I received the text below from phone number 09037318543. it read:

Dear Customer,Due to the BVN validation in compliance with CBN bank directives, your ATM card has been De_activated call our help line on 070336080531 now.

I promptly called the number and a guy picked up. below is the abridged version of our conversation.

Me: Hello sir, you just sent me a text message.
The Man: oh my God, you just received our message and you called! So you're affected by the BVN problem?
Me: you said my ATM is deactivated?
The man: which bank are you using?
Me: Which of my ATM is deactivated?
The Man: Which bank are you using?
Me: You deactivated my ATM so you know which one you deactivated.
The Man: OK, you are using first Bank?
Me: No sir, I don't use them.
The Man: Oh my God it is Access bank.
Me: Sorry Sir, I don't use Access.
The Man. What of GTB
Me: No sir, I actually use Unity bank. You know it was formally Bank of the North.
The Man. Ohhhhh. Unity has been having problems. What's your account number?
Me: I don't know, can't remember off hand. I have about5 bank accounts.
The Man: Take out your ATM let me check my system for you.
Me: Which bank are you working with?
The Man: CBN
Me: Sir, I don't have account with the CBN.
The Man: We are the head of all banks in Nigeria. We control banks from our office.
Me: What's your name sir.
The Man: Ahhhhhmmmmm John. Which ATM do you have with you now?
Me. The one your father gave me.
The man: My father?
Me: Yes, your lazy father that gave birth to a petty thief. Go and look for work.
The line went dead. But I was not done yet. So I called him back.
The Man: Hello.
Me: I am not done with you yet. don't hang your phone on me. I will surely castrate you. You can't speak good English and you're working with the CBN.
The man: Your father!!!!
The phone went off and was switched off too.

Kindly warn your friends not to disclose their banking details to anybody on the phones.

note: right from the first time I saw the text message, I knew it was scam. I was less busy and decided to have fun.



cc lalasticlala

Dude above me stole my spot.

Scammers are always positive. They never give up.
They will try try try again and again.

It is a pity the good people are not positive. They easily give up with a little bit of disagreement or discouragement

You may deceive some people sometimes but you cannot deceive everybody all the time.

TT, baddest man