Wednesday, November 12, 2025 - Popular Nigerian comedian, Destalker, has revealed that before going into comedy, he did internet fraud but was unsuccessful at it.
Speaking in a recent episode of the In-house Gist podcast,
the comedian said the friend who introduced him to internet fraud is now a
Christian cleric.
He explained that he failed at internet fraud because he was
kindhearted and couldn’t bear to defraud people.
“Before I left Enugu, I tried internet fraud with one of my friends
who is now a pastor but I wasn’t successful at it. Then we would book night
sessions at cyber cafe for N250. I couldn’t afford it then so my friend always
paid for me. He is now a big pastor, Rev. Nelson Umeh.
“However, while he was scouting for victims online to scam,
I was busy chatting with my family, friends and old schoolmates from Ughelli on
Facebook. After that, I would fall asleep. There is no need for overspending
when you are on the wrong lane…
“But today, it is a changed story. Because it [internet
fraud] was not my destiny. I can’t defraud a person because I am kindhearted.
Because of all that I went through, I have grown so confident that no one can
stop me from achieving my goal.
“There were some comedians who said without them I would not
perform at certain shows and I told them that I would blow even without
performing there. And I did. Some of the shows have gone extinct and some of
the comedians are also no longer relevant,” Destalker expressed.
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