I was in shock when the news broke
on the social media, and with
confirmation by fellow NIS recruits that
our induction programme has been
placed on suspension by the Service. Reality dawned on me when on August
24, August, 2015, the NIS boss in my
state command disseminated the
information that the ongoing three
months induction programme has been
suspended based on a circular sent from NIS headquarters Abuja, stating that
1,600 officers were recruited into the
service “illegally”. How could this be? The recruitment exercise was
advertised in March, 2015, by the
Presidential Committee to assist in the
Immigration Recruitment from the Office
of the Secretary to the Government of
the Federation, as a recent statistics states that about 60 per cent of youths in
the country are jobless.
Even as several youths who have jobs
still seek greener pasture elsewhere,
interested youths all over the federation
filled the application forms online and uploaded all the necessary documents. Applicants who met the stated
requirements were shortlisted for a
Computer-Based Aptitude Test. The test
was conducted by Dragnet, a firm that
specialises in handling recruitment tests
for reputable companies in Nigeria like Chevron, Oando and others in some
designated areas across the nation. I noticed that virtually every applicant
within the south-west home address did
their CBT at Chams City Plaza in Lagos,
between 20 and 24, April, 2015; those in
the north did theirs in Abuja, while Port
Harcourt was also a centre for the south-southerners. I got an e-mail from NIS that I passed
the CBT and that I have been shortlisted
for physical examination, document
verification and oral interview which is
designated to hold in my state command. I went as instructed by the service and I
was amazed that a recruitment exercise
could be this free and fair at the federal
level. The NIS recruitment officials
measured my height and chest, checked
my knees, examined my ability to hear and see clearly. Series of questions
were asked by the officials based on
what I studied in school, and also series
of verification were carried out on all
my certificates presented that very day. To my surprise, I received an invitation
to obtain provisional appointment letter
and undergo preliminary documentation
at the Nigeria Immigration Training
School, Orlu, Imo State (NITSOL), while
others went to Nigeria Immigration Training School, Kano (Assistant
Superintendent 2) and Immigration
Training School, Ahoada, Rivers State
(Immigration Assistant 3). I, immediately called some of my
friends that we applied together but it
was painful that I was the only fortunate
applicant shortlisted of the twelve of us
that applied together. It wasn’t easy gathering money,
travelling to Imo state especially during
the fuel scarcity crisis in the country.
The process in the centre was another
hectic screening exercise on its own, as
it took over to a week to pass through the various stages of document
verification and further certification of
candidates’ eligibility. Surprisingly, the ASI 2’s were only
issued with posting order to the NIS
command in their different states of
origin without being giving appointment
letters like the IA3 and AII’s. The posting order read thus, “…I am
directed to inform you that the above
named newly recruited personnel has
been posted to your command for
attachment and induction with
immediate effect, pending when they will be sent for training. The letter of
appointment will be sent in due course.
Please acknowledge receipt and date the
newly recruited staff reports for
duty.” However, the reason ASI 2’s were not
issued their appointment letters
wasn’t made known. The induction programme started on the
June 1, 2015, which comprises rigorous
activities such early morning jogging,
always beginning by 6.am, parade and
drills, fatigue, among others. Aside this,
we were also introduced to the following courses: Immigration Act and
Manual, Weapon Handling and Police
Duties, Border Patrol, ECOWAS and
African Affairs, Document Fraud,
Passport and other travel documents,
CERPAC/VISA/QUOTA, as well as Anti- Human Trafficking and Child Labour,
among other. We have all been specially trained in the
rudiments of these courses in the last
three months so as to carry out our
duties effectively.
Most of the recruits have resigned from
different places of work, rented an apartment, some have even borrowed
money so as to survive, pending the
time we start getting salary. Some spent
heavily on transportation, feeding,
buying of induction materials (white socks, white vest, white shorts, white tennis e.t.c). Our passing out parade has been
scheduled to come up on September 1,
2015 of which in preparation, we have
been parading under the sun and in the
rain, drills from the instructors and so
on. We have gotten our accoutrements and preparing our minds towards that
glorious day when the heart breaking
circular came that after three months
spent with rigorous exercises during the
induction, we were placed on
suspension.

