I remember going to change some euro at that same place and that trick was almost played on me but the bike man who was with me asked me to re-count the money which I did and found out I was short, I almost mobbed the nigga I told him he should thank his God that I am in a good mood he would have slept and wake up to meet the devil by his side. The funny thing was that there was a policeman standing there... My advice is when u want to change money.. This are the ways to break the tricks if you don't want to enter into the office and you just want to do sharply. Anytime u are giving the money to count be rest assured it would never be complete. And if he ask you to give him back the money to recount it .. Just tell him Shey he has eyes and give the money one by one to who ever came with you. That way u won't fall a scam to any of them. Also when changing money ask who's changing and anyone who stands close should be asked to move away before you start any transaction... Because if they Are close they will try to distract you ... As the distraction is what is mostly needed for the scam to take place .. Thank you

Sijo01:
Abokiis scamming people like their daural hero

bunmioguns:




Your brain needs to be reformated

I actually think it needs to be destroyed totally...its useless and causing more harm than good to humanity...a reformatting cannot help in this case anymore.

Op mentioned he was defrauded and outsmarted by an igbo and Yoruba guy...the mofo is busy making reference to the hausas and the president. this is the dumbest post I ever saw on nairaland..in fact on the whole of the internet.
jeez...I give up mehn!!!

Sijo01:
Abokiis scamming people like their daural hero

Signs that you didn't read the post

Let me recount my own experience at alade market actually it happen to one old man and the wife they shd be close to 65 they where with the yoruba guys and they gave the elderly people the money to count and those people counted, they collect their dollars and snatch the naira from those people but as I wanted to pursue them the ibo guy selling shoe for me held me back and I know they have click so people beware just go straight inside to those hausa inside shop don't deal with those guy at the gate

Actually, it's a charm they use. The last bill which is always short, does the magic. Calling on security is a call in futility. They are know by police men who man that zone, the police stations in Ikeja know how they operate too. They settle policemen so they are free to carry out their dubious transactions. The abokis know them too but will always choose to mind their business especially when one was called and decided to ignore them due to higher exchange rate from the Yoruba guys who disguises as mallams.

NEVER EVER HAND THE MONEY BACK TO THEM TO RECOUNT. . . .NEVER

Recount the money in front of them one by one and ask them to add the difference

Only when you are happy with the amount you counted and you have locked the money safely away in your glove compartment, hand over the £ or $

Better still have your own customer.

OP sorry for your loss. As a rule whenever I have had to deal with the roadside guys I will only hand over my bills when I have in my hand what was agreed complete. No handing over of my bills until it's complete and I'm satisfied. If you wanna rush me I drop the transaction there and then and move on to another person. I have never been defrauded on any occasion cos I'll not bulge to hand over my bills for any reason other than what I came for is complete and intact. I'll only wait to oblige you to confirm what I hand over and before I do I'll count slowly for you to see, hand over and zoom off. Period.

bunmioguns:




Your brain needs to be reformated

. She's lookin for cheap attention dnt give her, Am almost tempted to insult her but for Christ.

Fallen for this trick about this time last year at the same location. The same thing is done at Airport Hotel gate ikeja. Lemme explain the sleight of hand trick these conmen play. They often are yoruba guys working in units of 3 with a puppet master in the shadows. They offer better rates than the real Hausa guys and often try to pass themselves off as Hausas.

So they agree a rate with you and give u d Naira equivalent short by one note. So if u are expecting 25k they give u 24k. U count it and it's short by one. This is where the trick kicks in. They ask u to hand it back for them to verify. While u were counting, a second set of notes well short of the agreed amount and mixed with fakes have been arranged off you range of sight. You hand it back to them and they switch it with the short notes. while they are pretending to be counting the notes u allegedly handed them, one of the crew tries talking with you so u are distracted. By the time they are done they will arrive at the same figure you arrived at and then hand u the single note it was short off and as typical short con artists hurriedly send u away.

But they didn't know they had met a Longcon specialist

Lmao!!

Op do the maths

3 scam artists +#12,000

=12,000/3

=#5,000 (not #4,000!, I nose goes school!!!)

OP, something very similar happened to me like 3years ago. It was in the evening and I was actually heading to the bureau the change at MM2...Then I had doubts in my mind if they would have closed or not so I drove to Airport Hotel to change the money.
The Yoruba guys gave me a higher rate so I gladly changed from them 400 dollars.
He gave me 60,000 which I counted over and over before handing him the dollars.
I got home and voila the money was short by 28,000.
I was the only one at home, I drove alone and didn't stop to pick anyone or buy something. How the money disappeared is what I don't know till today. I have however heard several stories after that the yoruba guys on Allen mix their money with juju and no matter how careful you are, the money will still disappear.

