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Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by MrDoGood(m): 12:02am On May 27, 2016 |
TDonald:Printer bought too but paid in cash. |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by albacete(m): 12:11am On May 27, 2016 |
xxxtedyxxx: spot on. No available balance was shown and OP went ahead to part with his phone. @OP How can u fall for such a cheap scam? Haven't u heard of bulk SMS before? Just count your loss and move on. |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by Nobody: 12:17am On May 27, 2016 |
profx4real:no be small thing. |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by Saucekide25(m): 12:44am On May 27, 2016 |
People castigating the OP should know that not all banks sends Bank Balance, rather they send the amount credited and some few write ups... Eg First Bank Take Heart Bro, i pray you get this guy, its quite painful that someone would be doing stuffs legit online and making it, while an able youth would sit down and strategise on how to dupe his fellow man... Sad You can track through your IMEI number and people also suggested using the iPhone locator... Just try your best, i hate the word SCAM because i have fallen a victim before. You will surely get him! |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by Nobody: 12:59am On May 27, 2016 |
Booty4me: That's my meme right there... |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by Promzyunique(m): 1:48am On May 27, 2016 |
how did u know it was a scam? |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by Youngetskilz23(m): 2:26am On May 27, 2016 |
marlockj:i had same in mind. jst an idea tho. na to go TB joshua be that o |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by DedeNkem: 2:32am On May 27, 2016 |
Opetunde1: WOW. That was a really smart thief. What he did was very brilliant indeed. This is a new one! How he created a number that displayed Wemabank on receiver's phone when he sent the text is very interesting. This can only be possible if he had an accomplice who works at a mobile service company. Or he works at a mobile service company. Telecommunication companies only do that for companies, not for individuals! |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by ugosinachyy19: 3:41am On May 27, 2016 |
xxxtedyxxx:THE GUY SEF SUPPOSE KNOW FROM HIS BANK BALANCE. ANY WAYS LESSON FOR OTHERS. |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by Nobody: 4:25am On May 27, 2016 |
Things like this get me pissed Like haba! this is just too cheap |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by tunezvic(m): 4:34am On May 27, 2016 |
Block the iPhone now |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by princeuwanile: 5:06am On May 27, 2016 |
NA U MUMU PASS. DONT U KNOW UR BALANCE IN UR ACCOUNT. U SHOULD KNOW THAT WHEN U DEPOSIT THE BANK GIVES U ALERT ON UR BALANCE
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Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by Vicrobor(m): 5:19am On May 27, 2016 |
Saucekide25:Not true. First Bank sends your balance. |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by Vicrobor(m): 5:20am On May 27, 2016 |
DedeNkem: He used bulk SMS. |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by talk2odim: 5:27am On May 27, 2016 |
Vicrobor: Not entirely true...... |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by dlarge(m): 5:54am On May 27, 2016 |
The guy might be a nairalander reading all your plans, kpele 1 Like |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by Baroba(m): 6:02am On May 27, 2016 |
princeuwanile: Well he doesn't know, that's why he is asking for help, no one has a monopoly of knowledge, an old Igbo singer sang, " ka I ma nka, I ma nke Ozo" which translates as, since you sabi this one, you sabi the other one.. let us stop insulting people when things like this happen and proffer solution if we have any. life na College bro.. OP sorry to hear of your ordeal bro, you just have to be careful when transacting online, it might seem convenient at times, but you have to consider it comes with an element of risk. for high value goods such as iPhone I would generally advice a face to face transaction ( cash in hand, then sales.. period!).. If you have the imei, send it to me, I might be able to keep you on the loop on the phones movement using that.. 4 Likes |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by bdavis: 6:09am On May 27, 2016 |
Opetunde1: First thing you should have done and should do now is lock down the phone...it's an iphone, if you didn't disable the icloud but just logged in, you can lock down the phone. So it becomes totally and absolutely useless to the scammer. Then you can use find my iPhone, to locate the phone: even if the phone is off, if properly configured, an iphone would upload it's exact last location to icloud just as the battery is about to die. Couple of things I noticed about your scammer: he's not a newbie...he planned well. He's numba isn't on truecaller, which would also possibly mean that number ain't registered to his actual identity. So getting his details from the telecommunication companies would most likely lead to a dead end. Plus there are places you can go to where pre-registered sims are sold, he could be using one of such. However, the telecom companies would definitely be able to track down the location of the number by pinging it...this however, you cannot achieve on your own. You'll have to: 1). Report the matter at a police station close to where the incident happened (not just any police station o, 1closest to where the incident happened) 2). Go to court and swear an affidavit, stating what happened. 3). Return back to the police station where the incident was reported to get a police report. 