Mother of 2 commits suicide over ‘MMM disappointment’
Gloria Samson, a Benue-based woman, has taken her life, leaving behind her husband and two children.
According to Tribune, one of the reasons given for her tragic action is her investment in the crashed Mavrodi Mondial Money box (MMM).
She was said to have invested a N400,000 loan she procured into the ponzi scheme.
The deceased reportedly took her leave on December 28, after she bade her children bye and apologised for any wrongdoing she might have committed against them.
The same message of forgiveness was reportedly sent through the children to her husband, a printer, who was still at work at that time.
Few hours after she left home without returning, her son, Wisdom, called his father using his mother’s phone and informed him that his mother had left home for hours and was yet to return.
Samson had assured his kids not to worry that she would return.
Unfortunately this was not to be, as Gloria never reunited with her family.
“Tracing her became difficult and I had to return home around 11pm of that fateful day. The only thing I could do was to call my younger brother and brother in-law informing them of the sudden disappearance of my wife,” David Samson, the deceased’s husband, told Tribune.
Samson said he walked to a nearby police station to lodge a complaint of the sudden disappearance of his wife.
“From there, I was asked to make a statement and drop my phone number, but alas, I did not hear from them again,” Samson added.
It was later discovered that the woman had walked down to River Benue and drowned herself. The police recovered her body on January 2.
Some of those who spoke to Sunday Tribune said the deceased was a very lively person until early December 2016, when news of the crash in MMM went viral.
A foodstuff dealer identified as ‘Madam’ Kate, narrated her encounter with the deceased.
“This woman came to my stall early December, she was so moody, unlike her usual way of life,” she said.
“I asked what the problem was, and she told me that she had run into deep problem. She said she had collected a sum of money and put it into ‘that business that brings in quick money’ but learnt that the thing had collapsed.
“She even threatened to run away, but I encouraged her to pray as God would intervene and she left. I did not hear from her until last Tuesday when the news came that she drowned in River Benue and her body was recovered here around Wadata.”
Over 3 million people invested in the scheme.
Most participants of them lost hope earlier in the week when the news broke that Chuddy Ugorji, the initiator of the Nigerian faction of MMM, had fled the country with his wife, Amaka.
The MMM number one guider has reportedly relocated to Philippines.
This media people want destroy MMM Nigeria but they lie bad. Enemies of progress
MMM is still working ooooo!!!!
I was paid 25k twice. I will also pay some ppl first thing moro mrn.
Don’t be afraid to continue the pH & GH.
Its our work ooo mmm!!!!!
Its unfortunate she died.
Mmm is working now.feel free to provide help.
this news has been too much. I don’t know the one to follow again. I GH for my fiance almost a month now she has not be paid and i was match to pay i have paid, why her own is still delaying?
To those who have commented that MMM is a valid investment; the founder was a Russian criminal who started scamming his own people in 1994 and it continues to date. All of these schemes eventually collapse; and victims experience severe stress and related illnesses, including suicides. Google ‘COWE Uganda’ or ‘National Pyramid Victims Association Kenya’ or simply Bernard Madoff and you will see these scams happen everywhere, and the classic signs are promised high returns as well as initial pay outs. They pay some people at the beginning to WIN OTHERS CONFIDENCE and get more of your money. If you are looking for a valid investment, go buy land and start farming! There is no such thing as a free lunch or 200% returns on an investment. Worse, there is no recourse or help when you lose the money. And, you will lose the money. I have thousands of clients who will tell you this same message.
Why are some Nigerians so daft, gullible and greedy? At this point, I’m amazed someone will still have confidence in MMM! Is it not so clear that this is pure scam? I advised a lot of friends not to invest in the PONZI but they see me as enemy of progress, now many of them are complaining. TheY laughed at me then, if I laughed back at them now, then I haven’t done them evil.
stil fed up til today,i cant stil get help,going to two month nw,and the system is stil telling me dat ur totall gh has being exceeded,dnt no wat to do,cus am in need of money plss.
Every investment is risky including stocks and bonds.So my guiding principle is to invest only what you can afford to lose to avoid commiting suiside like the woman in question.
Well said,I lost my hard earned salaries in the stock market and I’ve not killed anyone or myself.
MMM jst paid my neighbor 20kyesterday
Mmm is back and stable sorry she took her life for noting anyway the blood will be upon the head of mmm haters who were at first spreading false rumors, what of me that has 400000 in there did I kill my self that is because I believe in the community and since they fulfilled their promise of coming back they will also fulfill the promise that everybody will soon be paid and things will continue as usual mean while people are phing and ghing let’s go PH and GH our money will increase and we will definitely be paid as promise
No matter the situation I have vowed my allegiance to MMM. I was paid #41000, see #20000 and #30000 respectively just when MMM resume. MMM is real and is back with full force. Do your own part to Maintain the community. I just ph 100k awaiting matching.
well my earnest prayers is dt mmm should come back in full! cos my 325,000 is in there! we they participants never in anyway fail the community b/4 so they guiders should put their head 2geda to reawakening the spirit of mmm within us. this the sure way for Nigerians in this incompetent government, I just ended my NYSC program and there’s no means of survival, I need my money to survive Nigeria galloping government.
Only God gives power to make wealth. Deuteronomy 8:18. Work hard and pray often.
Hope in God that your investment will return.
but ponzi schemes is not approved by God.
good luck.
people like you are so easy to fool. mmm is not going anywhere. 20k 25k what else. My Aunty put in, 800k even 1naira she did not recovered. it’s people money that will pay her. no one will pay in because nobody wants to loose. people made it some didn’t. 400k is a small amount for someone to die. she was weaks
Mmm is back o am a leaving testimony of it blc u was paid 2 days back
Mmm said u are spare nor be go borrow put na longer throat kill that woman