I read this thread 2 hrs ago ndit just dawn on me dat u loosed dat amount of money because of #500.u sef u too like money.u no fit even dash em...doh! sha

Northerns are straight forward people speaking from experience. You can trust them with your money

ojoadeola:


My advice to everyone who buys or sells foreign currency:

If you want to change dollar or Pound sterling;

1. Go to appropriate places where legal and operational Bureau De Change is/are located.
2. Look for a bureau de change shop or office and go in, don’t transact at the entrance.
3. Meet the owner of the business/shop, not the surrogate/boy/mallam/loafers.
4. State the reason for your visit and agree on the exchange rate first
5. Allow them to give you the cash equivalent of your agreed sum before you hand over your cash. This is to avoid fake money or lost
money.
6. If you come with a car, don’t transact business through the windows of your car, come down and do the business.
7. Check the correctness of your money before leaving the premise.
8. Have a dedicated customer whom you transact with every time.
9. Do business with a ‘mallam’ first before any other tribe. This is my suggestion though.

Good luck to you all!

Very very sad but true. I have never ever being scammed by a mallam before (as far as foreign currency is concerned)
They are pretty honest individuals. I have some numbers on speed dial and those are the customers i deal with every bloody time. Sorry for your loss. Point 2 is very very important as well - a physical office.

op sorry o............... this also happened to my uncle around february dis year at MMIA, he gave me nd my bro $300 to change for him after a bereau de change aboki approached us... we changed and counted the money nd it was exactly 60k my uncle also counted it nd it was still 60k but 2 days after we got home my uncle was complaining dat it seems dose guys charmed the money cos 20k misteriously got missing

how can N 11,00.00 feel or weigh like N 23,000.00. this your story should b told to d kindergateens

You bleeped up urself hence they outsmarted u.You better be smart and never try to be wiser when you are know you are not smart.Because of mare N500 you supposed to have allowed the housa guys give you their own exchange rate, you messed up urself by trying to get just N500 gain and ended up short paid with over 11k.

Op, you are not wise.

TycheAphrodite:
Northerns are straight forward people speaking from experience. You can trust them with your money

Exactly, but go their office and not those by road sides looking for who to cheat. Even some the Housas do cheat, but those Igbos and Yorubas are just fraudsters.

hertz9te:
you weren't defrauded. .....you were out smarted......

if it's me I will
talk to them___dont give them the money
negotiate___dont give them the money
count my money___dont give them the money
check for fakes___dont give them the money
mix it with other notes to make sure it dosent disappear__dont give them the money
enter the taxi___dont give them the money
give the driver the money to count___dont give them the money

if even possible spend the money they gave you___dont give them the money
they can't cheat me

Lady f is below me!!!Jesus
my level has changed

just pray make u no meet those guys one day. e go be u like home video.

airsaylongcon:
Fallen for this trick about this time last year at the same location. The same thing is done at Airport Hotel gate ikeja. Lemme explain the sleight of hand trick these conmen play. They often are yoruba guys working in units of 3 with a puppet master in the shadows. They offer better rates than the real Hausa guys and often try to pass themselves off as Hausas.

So they agree a rate with you and give u d Naira equivalent short by one note. So if u are expecting 25k they give u 24k. U count it and it's short by one. This is where the trick kicks in. They ask u to hand it back for them to verify. While u were counting, a second set of notes well short of the agreed amount and mixed with fakes have been arranged off you range of sight. You hand it back to them and they switch it with the short notes. while they are pretending to be counting the notes u allegedly handed them, one of the crew tries talking with you so u are distracted. By the time they are done they will arrive at the same figure you arrived at and then hand u the single note it was short off and as typical short con artists hurriedly send u away.

But they didn't know they had met a Longcon specialist

Na you dey reign o. Well I've never experienced this before as I only deal with the abokís around airport hotel. Its really strange how some people can still be outsmart by this trick. Its as old as wine.

prettytasha:
very true . bank process is the ideal way but the process is too long dts why we settle for blackmarket dealers . ..FTC again .. i dedicate this space to Albert Einstein and my research on the Einstein-Rosen bridge ..and all other crazy scientists out there

kai! Beautiful geh!

There are touts all over Lagos.

This is not a new thing, they do it daily.

Ymodulus:
Moral of the Story: Deal with only Hausas for we are Honest.

Why not tone down the tribal slurs,and I bet u,ur almost a perfect complete good minded Nigerian without the tribal slurs

dovezeeta:
kai! Beautiful geh!

aww thank u sir

gokay11:
Yoruba and igbo collaboration.

too bad..instead of listing N500, he lost N12,000.

Bro...ds wot u call ERM...u dn chop m!