francababy:

Not possible to scam a warri guy? lol. This proud belief is what makes scamming many warri guys possible. If u scam one warri guy, out of pride he shuts up. U will scam his friend, then his cousin, then his neighbour and so on. None of them wants to be mocked so they will keep quiet without alerting others while the scammer goes about exploiting them.

now this got me Lmao

Its only greedy,gullible and unintelligent ppl dat get scammed

Smellymouth:
yes!!!!

I was scammed yesterday .. Cruzita promised visiting, I transferred money into her account and till this minute, her number has been on voice mail ...

try the number again its going through but I have not recieved alert since yesterday.REAL SCAMMER

Two times I can remember.

1st time - This happened in 95/96. I was on my way to my sixth form college but decided to go see my friend in the hood. He was an up and coming guy man and I wanted to see if he had any new 090 fire lines. I alighted from the bus and as I walked towards his house, I saw 2 chaps playing table tennis.

As I walked past the players, one of them called out to me; egbon shey ele ba wa count scores (can you help keep scores). I was in no hurry and enjoyed watching table tennis so I obliged.

The game carried on and one of them was so terrible it was embarrasing. Game ended something like park-2. The really rubbish player brought out a wad of cash and gave it to the chap who won. The winner was the same one that called out to me.

I made to leave but the winner called out to me and walked alongside with me. He told me (in yoruba) that the other chap was an ibo boy who had stolen thousands from his dad and was gambling it all away. He advised that I bet on a game with him and I was sure to double my money.

Even though I was a below average player, having seen how rubbish the ibo boy was, I didnt hesitate. We walked back to the tennis board. The yoruba boy suggested I give the ibo boy 15 ahead to entice him. I agreed cause the ibo boy was really rubbish. I laid allthe money I had on me. I think it was N50 but cant be sure. What I can remember was that it was just enough to take me to school and back.

I started the game with the 1st of my 5 serves. The previously rubbish ibo boy returnes it with a back handed smash, 0-16 . I was shook but I thought to myself, ah a fluke return. 2nd service, same thing, 3rd service, fore hand smash from the ibo boy, 0-18.

My eyes turned red as It started to dawn on me that I had been scammed. I dropped my bat, turned to my fellow yoruba boy who I believed to be my ally and said I wasnt playing again. He shook his head and with respect he replied 'ah, egbon eti bet' (You cant go back on a bet after the game has started)

I picked up my bat and tried to salvage the situation with 2 iká services but the ibo boy was so good he won the points, 0-20 cantab! The boy then finished me off with 2 robó agbeti services.

I left the table in shame and walked to my friends house a short distance away. I knocked on the gate for minutes but there was no response. My day just became worse. I had no money and there was no way I could make it to school. Tears started to roll down my eyes as I began my 4km walk back home.

I have been scammed twice by close friends, amount involved was 15 million naira. Clear case of dont trust your closest friends with money.

cruzita:
try the number again its going through but I have not recieved alert since yesterday.REAL SCAMMER

pls send me d number again, I mistakenly deleted it

Abatsam111:
This is the season scammers deploy all their antics to make sure they smile to the bank which normally leave their victims with tales of woes. Have you ever fallen prey to them ?
Feel free to share your experience.

my very close friend called me that he needed financial help,he has been using a diff country number to call me. He sent a 9ja account number and I gave him my hard earned 23k. I neva suspected anything after I never knew he was a yahoo boy and he's in nigeria. The thing pain me I neva stil recover till now

dovoule:
Well, it's not like I'ma greedy person oh.. The dude said I could get 2.5 Gb data on the MTN network for just #750.. I added him on Bbm, did a little interview and rushed to buy the airtime.. As soon as I typed the Last digit of the voucher and hit the send button, he disappeared from my friends' list..

