The Society Nemesis (fraud)
Malik Olamilekan Adeboye@adeboyemalikolamilekan580166
5 days ago
The society today, celebrates fraud often without noticing it - praising the wealth fraud produces while ignored how it’s been produced, and quietly benefiting from a system it should be condemned or resist. It’s deeply concerning how the society: family, relatives, mostly parents, applaud success without asking hard questions about its source, and by so doing, they become accomplices to a culture that rewards deception over integrity.
Little did they know that the celebration comes at a cost of high magnitude. What society overlooks today eventually returns to haunt it. We hear of an elderly wo/men (pensioners) life savings vanishing into the hands of unknown fraudsters - a silent tragedy that barely makes headlines, yet represents the slow erosion of trust that fraud leaves behind. The very system that once cheered such “success” now finds itself among its victims.
This failure isn’t just about individual greed; it’s our collective failure to confront fraud as a real threat. Because society has not built strong enough resistance through; accountability, education, or justice - fraud is left to grow unchecked. What starts as a scam can escalate into armed robbery, kidnapping, even terrorism, as criminal networks evolve and adapt. Therefore, don’t be surprised if any atrocity is committed in your immediate environment and you discovered it’s one of your family members whose success was once celebrated without any question whatsoever.
Perhaps most troubling is how fraud has found a home in governance itself. The same patterns of deception once seen on the streets now wear suits and titles — “professional thieves” operating within the very institutions meant to protect the public. Until society stops celebrating fraud in any form and starts confronting & resisting it at its root, it will continue to consume the very people who once turned a blind eye to it.
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