We Thought Forex Trading Would Bring Us Fortunes — N233m Fraud Victims

About 354 forex trade investors allegedly defrauded by an ex -banker , Seye Onigbinde, are currently embittered after their investments went down the drain. Some of them, who spoke with City Round on Friday , said they were convinced to put their money in the scheme, thinking it would bring fortunes. Onigbinde is being investigated by the police at the Area F Command , Ikeja , Lagos , led by ACP Akinbayo Olasoji, over a sum of N574 .2m. He allegedly obtained the sum from his unsuspecting victims while promising them a monthly interest of 20 to 30 per cent. According to the police , the suspect claimed to have paid principal and interest to the tune of N 482.3 m , remaining an outstanding of N 233. 4m.

It was gathered that the suspect operated the scheme as a business venture named Blueprint Business Development and Consulting located on Hughes Street, Alagomeji , Yaba .
The police spokesperson in the state, DSP Bala Elkana , while confirming Onigbinde’ s arrest, had said , “ He collected this money from these individuals with a promise of extraordinary gains to those willing to invest in the scheme which he claimed was built on lucrative trading in forex trading, Bitcoin and shares purchase from four international brokers .
“ This get - rich -quick scheme attracted gullible and greedy investors , who received the expected high returns. The more investors his scheme attracted , he created a business and used agents to find more and more investors . ”
Our correspondent gathered that the victims include bankers , business owners, and civil servants with individual investment ranging from N 1m to N 10m .

Some of them, who spoke with City Round and identified themselves only by their first names, said Onigbinde dashed their hopes .
A worker at a consulting firm , Oyinlade , said her current investment is N 1. 3m , adding that a friend linked her with Onigbinde in February 2019.
“ I started with N 200, 000 and I got 20 per cent interest . I reinvested all the money and added N50, 000. I got more money and reinvested. I thought it would yield a fortune and I increased it to N1. 3m in July 2019. The money was supposed to be due for payment on September 29.

“ He ( Onigbinde) contacted me in October and begged that I should give him few days . Later, he promised to pay me in October. Afterwards , he shifted it to November. He said he would spread the payments across three months. That was the last conversation we had until January when he sent me an email, stating that I should give him one year to sort himself out. ”
Another investor , Desola , who lost N2. 3m , said she was convinced to invest in the scheme having heard the success stories of some of her friends .
She recalled , “ I invested in May 2019. I was supposed to receive payments from October to January with interest. I was expecting 30 per cent interest . Together with my principal , I thought I would get something big at the end of the day .
“ When he could not pay me in October , he started making promises . The last promise he made was that he would pay me in January . It was when I read about his arrest in the newspapers that I knew have been defrauded. ”
Hassan , one of the agents working for the prime suspect, said his friend , one Victor, put N5m in the failed transactions, adding that Victor had wanted to use his principal and interest to execute a project in December 2019 .
Hassan , a bank official , said , “ Seye (Onigbinde) and I used to work at the same bank until 2016 when I joined another bank . Sometime in January 2019 , he told me he was into forex trading. He persuaded me to invest and said I would get 20 to 30 per cent interest on my principal . He also asked me to refer friends to him . I introduced a friend called Victor to him .
“ Three months later , he approached me again and I gave it a try . I first invested N200 ,000 and got 20 per cent interest at the end of the month. I then invested N 1m and got 30 per cent interest.
“ I then introduced my brother to Seye. My brother invested N 1m in June 2019. He received his principal and 30 per cent interest at the end of the month . Two months later, he invested N 2m but he didn ’t get any interest.
“ Victor initially invested N 1m . He got the interest and increased his investment to N 5m . He got the interest for some months . I sensed there was a problem with the scheme in October 2019 when he ( Seye) started delaying in paying interest.

“ I advised my brother and Victor that we should pull out of the transactions . My brother agreed and we collected our principal but Victor said he would continue . He said he had a project he wanted to use the money for in December .”
Adelaja, a businessman whose N2m was trapped, said one of Onigbinde’ s agents identified as Peace persuaded him to stake his money .
“ She convinced me and I invested N 2m . She had been telling me about the man ( Onigbinde) for some time. She said the business was very reliable. I took my time to think about it . In November, I asked her if she was sure I would get 30 per cent interest on my investment and she said yes. That was when I decided to invest . I have a strong feeling she connived with him. ”
Onigbinde declined to speak with our correspondent, claiming that he had told the police everything about the case.

source: https://punchng.com/we-thought-forex-trading-would-bring-us-fortunes-n233m-fraud-victims/

No short cut to wealth. The only true way is hard work and God's blessings.

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I have my reservation for this forex trading, sincerely. It's the shortest way to end in kirikiri and the fastest way to become a millionaire.

MMM dealt with people...


Yet junior MMM is still dealing with people....

na the same shirt all of them wear mmm,betting, HYIP, MLM, FOREX, binary options, and cryptocurrencies




no more time to waist, hard work breeds success.. work hard this year, starve your distractions and feed your focus, success is a must.

Just imagine! The love of money is really the root of all evil

Ponzi is outdated. Fraudsters are now using new tactics to lure gullible victims. The earlier Nigerians realize that there's no easy money anywhere, the better for them

Forex is a very technical investment,it's not like buying and selling goods or Ponzi,where you pay and receive. You have to follow current world currencies trend so as to know which to buy or sell,at any particular time.
That's why, 90% of all Forex traders lose their investment, Fact.
Check out Fortune 500 or Forbes 500, none of them became rich through Forex.

Bankers are second class upper division thieves

Politicians are first class division thieves

Security forces are second class lower division thieves

Yahoo boys are third class.



Nigeria is headed nowhere Currently..

That's what you get when greed rules your heart...

There's no quick way to success...

Left to me the victims should count their losses and learn from it..

Nigerians can be so greedy and desperate when it comes to money. With the individual experience about MMM, I don't believe a sane person can still fall for this fraud again. In fact, government need not arrest the man in question, they should allow the fools to learn a big lesson. All the same, I don't think they can even get Kobo back cos Nigerian system don't operate that way.

With a gun you can rob a bank .. With a bank you can rob anyone.....

Mheen!

Simplyleo:
No short cut to wealth. The only true way is hard work and God's blessings.

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Betnaija clowns
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Damnnnnn niggarrr
Be a real niggarrr

Stop hard work and start huzzling in a smart way

Chaiii

Really

They keep making mistake with this forex of a thing

Do the crime
Do the time

Foolish sumbodi

Iheoforlex:
With a gun you can rob a bank .. With a bank you can rob anyone.....

Sense will not kill you

Nairaland Notorious Tribalists will be disappointed after checking the name of the fraudster.
See how neat the first page look because he is not Igbo. Had it been he is an Igbo man, it would have been filled with tribal comments
For NL owner to keep allowing tribal comments and posts on almost all threads, he indirectly supports Tribalism

MBA Forex people take note!

Mad

No other way to success than hard work

Ok

I think the dude isn't as bad as it seems... Just business gone wrong.

If you know how much Banks loose to in-house Fraud ehnn you will hate banking business