BedLam:
https://www.nairaland.com/4851579/mistakenly-sent-n1m-uber-driver

This post is not to bash the OP but to learn and we have to look at the mistakes that were made and my heart goes how to you with all then stress and aches you are probably having. I hope someone will read this and not fall a victim too.

Tech as we know it is supposed to make life easier for us but this can only happen if we learn how to use these seeming little but powerful apps.
It doesn't take more than 10 minutes to be adept in these things, but somehow we have failed to learn and read, I mean look at people around you!

Some useful tips here:

Everything is supposed to happen within the app unless there is some friction and that is when you call or message.

If you order a ride, you can see if the driver is moving your way or close to you, but people pick up the phone and start calling to ask "where are you" because they don't know or don't even want to see how the app works.

When your ride has started, you can see from your phone where you are heading, and the car moves on the map, but let's hope you are interested since you are more likely to do snapchat.

Let me take on an instance, I see often, too many times, a lot of Uber drivers call you and ask you where you are going before they arrive, please stop it right there!

There is a reason the driver is not allowed to see your destination unless he starts the trip and it is called SECURITY!

So no one will arrange anyone to mess you up on your way, but we have overlooked this many people don't even know it.



Back to "acts of bunmiano", the OP:

I am not holding the brief for the cunning and dishonorable driver, but everything started from the OP's act of carelessness!.

Reading is one of our most significant issues and who don't read, can't learn!

If you order a ride., you see the estimated cost of your trip before you confirm. There is no way a ride of #3400 will shoot up #4300 unless you have some dangerous traffic for more than an hour!

When your ride ends, you will get the total amount and the receipt, asking the driver "how much" shows you are a careless person!

There are two options for payment on the app: Cash and card( which you add and reduces the hassle). However, why would anyone not do this and go the way making a bank transfer? Isn't that hard work on its own?
We make simple things look so damn hard! If you'd added a card to uber, no one would inflate any price for you! Learn people learn!

Then the almighty blunder, adding a beneficiary to your list means you know the person and not just a one time transfer!

You only add someone if you are dealing with them more than once or twice in a short time. Who adds a stranger to their beneficiaries?

Still, we don't know how these things work!
I hope we can all learn and learn how to read. Life is just so simple, but we tend to make it hard.

adewumiopeyemi:
Must we. Board uber.

BedLam:
https://www.nairaland.com/4851579/mistakenly-sent-n1m-uber-driver

This post is not to bash the OP but to learn and we have to look at the mistakes that were made and my heart goes how to you with all then stress and aches you are probably having. I hope someone will read this and not fall a victim too.

Tech as we know it is supposed to make life easier for us but this can only happen if we learn how to use these seeming little but powerful apps.
It doesn't take more than 10 minutes to be adept in these things, but somehow we have failed to learn and read, I mean look at people around you!

Some useful tips here:

Everything is supposed to happen within the app unless there is some friction and that is when you call or message.

If you order a ride, you can see if the driver is moving your way or close to you, but people pick up the phone and start calling to ask "where are you" because they don't know or don't even want to see how the app works.

When your ride has started, you can see from your phone where you are heading, and the car moves on the map, but let's hope you are interested since you are more likely to do snapchat.

Let me take on an instance, I see often, too many times, a lot of Uber drivers call you and ask you where you are going before they arrive, please stop it right there!

There is a reason the driver is not allowed to see your destination unless he starts the trip and it is called SECURITY!

So no one will arrange anyone to mess you up on your way, but we have overlooked this many people don't even know it.



Back to "acts of bunmiano", the OP:

I am not holding the brief for the cunning and dishonorable driver, but everything started from the OP's act of carelessness!.

Reading is one of our most significant issues and who don't read, can't learn!

If you order a ride., you see the estimated cost of your trip before you confirm. There is no way a ride of #3400 will shoot up #4300 unless you have some dangerous traffic for more than an hour!

When your ride ends, you will get the total amount and the receipt, asking the driver "how much" shows you are a careless person!

