Day 1

I woke up last Tuesday like every other morning to get ready for work. I checked my phone and I saw a text from a supposed Officer Amos Zuma informing me about a job in NSCDC. Text came in by 12:49am.

Usually, I don't hesitate to delete such text immediately. But this one was different, he mentioned my name and surname correctly spelt.

I decided to play along, cos it wouldn't be bad to understand his format, right? I was eager to see to the end and unravel whoever was behind this charade.

I took the first step>>>>>>>>>

First thing I did was to run checks on the number via TrueCaller App and the name showed "NCDC Amos"

Obviously they've upgraded by saving their scam numbers on the app. Whether he meant Nigeria Centre for Disease and Control (NCDC) or he mistakenly omitted the 'S' in NSCDC, we will find out soon

I replied him and requested for a meeting. Of course I know he wouldn't agree.

Thanks to MTN Nigeria for the ten daily free text messages, it was useful . The guy kept insisting I should call but I never did. That wasn't part of my plan

Day 2

After receiving a call from him on the previous day, he told me he was in Abuja and I'm sure he knew I wasn't in Abuja.

On Wednesday morning, I sent him a text. I had to bring in an imaginary cousin in Abuja to see if he'd agree to meet up, but still..

See his savage reply . He asked how we could pay for the forms if we couldn't but airtime to call him

I apologized to Oga Officer before he will get angry and deny me this "government job"

I enquired about the costs of the form and he said total was N15,500

Shortlist form: N6,500
Replacement form: N5,000
Yellow form: N4,000

What a wawuu

He called me shortly after his text. I pretended like the amount was too much for my cousin and I, and he suggested that one of us should apply then, since we're low on cash, so to speak

Here's a tip.This is what I do when I get an unsolicited call from Scammers. - You know the ones na..I Just string them along.Listen quietly and always use "Yes I do" for every question,Forget shouting abuse or using loud Voices.Just let them talk and when they are done talking just say quietly but very clearly 'I really love your voice and the way you talk"I love you,Can we see in Person?. It sounds really weird ooo but keep telling the person Pls I love to see you.if you do it.I guarantee the caller will terminated the Call and never call again.
Then I was Blocking the numbers until I had like 50 numbers on my Blacklist.

FrontRunner:
Here's a tip.This is what I do when I get an unsolicited call from Scammers. - You know the ones na..I Just string them along.Listen quietly and always use "Yes I do" for every question,Forget shouting abuse or using loud Voices.Just let them talk and when they are done talking just say quietly but very clearly 'I really love your voice and the way you talk"I love you,Can we see in Person?. It sounds really weird ooo but keep telling the person Pls I love to see you.if you do it.I guarantee the caller will terminated the Call and never call again.
Then I was Blocking the numbers until I had like 50 numbers on my Blacklist.

Hahahaha

I wasn't quick to dismiss him though. Was less busy and needed to kill boredom.

The right thing to do was to reach an agreement with my supposed cousin to get the forms, while I wait for batch C. I sent another text, he replied claiming he was busy.

When maga is about to pay you gotta form busy

Did I mention Officer Amos has a deep voice? Na big man o

The next day...

Hahahahaaaaaaaa LOL.Bros make I lay my head small.Will Check it up later in the day.Stiil Following..Gudnight ooo

Following....

"""You can't have regret over something if you never had a choice concerning the issue""".
I think u should be more careful next time as some of them use voodoo. Say after listening to their voice via a phone call, u get mysteriously sucked into the scam, & even end up paying more, u may even use all the money in your account & borrow from friends to complete it. Then get ur senses back after they're done with u.


the best thing to do is just to delete such msg, & save yourself any future 'had i known'.

Very risky. I do cut them off with immediate alacrity to avoid being hypnotized with voodoo

good read pls keep us posted

Day 3

The next day was Thursday. Officer Amos must have been overwhelmed with work that he forgot to call me

I reached out to him as usual (through text of course) concerning the forms. Few minutes later, he called me. The call lasted for 3 minutes 48 secs. Summary of it was that he's delegated someone else to attend to me.