4). Write a letter to the telecom company hosting the number and personally submit it to their head office, armed with the police report and affidavit...the letter should request for the data history and geo-location of the number in question. Please note, you would most likely require the services of a lawyer or a learned and knowledgeable police officer for this final step cos you might need a court order or a warrant before the telco would release this information. Another thing you can do is try to run a trace using the IMEI of the phone...if you have it. Sorry4ur loss. You got tricked by a cleverly crafted internet/bulk sms. Whilst you were thinking he was logging into his account to initiate transfer, what he was actually doing was modifying the sms (inserting the amount, your bank name and account details). For those who say you should have noticed cos your account balance wasn't shown: not all banks state account balances...I don't know how Wema does it, but I know not all banks mention balances in sms alerts. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by omolan(m): 6:35am On May 27, 2016 |
Wema Debit NGN5,105.00 Acct No:0122****60 Desc.: MOBILE TRANSFER FROM 234708******** TO FBN 3 Bal: 20,000.97 23-04-2016 04:13 @OP example of how WEMA BANK send their SMS Alert,at least u can see d Bal at d end of SMS.sorry for d lost bdavis: |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by officialblogger(m): 7:06am On May 27, 2016 |
The Only way Out is to Contact iPhone Manufacturers via email... Show them all the proofs U gat.. .U can even Show them this Nairaland thread by sending them the link... They gon help you to the fullest |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by officialblogger(m): 7:07am On May 27, 2016 |
Opetunde1:The Only way Out is to Contact iPhone Manufacturers via email... Show them all the proofs U gat.. .U can even Show them this Nairaland thread by sending them the link... They gon help you to the fullest |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by iamflonerd(m): 7:25am On May 27, 2016 |
olumig:these fraudsters are now smarter than they used to be. A female trap won't work no more. I believe the number he has of the guy will be used for scam transactions only so when a female jumps in his whatsapp to initiate a chat, he will know something is fishy |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by Nobody: 7:36am On May 27, 2016 |
1) How did you meet him, maybe someone introduced you to him. You have to retrace your way back to how you met. 2) Can you use a true caller app to get the details of the phone number you have and maybe trace the name to a Facebook page or other social profile accounts 3) Bulk SMS sender all have servers they push out their bulk messages from, you can find out which bulk SMS provider he used and hopefully he registered with a clean profile with them . 4) if you haven't changed all the iPhone online account details. You can remotely access GPS , camera and maybe shut down the phone or track location of the person. 5) pray to Jah, the most high ... and learn from the experience. Some weeks ago, a dude met me @ the ATM stand and asked to help him withdraw 10k that he will transfer N12k to me, saying that he forgot his ATM at home. As a sharp guy, I felt could make extra 2k to buy suya atleast, but I asked him to first send the money then I will check my balance and withdraw it for him. But he kept saying that he is in a hurry, he asked for my account details, but when he asked me for my phone number , I smelt a rat, small time I received alert of 12k, but the idiot did not know that I don't receiev alert on that account, the main reason I asked him to send to my account so could withdraw initially. You need see the way I launch the guy, inside the ATM stand, as e wan take off... e begin beg me say make I no shout, say na him mama no well and he Ned money to treath her. I handed him over to the bank security 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by Opetunde1: 7:41am On May 27, 2016 |
How do I get your number prince? ? |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by Dam5reey(m): 7:41am On May 27, 2016 |
omolan: Balance is always the last..thing on every alerts The op was carried away with the alert thing.... If you have been pranked before u will no what Im saying... |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by SensaGreene: 7:50am On May 27, 2016 |
Op sorry for the loss. We all learn everyday. Its a pity I am having to learn from someone's pain. I do hope you are able to catch this scammer. Gods speed! |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by Panzerfaust(m): 8:04am On May 27, 2016 |
Opetunde1:Get a court warrant from the police to contact the service provider. He will be found using telephone tower triangulation. |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by dotmandt: 8:29am On May 27, 2016 |
even with the Customize alert if u are very smart enough u can never be scammed that why we also have E-banking, Mobile banking. With this 2 methods you can also monitor your transaction/balance in real time, |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by omoelu1(m): 8:36am On May 27, 2016 |
Op, like seriously, how can you confirm a payment was made to your account without checking your account balance to confirm the payment. This is just like receiving cash for an item without counting the money. Nawao |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by FrankValency(m): 8:47am On May 27, 2016 |
DedeNkem:oga, e no hard o, I can even do that now now with my bulk SMS acct. all I need is ur acct no, d rest na story for d gods. That is y most Igbo men receives cash for hand, goods for nylon 1 Like |
Re: I Sold An IPhone To A Guy Who Scammed Me With A Fake Bank Transfer by papyskinsy: 9:15am On May 27, 2016 |
Youngetskilz23: see dis guy wat of if de guy knws yur acct. balance via someone close to yu nd added de paid amount to the balance.. smh. .. my best advise fr all f ya s to delete instantly yur bank notification on both sms and yur email lobatan... #ReceiveSense |
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