Lmao sorry bro but these gt me rolling

I dy scam ni...
I've nt been scammed

mascot87:
It shld b 8 yes ago. I wanted to buy phone @ computer village & I have 13k with me. As I was checking from one phone seller to another I hear one bro for my back saying "bros yeh, u wan buy phone?Come buy this music express phone na, very cheap & affordable with perfect functionality" Na so I carry my leg go meet d guy o.
I checked through d phone & it was working fine, I dialed some numbers & spoke with two to three people & it was awesome. I stylishly asked d guy what d fault of d phone is & he said no issues at all & that he needs money to buy another phone.
I priced d phone & he said 8k, I was like sho but as I sharp guy( I think I was ) I told him I can only pay 6.5k & at last he agreed. I remembered I have been scammed one time like that at oshodi where I bought a phone for 3.5k only for d guy to hand over a scrap to me & also called some guys to give me sweet slap to say d least so remembering that scenerio, I acted smartly this time(I think say I wise). I told d guy that I will hand over d cash to him after he hands over d phone to me on d bike & d bike will take off to avoid a recurrence of what I experienced at oshodi. He agreed & we called a random bike man.I climbed d bike, he gave me the phone & I gave him d money & zoom I instructed d bike man. After some distance, I looked back & I saw d guy smiling so I smiled back & also waved him with my 32 teeths widely opened.Immediately I got to d bus stop at Ikeja under bridge, I entered sango bus direct & I was happy I now have a gd phone for just 6.5k. All this while I did not check d phone I was holding not until I got to iyana ipaja where I feel it is safe to check d phone.
I press d end call button but no light showed up so I was thinking it must have been switched off by d guy. So as I pressed switched on button, I noticed one white object popping out & I was like what is this? I smelled it cos it stained my hand & I found out that it is fufu. I opened d phone & saw how fufu was packaged as phone for me. The man for my side just dey look me dey laugh. I no fit talk self, I just jejely put am for my pocket dey go house. Na so them take sell fufu for me for 6.5k

u really made my day

I was scammed($5k) by an elderly man from Osun state, I never believed that anybody at his age could be a scammer . I visited Nigeria and wanted to use the opportunity to buy gold dust for a client, it thought me a great lesson though lol.

My experience, it happened at garrison junction in PH, i was to go somewhr wit my bf and his friends so they asked me 2 wait at the junction and while i was der passing time by reading articles on Linda ikeji's blog, a man came very close 2 me and i noticed him so i guess he seized the Q5 i was using and was like,"my friend abeg i dey look for FERDINAND STREET", it sounded very strange to me and i replied dat hv never heard of such street in garrison den he said "pls am lookin 4 a custom officer and i was directed to go and look for d street cos dat is whr d man resides", i still told him dat i don't knw d street, so he moved some mile away frm me and stood still den another guy came and was like " sister waitin dat man be dey ask u", i told him to call the man and ask him and he called him and asked wat the problem was and he repeated wat he said den he turned to me and was like " sister make we go help am look for the street na, Bros shebi you go give us something", and he replied, " my container dey for port and laptop wit plenty phones dey inside and if una help me look for the street i go give una two one laptop and phone each", and the other one said "sister make we help am na", i told them both 2 go and get a job and they whr like see u ashawo

Came to Ghana and had no where to stay and my atm wasn't working, so he offer to help but i v to give him 1k. I gv him he said he was coming..

well that is the end of the scam!!!
For him mind him do see big money

pappilo:
Two times I can remember.

1st time - This happened in 95/96. I was on my way to my sixth form college but decided to go see my friend in the hood. He was an up and coming guy man and I wanted to see if he had any new 090 fire lines. I alighted from the bus and as I walked towards his house, I saw 2 chaps playing table tennis.

