Where can I buy dollars in Lagos without being swindled?

Thanks.

Mallams and aboki.Go meet them,bid and bargain,If theres an agreement,collect the mallams number.Go to a bank(u have an acct with),call the mallam to come there with ur naira equivalence.He wud pay in the naira into ur acct while u give him his $.That way,u wont be short changed or given fake/magic money.
mallams full airport,Ikeja etc.

Oh shit,my bad.
are u buying dollars or exchanging to N   The body and topic of the thread are diffrent.
anyways,my above post stands if u wanna exchange $ to N.

I'm buying, and not selling.

Thanks.

Good reason to be concerned. Dont blame ya for asking . . .

[size=16pt]Why We Are Into Currency Faking Business - Robbers[/size]
Tunde Oyekola, Osogbo - 20.06.2009

A five-member fake currency syndicate smashed on Monday in Osogbo by the Osun State Police Command said that they were in the business of selling fake currency because it was lucrative.

The 24-year-old Saheed Ibiyemi, who said that he spent N25,000 to buy N125,000 fake currency at N200 per N1,000 notes at Oluwole in Lagos, added that he had been operating in Abuja before coming down to Osogbo.

Saheed, who admitted that he had been in the business of buying fake currency for sometime when he could not secure a job, stated that “it is a lucrative business and I have been making a living from it. I buy fake currency from a man who introduced me to the business at Oluwole in Lagos.”

When reminded that Oluwole was no longer existing in that it had been dismantled by the government, Saheed said that “Oluwole is still existing because people still transact business in the place under cover.”

Saheed and Friday Irabor 25, both from Edo State, were apprehended at Aromole Area, Oja - Oba in Osogbo while attempting to spend fake naira notes while the other three members, Friday Irabor 25, Amidu Kashimawo, 24 and Sunday Bright Marcus, 26, were caught at Peter Ajibola Street, Alekuwodo, where they bought a N100 recharge card with N1,000 fake naira note.

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Never use the services of the Yoruba  and NON Hausa exchangers in Ikeja ( on Allen, Awolowo, Airport) etc. Dont get me wrong, I am Yoruba 100%.
Only deal with the authentic Hausa Mallams inside Alade Market.
All the exchangers in front of Airport Hotel in Ikeja are scammers.ALL OF THEM.The Police know, and everyone who lives there. They will scam you in any of the following ways:
Give you fake dollars back after checking your dollar.
Give you fake naira.
Give you less naira than you should get.
Use juju on you ( I mean real juju).
Beat you up after shouting " Ole" on you.
Ifyalways method is great, meet at the bank and have him pay to your bank.

emma2999:

Never use the services of the Yoruba  and NON Hausa exchangers in Ikeja ( on Allen, Awolowo, Airport) etc. Dont get me wrong, I am Yoruba 100%.
Only deal with the authentic Hausa Mallams inside Alade Market.
All the exchangers in front of Airport Hotel in Ikeja are scammers.ALL OF THEM.The Police know, and everyone who lives there. They will scam you in any of the following ways:
Give you fake dollars back after checking your dollar.
Give you fake naira.
Give you less naira than you should get.
Use juju on you ( I mean real juju).
Beat you up after shouting " Ole" on you.
Ifyalways method is great, meet at the bank and have him pay to your bank.

Bros, I bow for you oh,

Haba!!!, my most trusted partners to exchange are the YORUBAS, Office inside of Airport hotel, so chill, I really bow for you oh,

There's only one rule whenever you trade for dollars, whether $1 or $1M, never buy on roadside, simply walk into a shop and buy, simple, follow this rule, and you will never have a problem, you can walk in with N10M like some people do, and come out with your $$$ without any hitches,

Whatever Happened to the beaureaux de change?

reindeer:

Whatever Happened to the beaureaux de change?

I no nooo

lacicrips:

Where can I buy dollars in Lagos without being swindled?

Thanks.

Hajj camp, sabo yaba, Alade market etc. `cos established markets have unions that regulate it`s memebers, go into a decent office, negotiate and buy from the office, insist they stamp the $ for you with their company stamp.

