Two week ago, i got a text msg on my phone with six different recharge card pins and the msg reads;" please manage this,its 12k.i will soon send money to you through mama". When i saw this sms i was like,how can some1 make this kind of mistake with 12k recharge pins? before i could even finish reading the msg,the number called and was like

Him: "please i made a mistake while sending the sms,i wanted to send it to my younger sister".
Me: no problem
Him: please,i will call u back later,lemme send it to her.
Me: no problems
Some minutes later, he called back.
Him: thank you so much,i appreciate it
Me: anytime.
Him: thanks, i'm(he called one name) and i work with NNPC. Please what's your own name?
Something inside me( lemme call it God)told me that he's fake.so,i answered
Me: its not necessary,what's important is ur pins which you have gotten back.
Him: ok,thanks
Me: uw
Later,something struck me and i was like if he can send money through his mama to his sister,why didn't he do it at the first place. This gave me to courage to try the pins.ALAS! All the pins don't exist.

Note: as a job seekers,we have to be careful.its not the 1st i'm experiencing it but thank God,i haven't fallen for any. May God help us all.

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Thank you jare for the information,but those scammer know very well;they don't try me,because they end up becoming my own MUGU!

naija with creativity

Nawah o ,nigerians

yawns...... ok

If that kind IQ-less guy job you, go for pyschiatrist evaluation

Naija!!!

Erm..MBA

so whats the point .? It eluded me.

Yes. It supposed to tell you 'the pin has been used'. The PINS never existed in the first place.

why wil u come here and open my secret nah...dats anoda way of toastin a girl u got her nomber somewere its not a scam ok

They go t0 NYSC year book for passing out corp members, get your name and phone number and text you like this:
"Hi emeka, its your friend Ugoo, we served together in Edo state, I have secured a Job with in Agip with the help of my inlaw, there are more space so I wanted to knw if you are interested, send your CV to my email anuofia@ yahoo.com so I can process it."

I got like 10 of SMS like this. Ignore them they are scam artists!!!

@OP:

Bros u Sharp oo.. I for wreck you if to say you o cut that call.. Next time sha..

I still dont get how this is a scam. Someone please enlighten me

this doesnt make sense to me

DJDOLA: why wil u come here and open my secret nah...dats anoda way of toastin a girl u got her nomber somewere its not a scam ok

i thoght as much

chelseabmw: CHEAP SCAM BY A CHEAP FRAUDSTER

Who will soon be caught and jailed forever!

Ok you escaped being scammed by a 'dumb fraudster' with God's intervention.

So what is the point of this post? It teaches us:

(a) Not to read our text messages.

(b) Read our text messages but not load any card in it.

(c) Read our text messages, load recharge pin(s) in it and call the sender scam when it turns out the pins ('mistakenly sent' to us) do not exist.

Before you answer, what if you had loaded it and discovered it was real? Would you have refunded?

he sent u wrong pins.,,u refused to load it cos u suspected he's fake..u got him..he apologised and hung up.hw d guy wan take scam u,we no know!
No be 2day we don dey receive sophisticated scam messages.I read through thinking u've discoverd sometin new.
No lessons learnt.

I don't get the format. How would he have defrauded a non-suspecting victim?

learner

Red-Light:
this doesnt make sense to me

Giftedgreen: I still dont get how this is a scam. Someone please enlighten me

chukwuma101: so whats the point .? It eluded me.

sagytarius™:
I don't get the format. How would he have defrauded a non-suspecting victim?

Its just like a guy flashing wads of foreign exchange to entice a lady
Or talking big over the phone as we do in Nigeria
Ever seen complimentary cards bearing 'friend of the governor of so so state'?
Recall he said he works at NNPC
Think of the different directions he could have taken the conversation especially if the OP has lowered his guard
The cards and NNPC work na bait to hook one's greed
Get it now or ARE YOU STILL A LEARNER?

I participated in the first batch of the federal govt youwin prog but i did not make the last list. But i dont know how these fraudsters got to know about my details, since then they have been disturbing me, posing as world bank officials and promising me jobs. Well, i have been looking for ways of forwarding their phone numbers to relevant authorities.

Nice.

Just incase it happens to you (or anyone out there) again..

just reply that you are inspector or captain or any good rank...so so and so working with SARs Lion Building or SSS office... or 186th batalion Nigerian Army.

DJDOLA: why wil u come here and open my secret nah...dats anoda way of toastin a girl u got her nomber somewere its not a scam ok

Bad guy. Though not ur fault some Nigerian girls dont like truth.

Na old toasting trick jare. The end was not to scam you, but to woo you...OP take note.

azpekuliar: Na old toasting trick jare. The end was not to scam you, but to woo you...OP take note.

exactly my thoughts.

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