My dear Nigerians,

There is a new scam I was just told of, on how a lady was scammed of N2.7m.

The story goes like this (this is not exactly word from but a summary):


A lady wanted to sell her car for N2.7m and took it to a place to showcase it. Someone saw the car and indicated interest, so he contacted the lady. They met somewhere to discuss further on it and an agreement was made. The lady gave the man her bank details and he left.

After some time the man said he was going to send the money and later she received an SMS alert from her bank that the sum of money had been deposited in her account, at which time the man came to pick up the car.

She handed the keys over to him and he drove away.

The lady later went to the bank and she found out that the amount in question was not deposited in her account but the scammer forged the SMS alert to look like it came from her bank.

Please, let’s use this unfortunate experience to take proper precautions when dealing with people we do not know.

sorry to burst your 'breaking news' this scam has been on since...
in Queens English
'It is not today!'

Seriously ?? didn't know about this one . Thanks

how to detect or avoid dis scam; 1. Don't use ur regular sim to open bank acct, try having another sim diffrent from d one u use in sendin sms or make calls or give to pple in general. I normally a sim in my tab, no way am i recievin an alert on dat sim if its not from d bank. 2: check ur total bank bal if it colorates wit d last alert u got. eg if ur last bal was 2k der is no way d scmer will know n of cos d alert must show u ur total bal. Lastly always try to verify d transaction via internet bankin app, am sure most banks have apps.

Niceee

bigiyaro:
how to detect or avoid dis scam; 1. Don't use ur regular sim to open bank acct, try having another sim diffrent from d one u use in sendin sms or make calls or give to pple in general. I normally a sim in my tab, no way am i recievin an alert on dat sim if its not from d bank. 2: check ur total bank bal if it colorates wit d last alert u got. eg if ur last bal was 2k der is no way d scmer will know n of cos d alert must show u ur total bal. Lastly always try to verify d transaction via internet bankin app, am sure most banks have apps.

Good day,

Thank you but this just came to our notice, and thought it wise to let people know and be more careful in case of similar events in the future

Regards

IME1:
sorry to burst your 'breaking news' this scam has been on since...
in Queens English
'It is not today!'

Good day,

Thanks alot for the info

bigiyaro:
how to detect or avoid dis scam; 1. Don't use ur regular sim to open bank acct, try having another sim diffrent from d one u use in sendin sms or make calls or give to pple in general. I normally a sim in my tab, no way am i recievin an alert on dat sim if its not from d bank. 2: check ur total bank bal if it colorates wit d last alert u got. eg if ur last bal was 2k der is no way d scmer will know n of cos d alert must show u ur total bal. Lastly always try to verify d transaction via internet bankin app, am sure most banks have apps.

NaijaScams:
Good day,

Thank you but this just came to our notice, and thought it wise to let people know and be more careful in case of similar events in the future

Regards

good day too

thanks

didn't mean any harm, really

one love

Not a problem

IME1:



good day too

thanks

didn't mean any harm, really

one love

bigiyaro:
how to detect or avoid dis scam; 1. Don't use ur regular sim to open bank acct, try having another sim diffrent from d one u use in sendin sms or make calls or give to pple in general. I normally a sim in my tab, no way am i recievin an alert on dat sim if its not from d bank. 2: check ur total bank bal if it colorates wit d last alert u got. eg if ur last bal was 2k der is no way d scmer will know n of cos d alert must show u ur total bal. Lastly always try to verify d transaction via internet bankin app, am sure most banks have apps.

Nice one!