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“Do not bring your offering here,” Pastor Ibiyeomie tells Yahoo boys

From Vanguard · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Pastor David Ibiyeomie condemned internet fraud, known locally as “Yahoo,” during a sermon and said his church would not accept proceeds from it.
  • He cited the death of a university professor who, according to the pastor, lost his savings to fraudsters and suffered a fatal medical emergency.
  • Ibiyeomie rejected economic hardship as a justification for cybercrime and urged congregants to sever ties with fraudsters.

Pastor David Ibiyeomie delivered a blunt message to internet fraudsters in his congregation: they should take their offerings elsewhere. The Salvation Ministries leader said money obtained through “Yahoo” fraud was stolen and would not be accepted by the church.

Do you know there are Yahoo boys inside the church? They have no conscience. Even in this church, there are Yahoo boys. You will wonder, what is their conscience?

· David IbiyeomieThe pastor said internet fraudsters attended his church despite profiting from crime.

During a recent sermon, Ibiyeomie said fraudsters could not claim innocence while attending church and celebrating money taken from other people. “Yahoo is stealing,” he said, arguing that changing the description of the crime did not change its nature.

They will yahoo somebody and still be very happy in church. It is stealing. Yahoo is stealing.

· David IbiyeomieIbiyeomie equated internet fraud with theft during his sermon.

The pastor illustrated his warning with the story of a professor at Rivers State University who worked as an electrical-engineering consultant on one of the ministry’s electronic sites. Ibiyeomie said fraudsters took all the money in the professor’s account. The man then held his burglar-proof door, collapsed and died, the pastor said.

If you are in this church and you are yahoo, you will go to another church and do your offering.

· David IbiyeomieHe told fraudsters that Salvation Ministries would not accept their offerings.

Ibiyeomie urged Christians who associate with cybercriminals or benefit from illicit proceeds to break those ties. He said financial hardship did not justify taking another person’s lifetime savings, and warned that many people had died because of internet fraud.

I do not care how much you have because you are killing people. Many people have died because of yahoo.

· David IbiyeomieThe pastor emphasized the human consequences he attributed to cybercrime.
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Originally published by Vanguard in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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