for certain period, pausing the system, only to return with new adjustment in its terms.<\/p>\n<p>One-Month Freezing of Confirmed Mavros<\/p>\n<p>Dear members!<\/p>\n<p>As usual, in the New Year season the System is experiencing heavy workload.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, it has to deal with the constant frenzy provoked by the authorities in the mass media.<\/p>\n<p>The things are still going well; the participants feel calm; everyone gets paid \u2013 as you can see, there haven\u2019t been any payment delays or other problems yet \u2013 but!.. it is better to avoid taking risk.:-)) (Moreover, there are almost three weeks left to the New Year.)<\/p>\n<p>Hence, on the basis of the above mentioned, from now on all confirmed Mavro will be frozen for a month.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for this measure is evident. We need to prevent any problems during the New Year season, and then, when everything calms down, this measure will be cancelled. (Which we will definitely do.:-))<\/p>\n<p>We hope for your understanding,<\/p>\n<p>Administration(NAN)<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerians subscribing to MMM may have to wait a month longer to get their refunds or compensation which they have been eagerly awaiting to celebrate Christmas and New Year festivities.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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