dicefrost:
Almost happened to me too. Just last week thursday, i went to the bank to pay in 50k. A well dressed gentle walked up to me, and asked if i was paying up to 50k. He asked if i had 1k notes, which i had. He told me that he just withdrew 50k with the atm outside, and the machine paid him with 200naira notes. The money was too plenty for him to carry about . He wanted me to change the money for him, and pay in the 200naira notes, while i give him the 50 pieces of 1k notes. Helooked genuine so i obliged. He counted his money before giving it to me. About 10minutes later, it got to my turn. The counting machine rejected the 200naira notes. The cashier said they were fake. Chai i nearly craze. Me was so fortunate the guy was still waiting for a bike few kilometers from the bank. The rest is history.

Kachisbarbie:


Nope.
The bank doesn't have to have a hand in it.
work pressure; when a banker/teller is under work pressure...they wouldn't even see their mother standing in front of them, let alone who talked to who.

You are not supposed to give anyone, other than the teller your money, they keep singing this to Nigerians but their jumping queue syndrome - wouldn't let them reason well.

The security men on their part are not omnipresence( It could have been an oversight; their not seeing the fraudster)) or probably they lack good internal control....

When a fraud triangle is complete, it happens so fast...leaving people wondering and playing cop

holluwai:
No ruling out the 100% possibility that the guy could have jazzed them up but I want to believe there is an insider working with the guy because it requires balls and I mean balls of steel to do that type of scam in a bank without having allied(s).

MrTeymee:
Some people can be quite dumb sha...just a teeny bit dumb

ayodijex:
cooperate robber...his liver is very strong i must admit.

prettyboi1989:
So these guys were watching as the man walked out through the door with their money?

jackyraw09:


Heres one of those ppl who think they re just too smart and perfect to find demselves in such a situtation.
While i agree that all it takes to avoid this is common sense and due diligence.

But bro we dey africa, juju aka africa voodoo is real!!

otokx:
Most Nigerian banks are crowded; some people there are just looking for who to scam. The bankers are few and most times overwhelmed by the commotion.

it is good they even had CCTV inside the banking hall. How many banks can boast of that?

Kachisbarbie:

Have you ever sat on that their desk under work pressure? You would know you can stay a day without looking up. Even though I very much doubt the person was on the queue.



Fraud happens everyday...we don't have to keep counting it. As long as there is motivation/rationalisation and opportunity- fraud would keep happening.


how many security men do you see on a good day inside your bank?
Even the ones you see, do Nigerians obey??
Yes, it's actually a lapse on their part, but then they are humans not spirits/robots.


Once again, a staff mustn't be involved. The story is real...it happens in banks...crowd + grey areas in internal control makes it easy.

PRIXPAL:
I suspect the bank manager has a hand in this robbery
Or all the staff are involve
And the security men
And the people who installed the cctv

I trust nobody. Nigeria is full of scammers

iamord:
99 percent of banks have cctv, this is a inside job and head must roll, first ,he would have come to the line to call the customers , which will be glaring for all to see, how come he was not noticed, or they were deaf.. I believe that for him not to create suspicion after he collected the money and teller he will try enter through one of the doors serving for the staff, how come no one saw him,you an average customer try and just enter through one of the doors and see if you will not be spotted ,secondly there are about 2 or more guards inside a banking hall standing in positions that they can see all angles, how come none of them noticed him They know the protocol by the back of their hands, how come they did not notice some irregular operation by the man As the man passed through the bank security door to the exit, how come the guards that are known for asking for tips did not ask him this time, the money will be chunky so he will put it in a bag, so none of them noticed it What of the people in the cctv room, are they there for shooting video clips or to be monitored Cm on , this is an inside job

aspirebig:
Are u for real?

The guy use jazz on them?

ciwi:


For those asking if he passed the front door to escape, it's easy. If there's a rest room, all he needs to do is lose his suit. Probably change to jeans Tshirt and a face cap and no one wud recognise him.

Y'all calling the victims dumb, anyone can be a victim of this crime.

iamphilips:
Hello nairalanders, good day. Came here to share my experience today being 8/1/15.

I have this neighbour who sells foodstuffs. She travelled for new year so she instructed her relation who sells for her to pay in the money(about 130k) she made since monday into her Diamond bank account...

I was in the banking hall- Diamond Bank warehouse branch, Apapa- when she walked in with the money in her bag. When filling her teller, someone asked her if she was paying in and she said yes. She later joined the long queue.

After thirty seconds, a young man dressed in corporate suit (pretending to be a cashier) came close to her and asked for people who are paying above 100k. About five people stepped out and followed him a few meters away.

He collected their money and teller and asked them to wait on the line so he can go in and stamp their teller.....

Like play like play, the man left. They were waiting not knowing that he had left the banking hall with their over 650,000 naira.

It was later that they reported, the bank manager even came down.......he checked the cctv footage and behold, the gentle man in suit was neither a cashier nor a worker in the bank.

Just like that, he stole over 650k. The security guard said it was the third time it was happening in that branch...my fellow nairalanders, BEWARE!!!

Need ya'll contribution and thoughts on this. Pls our Mods should share this story so as to avoid others falling victims. Thanks.

Adex097:
or even the OP

mancheeutd:



God bless you even if it is jazz(which I dnt believe it is) since its captured on cctv that bank is in trouble they will pay times 2 of what ever its stolen from me