Mavrodians, the name of account holders in MMM Nigeria, are still
unable to get paid a return on their investment more than 96 hours after
the Ponzi scheme returned.
Some MMM participants said that although they were able to request
for their money, they have not been paid as the system is still frozen,
just as it was in December 2016. Nan reports that Kolade Ogunwande, who
said he put in N100,000 in November 2016, and referred two other people
to the scheme, said his money had appreciated to N214,000 as of Friday,
so he immediately requested for it.
“They have not paid me anything, but they said we should wait
patiently to be matched with participants willing to invest in MMM. I
have no choice than to be optimistic,” he said. Lara Makanjuola, who
also invested N100,000 in the scheme, said she was expecting N186,000,
but she had not been able to request for her money. She said anytime she
requested to get help, the website said “mavros are not available for
withdrawal”. “I was supposed to collect my money two days to when
accounts got frozen, but the person I was matched with didn’t pay.”
An Abuja-based couple, who requested not to be named, invested over
N2 million in the scheme; they have also not been able to withdraw their
money. As of Monday, when any participant sought to withdraw, the
website put up a message that linked them to its previous freeze
message, below: “As usual, in the New Year season the System is
experiencing heavy workload. Moreover, it has to deal with the constant
frenzy provoked by the authorities in the mass media.
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“The things are still going well; the participants feel calm;
everyone gets paid – as you can see, there haven’t been any payment
delays or other problems yet – but!.. it is better to avoid taking
risk.: (Moreover, there are almost three weeks left to the New Year).
“Hence, on the basis of the above mentioned, from now on all
confirmed Mavro will be frozen for a month. 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.”
Mavrodians, as MMM participants are called, are optimistic that their
pay will come through, considering, the scheme’s last message of “hope
for the poor”. In the message, MMM said it “will only pay a certain
amount per day”. “Please, be prepared to wait for a couple of days. We
are certain things will then calm down, and the System operation will
return to normal,” it said.
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