What on earth happened to BUREAU DE CHANGES scattered all over the town. On Allen, everywhere. I use Bureau DE Change to avoid stories. Even MMIA, there are BUREAU DE CHANGE offices there. Why do people dont learn from the mistakes of others

@damola1… I feel u, but never forget that different people with different experiences. I have exchanged dollars for local currency more than 50 times in Yaba and they were all predominantly Hausas and trustworthy, also because I went straight to their offices.


If you mistakenly go to Broad street behind the resurrected Savannah Bank and you don’t talk to Hausas and decide to meet the Yoruba Agbero boys a.k.a area boys, bros, believe me your money is gone. How do they catch their preys? If Malam changes for $1 to 120 naira, they would make it 125 naira so that you will be happy to transact with them, collect your money and change it to fake or given at rate way below expected. After they asked you to leave and you think Police or anybody will rescue you out, you are on your own. A lot of street orchins in Lagos Mainland are doing this for living. You will always see them behind Savannah Bank stroke CMS bookshop.

@emma2999… Don’t be so conclusive, for the fact that some Yoruba scumbags deal in illegitimate does not portray all Yoruba Bereau de change as untrustworthy. Mind you Hausas can dupe you too.

come to Abuja change anywhere,

Security firm in naija de support fraud. wao

otukpo:

what Ifyalways suggested is the best way to do it when buying Naira. But if u are buying dollars, its better done with a well established trusted bureau de change. Even Hausa dealer can scam u. there are so many mallams changing money that shld better be seen as armed robbers. Even at the in'l airport, the mallam there can scam u. U'll agree to a rate, after giving u the money and u have counted, they will start saying sth else b4 u know it, u'll leave there and find out that ur money is not complete. Am talking from my own experience. At Airport Hotel, the story is the same. Dont ever trust Hausa mallams that they are good. A firend discussed changing money with an Hausa dealer one day, He delayed bringing the money until abt 4pm, the friend told him to leave it till 2moro as he wont be able to take the money to the bank dt day. In the night, they came and burgled the friend's shop, searched for the money, opened evry dam thing in his shop, but they didnt get it. Uptil today, the mallam has disappered from that particular location. Scammers are on broad street, they wld give u fake and there is nothing u can do. So whenever u are doing any currency biz with anybody, whether hausa or yoruba, Shine ur eyes.

SHINE YOUR EYES INDEED

Jerjens:

come to Abuja change anywhere,

NA SOOO BROS.THATS WHY I COULDNT COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE COS I ALWAYS BUY/SELL IN ABUJA WITH NO SKIN PAIN!!!!!
ONCE I EXCHANGED SOME POUNDS WHILST I WAS ON OKADA AND IT WAS STILL COOL.

Don't go to Lagos, come to Imo state

otukpo:

[color=#770077]what Ifyalways suggested is the best way to do it when buying Naira.

Sure man,whether buying dollars,euro or pound sterling,I just go straight to my bank,where my mallam will be waiting for me,saves you a lotta wahala,not just the faker's ,but some over zealous policeman could waste your time and attract attention to you

Dear All,

Pls what the current exchange rate of naira to dollar now?

You can change $ anywhere in lag. Around the airport you have lots of them. You can also get around the federal palace hotel. Just walk into any bureau de exchange get one of the mallams to follow u to the bank and change it for you there and tell him to hold on while you pay it into your account so that your naira wont disappear.

I am just shocked by the swindling acts at changing currency. This is an eyeopener! Not worth the risk, especially at night. For daytime, maybe. I might as well hold onto my money till I get to my hometown.

Just be careful while trying to make any change

Dude, i have been changing dollars, pounds and euro's in Federal Palace and Eko Meridien for years and i can say that the mallams there are quite honest - although i have build up some rapport with them. VI, being the area in Lagos concentrated with expats and foreigners, is an ideal place to change money with very little hassles

I would suggest that you go there - try one of the hotels there, collect the mallams number and move to another hotel. Compare the rates and go with the one you feel is better for you. Once you have their phone numbers, you can also start building your own rapport. Eventually, you will find out that you can even call them from Ikeja, when you need to change money urgently, and they will come over to meet you - instead of you going to meet them.

jusyt be v carefull

Come to Calabar, anywhere u can change, all r genuine, u can change in Bogobri with Mallams or even with Soya sellers around your house, all r genuine

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