A lot of people explore the various opportunities
that are available in Lagos which usually cuts
across getting a job or engaging in a business.
Some people however have perfected the art of
duping and scamming people in the city. The
more people are trying to avoid getting caught in
the web of scammers, the more intelligent they
get. The scam, popularly called 419 which is a
section of the Nigerian constitution that deals
with fraud is very rampant in Lagos and you need
to be smart not to fall for them.
Here are 10 Lagos 419 tricks you must be wary
of.
1: Visa Lottery
The desire to travel out of Nigeria in search of
greener pasture is a weakness which fraudsters
prey on. Visa lottery is one of the opportunities
available to travel to America and Europe. These
fraudsters open fake websites or adverts for Visa
openings asking people to apply and pay a token.
The string of payment begins when they inform
you that you are close to securing a visa to the
country of your choice. If you are not careful,
you might end up paying more money than you
would have if you were following the due process
to secure a visa. At the end, the 419ers don’t
even have any visa to provide.
2: Money Doubling
This trick involves being asked to provide any
amount of money with the promise that the
money would be doubled. The elaborate drama
involves the supposed money doubler
‘successfully’ doubling the money provided by
random persons. The idea is to get you
interested especially if you are the greedy type.
If you put in a little money and you get double
the amount, you are likely to try with a bigger
sum which is when you will be scammed.
3: Prophet Of Doom
This scheme is meant to prey on the weakness
of those who subscribe to religion. These
fraudsters are aware that most people in Lagos
believe what they are told by religious leaders
and thus pretend to be one. The fake prophet
approaches and tells you he can see through
some imaginary means that you have a spiritual
problem and randomly mentions one or two
problems you might be going through. He is likely
to tell you that your great grandmother is
responsible for your woes and he alone has to
key to unlocking the bondage. If you believe him,
you are likely to spiral down a tunnel of lies.
4:Small Investment; Big Reward
Investments, especially in Lagos is expected to
yield big financial rewards but you should be
wary of the ones were little is known about the
‘business’ except that you are only asked to
provide some money and wait for your money to
grow. The scammer might give you list of names
and people ready to testify that the business is
the only way you can make it big in Lagos.. as
soon as you are in, you are likely to be in the
scheme until you have sold all your things and
borrowed more before you are left alone. By
then, it is already too late to do anything as the
scammer will disappear to the underground.
5:Familiar Face
This form of scam is activated and completed in
less than a minute so you need to be careful and
smart. If someone suddenly grabs you in a
friendly bear hug and says it has been a long
time you last saw each other while you are
struggling to see the person’s face, then you
have been hooked. It is likely the person will
release you from the grip, look at your face and
apologise that you look very familiar and makes a
comment that people are created in twos. As
soon as the person goes, he is sure to have
disappeared with your mobile phone, wallet and
other valuables you have. How this is done
remains a mystery but as soon as someone hold
you in a deadlock, better push away and
apologise later if the person is someone you
actually know. It is better than being squeezed
dry.
6:Bag Of Money
This trick is a very elaborate one meant to pull
the victim in until there is no way out. The
scammer who is a member of a larger group
pretends to have stumbled upon a bad of foreign
currency but the money is supposedly under the
siege of a spiritual spell. The plan is to entice
you with the large sum of money. You are
expected to follow the group to a spell where the
spell can be broken and the money will be safe
for spending. As soon as you follow the group,
you are definitely going to lose your money in a
bid to pay for the spell to be broken.
7:Winning Number
With the different promotions being done by
companies to reward their customers, scammers
are keying into this scheme to defraud people in
Lagos. Text messages are sent to random
numbers that they are the lucky winners of large
amounts of money in the on-going promo of a
company. A phone number is provided for you to
call in order to claim your money. That is where
the scamming begins as you are asked to pay
some amount of money for the money to be
transferred to you.
8:Foreign Relative
This scam also involves mobile communication
but unlike the Winning Number” which begins
with a text message, this scam is initiated with a
phone call from a person who claims to be a
distant relative and is living in one foreign
country. The scammer then milks you a story
about his decision to send you some goods and
that you need to send some money to an
account before the goods can be cleared. As
soon as you fail to detect the scam, you are
definitely going to pay a lot for your mistake.
9:Job
With a lot of people looking for jobs in Lagos, this
scam is not easy to detect. Lagosians lose their
guards when there is the offer of a job and might
not take the time to find out how credible the
job is. This scam involve job seekers who were
selected usually without applying for that job
being asked to submit their Cv and some
processing fee. The processing fee is not likely
to end until the job seeker realises that he has
been putting water into a basket.
10:Accident
This scam plays on Lagosians’ emotion which is
usually uncontrollable when they get the news of
an accident. In this case, the scammer calls to
inform you that a member of your family is
involved in an accident and is in critical
condition. Your phone number was found on the
victim’s phone and you are expected to send
some money so the person can receive adequate
treatment. It is reasonable to call the person’s
number first or someone who might have more
reliable information before proceeding. If not,
you can realise too late that you have fallen for a
419 scheme.
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*Visa Lottery:
The desire to travel out of Nigeria in search of greener pasture is a weakness which fraudsters prey on. Visa lottery is one of the opportunities
available to travel to America and Europe. These fraudsters open fake websites or adverts for Visa openingly asking people to apply and pay a token. The string of payment begins when they inform you that you are close to securing a visa to the country of your choice. If you are not careful, you might end up paying more money than you would have if you were following the due process to secure a visa. At the end, the 419ers don’t even have any visa to provide.

*Money Doubling:
This trick involves being asked to provide any amount of money with the promise that the
money would be doubled. The elaborate drama involves the supposed money doubler
‘successfully’ doubling the age. If you believe .........

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