is 09141 a killer phone number ??

on the 14th of September 2011 , i got the gist that there is a text message in circulation that there is a deadly killer number being used to call people and once you pick the call, you drop dead, as a rule i do not usually dignify such preposterous discussion with my comments, so i went about my life like i heard nothing about it.

It was not until noon of same day (yesterday) that the rate at which everybody was talking about it got irritating and annoying, obviously the gist has gone round the country , no thanks to GSM phones/text messages. the annoying part was at exactly 2:07 PM while stressing my self making en quires at Guarantee trust bank as to why my international cheque has not been credited into my Domiciliary account i got an SMS alert. excited that it was a notification from the bank, i quickly checked the content. behold the text message reads

Please, don't pick any call with 09141 its instant death after the call, 7 people have died already.please tell others fast,its urgent.

i tried calling the number immediately but was told the number does not even exist in the first place, i also figured out that the number appears to be the date of the day it was sent 091411 just leaving out the last digit, and if you rearrange the number its 14190 !!

If i believe that 09141 is a killer number , then i must also think the world is flat, that having intercourse in the afternoon will produce albino kids and that there are fairies living at the end of my garden.

I then started wondering how this kind of Hoax/rumors thrive in Nigeria, the most annoying part of it is the text went viral and everybody were just forwarding it to family and friends irrespective of religion, ethnic or educational background is it that we are so impressionable??

Is it true that the average Nigerian will believe anything no matter how ridiculous ,or incredibly illogical without asking simple questions relating to the facts put forward such as ascertaining if truly people have died, what location, the time and how it was arrived at that the cause of death was as a result of receiving a phone call placed randomly with the intention of wiping out the entire population.(LOL)

Little wonder , The Government and the dubious politicians that constitute our government has continually put us in bondage by feeding us with all forms of lies knowing the average Nigerian will believe anything and be contended with it. no wonder it is easy for some religious bodies to easily ca joule their followers with the intent of defrauding them , believe me, not everybody under the convicted Reverend King was spiritually hypnotized, we not only suffer from physical poverty as a people in Nigeria but from the poverty of Logic and basic intelligence

Next thing you will hear is Please don't pick "private numbers" (Numbers withheld-no number) 15 people have died so far" that will be enough to prevent dear Nigerians from picking calls with no number and some may even miss important calls as a result of this prank madness. Nonsense !!