Yesterday, I speculated in an article that the letter allegedly sent from the CEO of MMM, Sergey Mavrodi to President Muhammadu Buhari was a publicity stunt gone right.
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But a notification sent to "Mavros" as MMM beneficiaries are called to notify them on an intended freezing of their account points to the fact that the letter may not be just to amp up publicity. The letter/notification which had "One-Month Freezing of Confirmed Mavros" as the subject showed that the purported letter to the president was also a cushion of sorts for the shocker.
The notification reads verbatim;
Dear members!
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. 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. (Which we will definitely do.:-))
We hope for your understanding,
Administration
MMM has not crashed , but one of the reasons Nigerians keyed into MMM was because of the economic recession and general hardship. So freezing their monies when the festive period is fast approaching completely trumps the essence of the scheme.
We will keep eyes peeled and inform you on any further developments.
