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New Fraud Tactics In Town by DeRay98(m): 1:51pm On Aug 18, 2015
NEW FRAUD. PLS BEWARE!!
Given below is what happened to someone & he
has narrated this in his own words:
" I received a call from someone claiming that he
was from my mobile Service provider and he
asked me to shutdown my phone for 2 hours for
3G update to take place. As I was rushing for a
meeting, I did not question, but just shut down
my cell phone. After 45 minutes I felt very
suspicious since the caller did not even introduce
his name. I quickly turned on my cell phone and
saw several messages from my family members
and the others were from the number that had
called me earlier –I called my parents and I was
shocked that they sounded very worried asking
me whether I am safe. My parents told me that
they had received a call from someone claiming
that they had me with them and asking for money
to let me free. The call was so real and my
parents even heard 'my voice' crying out loud
asking for help. My father was at the bank
waiting for next call to proceed for money
transfer. I told my parents that I am safe and
asked them to lodge a police report.
Right after that I received another call from the
guy asking me to shutdown my cell phone for
another 1 hour which I refused to do and hung
up. They kept calling my cell phone to keep my
phone busy so that others could not be able to
reach me until the battery had run down. I myself
lodged a police report and I was informed by the
officer that there were many such scams
reported. MOST of the cases reported that the
victim had already transferred the money! And it
is impossible to get back the money. Be careful
as this kind of scam might happen to any of us!!!
Those guys are so professional and very
convincing during calls. If you are asked to shut
down your cell phone for updates by the service
provider, ASK AROUND! Your family or friends
might receive the same call. "Be Safe and Stay
Alert!
Please pass around to your family and friends !!!
DONT JUST READ, SHARE WITH OTHERS
Courtesy of a friend on Whatsapp
Re: New Fraud Tactics In Town by shikshark: 1:52pm On Aug 18, 2015
as for me ooooo...i will not beleive because ive been on glo network for over 11years and they have never called me before.........
and their first call will be to switch off my phone?
they will need an army to make me walahi.
thanks o.p for the tip
Re: New Fraud Tactics In Town by ignis: 1:52pm On Aug 18, 2015
Only the uninformed ones will fall for this.

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Re: New Fraud Tactics In Town by Nobody: 1:55pm On Aug 18, 2015
Kip exposing em, gbayi m

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