As I walked past the players, one of them called out to me; egbon shey ele ba wa count scores (can you help keep scores). I was in no hurry and enjoyed watching table tennis so I obliged.

The game carried on and one of them was so terrible it was embarrasing. Game ended something like park-2. The really rubbish player brought out a wad of cash and gave it to the chap who won. The winner was the same one that called out to me.

I made to leave but the winner called out to me and walked alongside with me. He told me (in yoruba) that the other chap was an ibo boy who had stolen thousands from his dad and was gambling it all away. He advised that I bet on a game with him and I was sure to double my money.

Even though I was a below average player, having seen how rubbish the ibo boy was, I didnt hesitate. We walked back to the tennis board. The yoruba boy suggested I give the ibo boy 15 ahead to entice him. I agreed cause the ibo boy was really rubbish. I laid allthe money I had on me. I think it was N50 but cant be sure. What I can remember was that it was just enough to take me to school and back.

I started the game with the 1st of my 5 serves. The previously rubbish ibo boy returnes it with a back handed smash, 0-16 . I was shook but I thought to myself, ah a fluke return. 2nd service, same thing, 3rd service, fore hand smash from the ibo boy, 0-18.

My eyes turned red as It started to dawn on me that I had been scammed. I dropped my bat, turned to my fellow yoruba boy who I believed to be my ally and said I wasnt playing again. He shook his head and with respect he replied 'ah, egbon eti bet' (You cant go back on a bet after the game has started)

I picked up my bat and tried to salvage the situation with 2 iká services but the ibo boy was so good he won the points, 0-20 cantab! The boy then finished me off with 2 robó agbeti services.

I left the table in shame and walked to my friends house a short distance away. I knocked on the gate for minutes but there was no response. My day just became worse. I had no money and there was no way I could make it to school. Tears started to roll down my eyes as I began my 4km walk back home.

Seriously this is the most hilarious experience on this thread so far. Well explained. Hahahaha u will kill me with laff sha

mascot87:
It shld b 8 yes ago. I wanted to buy phone @ computer village & I have 13k with me. As I was checking from one phone seller to another I hear one bro for my back saying "bros yeh, u wan buy phone?Come buy this music express phone na, very cheap & affordable with perfect functionality" Na so I carry my leg go meet d guy o.
I checked through d phone & it was working fine, I dialed some numbers & spoke with two to three people & it was awesome. I stylishly asked d guy what d fault of d phone is & he said no issues at all & that he needs money to buy another phone.
I priced d phone & he said 8k, I was like sho but as I sharp guy( I think I was ) I told him I can only pay 6.5k & at last he agreed. I remembered I have been scammed one time like that at oshodi where I bought a phone for 3.5k only for d guy to hand over a scrap to me & also called some guys to give me sweet slap to say d least so remembering that scenerio, I acted smartly this time(I think say I wise). I told d guy that I will hand over d cash to him after he hands over d phone to me on d bike & d bike will take off to avoid a recurrence of what I experienced at oshodi. He agreed & we called a random bike man.I climbed d bike, he gave me the phone & I gave him d money & zoom I instructed d bike man. After some distance, I looked back & I saw d guy smiling so I smiled back & also waved him with my 32 teeths widely opened.Immediately I got to d bus stop at Ikeja under bridge, I entered sango bus direct & I was happy I now have a gd phone for just 6.5k. All this while I did not check d phone I was holding not until I got to iyana ipaja where I feel it is safe to check d phone.
I press d end call button but no light showed up so I was thinking it must have been switched off by d guy. So as I pressed switched on button, I noticed one white object popping out & I was like what is this? I smelled it cos it stained my hand & I found out that it is fufu. I opened d phone & saw how fufu was packaged as phone for me. The man for my side just dey look me dey laugh. I no fit talk self, I just jejely put am for my pocket dey go house. Na so them take sell fufu for me for 6.5k

This got me laughing in a bus as a madman

Some people don't even know the meaning of scam sef mchew how "borrow me money " take be scam?