Gentlemen and ladies, introducing, the Admin Officer, Mrs Rose!



I moved again to Mrs Rose...

LegendaryLover:
"""You can't have regret over something if you never had a choice concerning the issue""".
I think u should be more careful next time as some of them use voodoo. Say after listening to their voice via a phone call, u get mysteriously sucked into the scam, & even end up paying more, u may even use all the money in your account & borrow from friends to complete it. Then get ur senses back after they're done with u.


the best thing to do is just to delete such msg, & save yourself any future 'had i known'.

I understand bro

Who knows, maybe that was why he/they insisted I called, but I never did. If it wasn't for the free MTN texts, I wouldn't have bothered, I can't be spending a dime on such mofos.

The idea was for me to understand his format.

Mayng01:
Very risky. I do cut them off with immediate alacrity to avoid being hypnotized with voodoo

Voodoo works from a distance I guess

When you cut them off, it makes it easier for them to try someone else. I like wasting their time.

As usual, I sent a text to Mrs Rose (Admin Officer) immediately. She's got zero chills

Madam say she no get time for letter writing

Ok

On discovering I wasn't ready to call, she then called me. The number wasn't registered on True Caller. Guys! The voice was anything but a lady's. Or maybe she was an elderly lady perhaps

She then agreed to send a format for the details needed for the form.

It's now between Officer Amos and Mrs Rose, against me and my cousin (fictitious cousin actually )

I got the format to fill the form from Mrs Rose. She told me Officer Amos would help me in securing two references. Lucky me

Since it was for my cousin, I delayed the reply on the assumption that she's yet to send in her details.

Day 4

I was ready with details I cooked up from random sources to serve as my cousin's personal information. I sent the info to Mrs Rose while awaiting for her next step.

Mrs Rose sent the payment details. You'll notice how she intentionally omitted her account details
I'll have to call you before you send the account number? Really? Who knows, maybe the baba they visited for jazz or something, told them their maga must call them to secure the bag

Also, Mrs Rose introduced another person (name withheld) as her secretary. His job is to fill forms Imagine an admin officer with a secretary? No wonder we have many ghost workers doing nothing in civil service

Lemme pretend I didn't see the "congratulations"
You're congratulating me for coming this far to your scam?

As expected, there would be crowd in banks because of the lock down. Going to bank wasn't an option. Officer Amos called briefly to know how things were going and I updated him.

I then requested for Mrs Rose account number to wire the money and she dropped the aza below at the speed of light

I verified his Fidelity Bank account and discovered his full names are Chukwudi Emmanuel Nwewor

Well, since my cousin is the one assumed to be making the payment, I pretended that she wasn't comfortable with the account details, as she was expecting account name as Mrs Rose we've been dealing with, not a new contact.

One thing with this scammers is that they can be hot tempered

See how he's already losing his cool

At a point, he/they called me but I was too busy to pick up. That's why I texted that they should call me

After confirming the account number, it's time to initiate payment
You wouldn't want to miss the deadline for a govt job, right?

During the calls, I told Mrs Rose I'll do the payment on behalf of my cousin, she said no probs and reminded me of the deadline. We move to the following day

Day 5

On this beautiful Saturday morning, it's about time for payment. I composed a typical Fidelity Bank debit alert and forwarded to him. I left a reasonable account balance as a young man that I am

I even added tip of N2,000. I can be that generous
Total was N17,500 sent

I'm sure he was already thinking of how to order chilled Goldberg with fish pepper soup with my money

About three hours later, I had 6 missed calls from Mrs Rose and one from Officer Amos. I watched the phone ring while savouring my lunch

I'm sure Mr Chukwudi Emmanuel Nwewor would be excited and confused at the same time

He could have taken a bike to the nearest ATM for withdrawals


Since then I haven't heard from them

@lalasticlala

Interesting,I bet Some peeps Will fall for This.Imagine because someone called your full name and maybe your Church,You are already running to the Bank to pay some #15500 for a purposeless cause.