There are two options for payment on the app: Cash and card( which you add and reduces the hassle). However, why would anyone not do this and go the way making a bank transfer? Isn't that hard work on its own?
We make simple things look so damn hard! If you'd added a card to uber, no one would inflate any price for you! Learn people learn!

Then the almighty blunder, adding a beneficiary to your list means you know the person and not just a one time transfer!

You only add someone if you are dealing with them more than once or twice in a short time. Who adds a stranger to their beneficiaries?

Still, we don't know how these things work!
I hope we can all learn and learn how to read. Life is just so simple, but we tend to make it hard.

united442:
o.p you are 100% right..
wtf,the guy was way too careless,too too careless!
hw the hell you dnt even border to check for the price baffles me alot..saying he trust the uber driver cux he wouldn't lie..
adding a total stranger to your beneficiary is were he lost his brain..adding someone to your beneficiary isnt done automatically,so was he blind when he added a total stranger...
seriously, I HATE DULL PEOPLE!

Realname:
[s][/s]

No one cares !!

As long as Buhari is voted out next year

lagostaxiguy:


You made some sense but from the bolded it shows you lack knowledge of how somethings are done in this part of the world, as long as you're using the GTB app, you are not allowed to transfer to anybody (stranger or family) without first adding the person as a beneficiary so you can't blame the OP on the that.

lagostaxiguy:


You hate dull people but you seem to be on the same level if you can't understand that for security reasons, gtb does not allow you send money from the app without first adding the person as a beneficiary.

JohnnyNY:

You can send without adding the person as beneficiary, it's not mandatory. Check your GTBANK app again.

lagostaxiguy:


You made some sense but from the bolded it shows you lack knowledge of how somethings are done in this part of the world, as long as you're using the GTB app, you are not allowed to transfer to anybody (stranger or family) without first adding the person as a beneficiary so you can't blame the OP on the that.

JohnnyNY:

You can send without adding the person as beneficiary, it's not mandatory. Check your GTBANK app again.

lagostaxiguy:


You made some sense but from the bolded it shows you lack knowledge of how somethings are done in this part of the world, as long as you're using the GTB app, you are not allowed to transfer to anybody (stranger or family) without first adding the person as a beneficiary so you can't blame the OP on the that.

united442:
o.p you are 100% right..
wtf,the guy was way too careless,too too careless!
hw the hell you dnt even border to check for the price baffles me alot..saying he trust the uber driver cux he wouldn't lie..
adding a total stranger to your beneficiary is were he lost his brain..adding someone to your beneficiary isnt done automatically,so was he blind when he added a total stranger...
seriously, I HATE DULL PEOPLE!

BedLam:
Sir I have used several banks and what I'm aware of is that you click on send money and you click on "new beneficiary/recipient". Then you add your bank details and you send. You have the option to add as beneficiary to your list after sending and this require you to answer some security questions.

lagostaxiguy:


You hate dull people but you seem to be on the same level if you can't understand that for security reasons, gtb does not allow you send money from the app without first adding the person as a beneficiary.

Grupo:


You are right and wrong at the same time.

Before their latest update, Gtbank mobile app would never allow you to transfer money to someone unless you have added the person as a beneficiary.

But their last app update removed that bottleneck. So, it is likely the guy that lost 1m has not updated his bank app.

stagger:


Must you use the GTB app? What happened to the good old *737# with all the multi-layer security features?

EricBloodAxe:
Dude bleeped up bigtime but pls let's cut him some slack. I think solutions proffered to help him retrieve his funds would go a long way.

Grupo:


You are right and wrong at the same time.

Before their latest update, Gtbank mobile app would never allow you to transfer money to someone unless you have added the person as a beneficiary.

But their last app update removed that bottleneck. So, it is likely the guy that lost 1m has not updated his bank app.

ogtavia:
How did he get to the N1M naira credit limit??

hahn:


How can someone who wants to transfer N4,300 end up typing N1,000,000?

CAPSLOCKED:


FROM THE STORY HE FIRST SENT 4,800 TO THE GUY, THEN MISTAKENLY SENT THE 1M TO THE GUY AGAIN INSTEAD OF ANOTHER PERSON, BECAUSE THE GUY'S ON HIS "BENEFICIARY".