I never see that person wet wan scam me sha...

Hilarious thread even though i opened something like this a few years ago

My first scamming experience was back then 2002 when jamb still used hard copy submission of forms/registration in dia zonal offices. Naso one tout (aka. hoodlump) hijack me scope me say if na jamb certificate i wan collect make i bring 3k. He said he has an insider who will run the thing sharp sharp and he will post am to our p.o.box address. He even gave me his phone number. As i see d crowd wey wan collect certificate wey neva see am collect naso i pay money ooo. Dey expect make he send am. But up till today i neva recieved any cert from jamb.

Though Funny sha but since then i don wise up sha...

My own scamming experience ...I'm not even sure what to call it.

One day, I entered a bus, I was coming back from the bank. I sat in the front with a guy, the bus fare was only about #50, and the man offered to pay for me. I said thank you and we gisted. He seemed like a nice guy!

He came down in the bus stop before mine own, there's an eatery opposite the bus stop, He asked if I wanted to come to the eatery and chat with him. I said ok.

When we got in there, he wanted to order for me, but I refused, wasn't really hungry, so we just sat and started talking.

He told me that he just got back from the visa office, he got his visa and would be travelling out soon. He said his parents told him to marry before he leaves. He said he would like me to marry him.

I said , I wasn't interested, I was not looking to marry and we just met. So I got up to leave.

He grabbed my purse from my hand ooh and started begging me to marry him, there was money in my purse ( not a lot, less than #500). I said give me my purse I want to leave.

He refused oooh, saying I must agree to marry him and introduce him to my parents right now. He started screaming, saying I must marry him.

People were just looking, Shame started catching me. The more I was demanding for my purse, the more he was shouting that I must marry him ooh.

I decided to walk down and call the Okada men to come ooh, it was my area and I knew some of them.

I came back with one Okada man but the man had disappeared.

The money in the purse wasn't too much and there was nothing else in it. The purse was really old and worn out.

So i did not lose much, but this was the most confusing event in my life.

The okada men said it was a scammer.

Oga macino1, Am also in need oh, Abi you dey only help people were dey speak french?

I remember 2006, one stupid fraudster just called me that have won 650000# in Nnpc promo.. I told him I prefer home delivery which is 2500# I sent it as glo recharge card. thank God for the last card wey em pin no correct. anyway I later did mine to someone o

Atlantian:
I have been scammed twice by close friends, amount involved was 15 million naira. Clear case of dont trust your closest friends with money.

oga oh, dis kind money were i dey hear so dey make tears comot for my eye,


How una dey take make dis kind money?

I was scamed of 54K pre-degree school fee and transportation fair 2 the shool for one year dat is N400 frm Monday 2 friday for lectures and the expenses on text books, did final exams and had good grades dat even b4 the admission list came out my friends whr like babe you'v already made it bt 2 my greatest surprise both on first and second list i never saw my name den they asked me 2 bring 150K and i jst regret making dat effort in the first place. Now i knw beta wat UNIPORT is like

francababy:

Not possible to scam a warri guy? lol. This proud belief is what makes scamming many warri guys possible. If u scam one warri guy, out of pride he shuts up. U will scam his friend, then his cousin, then his neighbour and so on. None of them wants to be mocked so they will keep quiet without alerting others while the scammer goes about exploiting them.

jelousy...

