Exactly! Not only there but also at the MMIA, Ikeja ...avoid those people! They would entice you with rates good to be true and count the money right in front of you but shortchange you when giving you the money. Happened to me before so I learnt my lesson ...#NeverAgain

cornoil:
it's just the more you look, the less you see. common occurrence at that spot.

9ja i dab thee... Spiritual transfer of money since the 1960s

First of all, the guys that conduct the disappearing act with people's money are not the mallams. They are mostly from other ethnic groups with the Yoruba's being predominant.
Secondly, there is no juju involved the boys are just fast with their fingers.

This the trick. They count the agreed amount less a couple of notes and hand it over to you to verify. When you tell them its short they ask to recount and then you hand it back over to them. At this point, they count again, confirm you were right, and make a show of adding the missing notes while they quickly remove more from the wad of notes. Now, ordinarily they expect that you will no longer count, in fact, they will try to make sure you don't count by telling you all sort of stories like their chairman is coming or the police are coming just so that you will zoom off.

So my advice, stay away from them altogether and deal with the mallams at Alade market area or if you have the liver and want to beat them at their game, hold on to your foreign currency and count the money each time they hand it back to you until you are sure.

Cheers

BigSarah:
Can they make buhari disappear?
No?!
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OneSentence:

darling u r pretty...u don't need to show so much cleavage and breasts...

Sweetheart you don't need to check every one's picture and leave a derogatory comment. You could have looked away or send a private message

Do they also do it for people who want to change from naira to dollars too?

What is the best way to change large amount say N3m to dollars without getting scammed?

Happend to me in front of CMS bookshop in Lagos Island. I came back from UK and I needed to buy few things at Lagos Island and one of this hausa boys that used to call people passing by called me. I went inside with him by CMS ground floor. I changed 300 pounds and after he came and told me that the deal was not good for and that I should have my money back. Alas he gave me fake pounds pounds in returned.

The best way of transacting with them is to take them to the bank. Don't even accept any transfer let them withdraw the money and pay it into your account.
That's how I deal with them

internationalman:

It's very real bro.

I never believed joy stick could be taken too until I witnessed it when it happened to my cousin.

Hope he got his kini back and How?

Happend to me in front of CMS bookshop in Lagos Island. I came back from UK and I needed to buy few things at Lagos Island and one of this hausa boys that used to call people passing by called me. I went inside with him by CMS ground floor. I changed 300 pounds and after he came and told me that the deal was not good for him and that I should have my money back. Alas he gave me fake pounds in returned.

Happend to me in front of CMS bookshop in Lagos Island. I came back from UK and I needed to buy few things at Lagos Island and one of this hausa boys that used to call people passing by called me. I went inside with him by CMS ground floor. I changed 300 pounds and after he came back and told me that the deal was not good for him and that I should have my money back. Alas he gave me fake pounds in returned.

After begging my uncle for over a year... He finally send me $10 I go come go change am.... My money go come disappear.... Omo we go die here today

Jay5mie:



It doesn't disappear...they actually play with your head...we encounter them daily in seme boarder.

Next time shine your eyes well

They will count 100k but what they are actually holding is 30k

Don't the naira receivers reconfirm before leaving the spot? Even some of us recount our money before leaving ATM spot.

There is no Juju. You were played and dismayed. Next time make sure you count the money like five to six times. but note that the more you hand it over to them that itsn't complete,the more they remove.


Let's just say you wanted to collect 36,500, he will count 30k and give it to you, now the trick begins.


Now after counting the 30k, you then replied him that it remains 6,500. He then collects the 30k from you and play a very fast one on you.

This is what he does; Immediately you handed him that money as he collects it from you, he would smartly remove 7k out of the money,this is done very quickly and he then counts the money and tells you" it's true ooo, na 30k dey here,he gives it to you and brings out 6,500. Now you have pocketed the 30k ( not knowing 7k had short,just like when ATM pay you and you feel the money is complete and there is no need of counting it again), he then gives you 6,500 and you say it's complete.


Now pressure comes; they will now start to hurry you that this place is dangerous,police,sars,dis and that,agberos are coming, now you feel there are telling the truth and you need your own safety too.


Now you are home,you bring out the money to count and notice that the 30k is shorting 7k and the remaining 6,500 is complete. You begin to say it's juju, black magic, this and dat.



Lets assume now that as he handed that 30k(30k -7k) back to you and you are about to count it, he will tell you he is not changing again and he will give you back your dollars.

YOU JUST HAVE TO BE SMART( what should always be on your mind is to catch them and shout scammer and thief)

Phyde:

Hope he got his kini back and How?

Yes

ehn Ehn, did he got his joystick back

internationalman:

It's very real bro.

I never believed joy stick could be taken too until I witnessed it when it happened to my cousin.

have ur cousin retrieve his missing prick? I fail to believe. Can I see a pic of no dick

Jay5mie:



It doesn't disappear...they actually play with your head...we encounter them daily in seme boarder.

Next time shine your eyes well

They will count 100k but what they are actually holding is 30k

My thoughts exactly...there's nothing magical or voodoo about it..I've changed $ there numerous times.. I tell them how much I'm exchanging, I then count it myself before handing over the $ and being vigilant and alert until I reach my destination..still complete without issues.

tiwiex:

It doesn't disappear. What happens is a game of distraction. I experienced it and in my smartness they still pulled it off.

They count the money and give to you. It would be one more short. You tell them and they insist it's complete. They tell you to bring it back and you do feeling smart you caught on.

In the short moment you catch on, you probably look away and they double d note in a way they count the same note twice.

For some strange reason on this second count, you don't usually recount because you feel you watched them. They also rush you and out you under pressure that police is coming soon.

You zoom off. Swindle complete. End of story.

Why would you allow them to rush when it comes to money. You take back your hard currency and walk away to the bank. Not a do or die thing.

eakenbor:
It is not juju. It happened to me last year at Allen Avenue. I lost 12k out of 24k they paid me even after I counted it. I went back there the next day but I could not find the culprits. Instead I met another set of criminals who pretended they don't do such. At first they told me it was juju and that the set of criminals have since moved to other locations. I refused to believe that it was juju. I pressed them for almost 1 hour rubbing minds with them and assuring them that I won't involve the police since 12k is quite small. After a while they agreed to show me what happened. They brought out 100k, asked me to count it. It was 99k after I counted. They added 1 more piece to me it 100k. I recounted it and it became around 50k. About 50k had "disappeared". They repeated the process of "vanishing" the money before my eyes and I learnt the trick. It is not juju. In fact, nothing like juju.

u shuld explain in detail how the money vanishes, so everyone will learn

bambash:
First of all, the guys that conduct the disappearing act with people's money are not the mallams. They are mostly from other ethnic groups with the Yoruba's being predominant.
Secondly, there is no juju involved the boys are just fast with their fingers.

This the trick. They count the agreed amount less a couple of notes and hand it over to you to verify. When you tell them its short they ask to recount and then you hand it back over to them. At this point, they count again, confirm you were right, and make a show of adding the missing notes while they quickly remove more from the wad of notes. Now, ordinarily they expect that you will no longer count, in fact, they will try to make sure you don't count by telling you all sort of stories like their chairman is coming or the police are coming just so that you will zoom off.

So my advice, stay away from them altogether and deal with the mallams at Alade market area or if you have the liver and want to beat them at their game, hold on to your foreign currency and count the money each time they hand it back to you until you are sure.

Cheers

You just nailed it, Thank you.

Ma scam dem scam u nothing more

Olalan:
Somethings are just not explainable.
BTW some peeps would say this is bullshit until it happens to them.....this is africa

how much do you think you have. If those guys gather money give the sars wey you use your hand carry come, you go chop slap on top

Lols

Akins2luv:
After begging my uncle for over a year... He finally send me $10 I go come go change am.... My money go come disappear.... Omo we go die here today

Can you imagine.

BigSarah:


Sweetheart you don't need to check every one's picture and leave a derogatory comment. You could have looked away or send a private message

I'm sorry if came across wrongly but most ladies don't reply private messages and I for one do not really send such except it's necessary.
once again, my apologies...and I didn't mean it in a derogatory manner...I actually checked your profile cos your post said something about helping an undergraduate in business.

Olalan:
Somethings are just not explainable.
BTW some peeps would say this is bullshit until it happens to them.....this is africa

Happened to me about 9yrs back


The scam is simple.


They give you a bundle of money to count claiming it is so so amount.


You count it and it is missing some amounts.

They count the bundle themselves and say you are right. They then gi yo the balance and with quick motion they remove some money from the bundle.

You wi not want to recount the bundle since yo just did that twice.

consultancy:
u shuld explain in detail how the money vanishes, so everyone will learn

It happened to a friend then he went there the second time and was vigilant and caught them with their tricks. That time you gave it back to him that the money wasn't complete, he will squeeze out few notes. Later he will balance you the remaining cash. If you recount it there you will notice that you even have more shortage. But Lagosians are always in hurry . NOT JUJU

Lol, it didn't "disappear".

They shortchanged you right there while they counted it.

Sleight of hand level 9000...

Happened to me before and caught the guy in the process of doing it.

Don't change money by the road side.

I had experienced it before, but what I did was to go back to the same sport with a Police Man, trust me, the person who perpetrated the act will be fished out and get your money back. Though, you will need to mobilize the Police man.

eakenbor:
It is not juju. It happened to me last year at Allen Avenue. I lost 12k out of 24k they paid me even after I counted it. I went back there the next day but I could not find the culprits. Instead I met another set of criminals who pretended they don't do such. At first they told me it was juju and that the set of criminals have since moved to other locations. I refused to believe that it was juju. I pressed them for almost 1 hour rubbing minds with them and assuring them that I won't involve the police since 12k is quite small. After a while they agreed to show me what happened. They brought out 100k, asked me to count it. It was 99k after I counted. They added 1 more piece to me it 100k. I recounted it and it became around 50k. About 50k had "disappeared". They repeated the process of "vanishing" the money before my eyes and I learnt the trick. It is not juju. In fact, nothing like juju.

True, but that's how all juju works. You just learned the science of the juju, but it does not make juju unreal to their victims. All juju is nothing but an illusion playing out as reality in the mind of the believer.

My advise is, don't accept cash. Let the aboki transfer to your account and dial the ussd code of your bank to confirm if the money has entered before parting with the dollar.

My one pence...