I was scammed by these networking group and these online investment sites like Startupinsider dot Biz and Tfinvestments dot biz. In this last one, you deposit and your money will grow. You will withdraw and they will accept your withdrawal and then record it as paid whereas nothing enters your account. Another one is fantastic money dot com. Investors beware of these sites.

adajiboyy:
I have been scammed oooo.scammed by a close family friend.I wanted to travel out of this land and all the money I ever made b4 I was 23 was close to 500k nd mum helped me wit 200k all was 700k,since I was a novice now,I trusted this guy newman agbonlahor can never forget that name till I die,wit all d money thinking that in 30 days I would b in moskow.chie tis guy run.wey no even see him shadow arrest talkless of humanbeing.I cry,I depress,I lost focused,I drank to stupor,F ashawo,didt go to church sef lol,like say na God do me.but bless God for my mama,she picked me up,loved me,prayed for me,give me small small pocket money 2 years after am still alive and stronger and finer sef.

don't ever let go of the qualities that saw you save up to that amount, they are life changing qualities.

I have never been scammed and will never be scammed. This is something I really derive joy from. My secret? - Self contentment!!!

You are a greedy person....lol

dovoule:
Well, it's not like I'ma greedy person oh.. The dude said I could get 2.5 Gb data on the MTN network for just #750.. I added him on Bbm, did a little interview and rushed to buy the airtime.. As soon as I typed the Last digit of the voucher and hit the send button, he disappeared from my friends' list..

bankyblue:
I was scam by this man in the picture below.............pls am still trying to get in torch with him, incase anybody comes accrros him.

On this faithful day, solomon eleghe came to my office to see his friend, he introduce an job offer (FAAN) to her, and side within 6hours she should try and get the sum of 150k for the guy who will process it.
My colleague could not raise the cash, and she turned to me, and ask if i was interested?
i said YES, BUT I ASKED WHY 150K?(because THE MONEY WAS SMALL) solomon replied and said the man is a dirctor in presidency, that he didnt really need our money, but is a form of saying thank you.

At this point i tried assesing him......he his driving a toyota jeep, vrey clean man, and talks like someone that as the fear of GOD.
My colleague told me they ve been friend for so many years, so i felt like am in aself hand.

to cut everything short........solomon ran aways with my money, till now am still looking for him. he threw away the fifteen years friendship because of 150k.
i traced him to his chuch in CHRIST EMBASSY @ kubwa, only to find out that he had also defraud the unit head of his home cell the sum of 700,000k.

At this juncture i knew i can never get my money back.
pic below

Solomon? Solomons are usually very wise

If na YahooYahoo nko? Lol

pulsa:

don't ever let go of the qualities that saw you save up to that amount, they are life changing qualities.

yes oh by Buhari

Really You followed a stranger to an eatery? Alighted before your own bus stop? Lady to a man?? You were just damn too greedy or na jazz? Lmaoooooooooooo!!!

divaa:
My own scamming experience ...I'm not even sure what to call it.

One day, I entered a bus, I was coming back from the bank. I sat in the front with a guy, the bus fare was only about #50, and the man offered to pay for me. I said thank you and we gisted. He seemed like a nice guy!

He came down in the bus stop before mine own, there's an eatery opposite the bus stop, He asked if I wanted to come to the eatery and chat with him. I said ok.

When we got in there, he wanted to order for me, but I refused, wasn't really hungry, so we just sat and started talking.

He told me that he just got back from the visa office, he got his visa and would be travelling out soon. He said his parents told him to marry before he leaves. He said he would like me to marry him.

I said , I wasn't interested, I was not looking to marry and we just met. So I got up to leave.

He grabbed my purse from my hand ooh and started begging me to marry him, there was money in my purse ( not a lot, less than #500). I said give me my purse I want to leave.

He refused oooh, saying I must agree to marry him and introduce him to my parents right now. He started screaming, saying I must marry him.

People were just looking, Shame started catching me. The more I was demanding for my purse, the more he was shouting that I must marry him ooh.

I decided to walk down and call the Okada men to come ooh, it was my area and I knew some of them.

I came back with one Okada man but the man had disappeared.

The money in the purse wasn't too much and there was nothing else in it. The purse was really old and worn out.

So i did not lose much, but this was the most confusing event in my life.

The okada men said it was a scammer.