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Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by TechCapon(m): 3:26pm On May 01, 2019 |
cvibe2:lol God don punish am |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by cvibe2: 3:30pm On May 01, 2019 |
TechCapon: That's fine then... better 20% than lose all to scammers |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by cvibe2: 3:32pm On May 01, 2019 |
TechCapon: It's good to do a social media search once in a while to see who else is using your name pretending to be you so you can stop the scammers on time . 8 Likes |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by bolinjkezzy(m): 3:36pm On May 01, 2019 |
daddytime: 18 Likes |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by YoungBlackRico(m): 3:47pm On May 01, 2019 |
Under no circumstance must you give out your card details to anyone. Even your bank will tell you they will never request for such details. 3 Likes |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by sweetilicious(f): 3:47pm On May 01, 2019 |
daddytime:Exactly 1 Like |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by Nobody: 3:50pm On May 01, 2019 |
Africans also sold other africans into slavery..so scam justification is nonsense. 13 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by DWJOBScom(m): 3:50pm On May 01, 2019 |
TechCapon: Horrible people they all are 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by cvibe2: 3:50pm On May 01, 2019 |
abdeiz: If you start spotting English language errors in a transaction communication...be at alert. Be at alert if the seller strongly asks for your location first before revealingly their own location. Reason, if you say you are in Lagos, they will say they are in Abuja if you say you are in Lagos, they will say they are in warri (anything to create distance to make you send money) Except in some circumstances, Be at alert if the WhatsApp phone number the fraudster is using is off when you call, but you are chatting with the fraudster online (Means the fraudster is using WiFi to communicate) Be at alert if you cannot do video call to see the fraudster physically during transaction communication. Be at alert when you request product pictures and the fraudster keeps sending you the same picture, but cannot send you different angle of the product pictures based on your request 36 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by Nobody: 3:52pm On May 01, 2019 |
Experienced how these scammers keep calling my US based aunt and I knew hustle is freaking real. Nigerian scammers dey even learn work sef 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by OyiboOyibo(m): 3:56pm On May 01, 2019 |
All Yahoo boys will rot in hell fire finally 10 Likes |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by olexjay(m): 4:01pm On May 01, 2019 |
Everything related to online carries lots of risk mostly when money is involved, may God help us all 1 Like |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by frowland(m): 4:01pm On May 01, 2019 |
You made this article sound as if it was done by a Nigerian. Please note that all those skrill, cc and paypal fraud is mostly done by foreigners. Especially US, and Europeans. That's their stock in trade. The person behind that handle is most possibly a white chap. Stop blackmailing the country just because you choose to be ignorant of some obvious signs 24 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by kunkelhanspeter(m): 4:01pm On May 01, 2019 |
If you think stopping Yahoo will make dis country move ahead bro you are waiting your time before yahoo Nigeria politicians The only way to stop crime is to create jobs 2 Likes |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by frankmoney(m): 4:01pm On May 01, 2019 |
If you attack Yahoo boys on nairaland now thier so call defenders will come and tell you how they are doing us a favor and how the government is stealing our funds 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by TemmyT002(m): 4:02pm On May 01, 2019 |
Nawa for scam artists o This is getting out of hand |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by Starboytwo(m): 4:03pm On May 01, 2019 |
Abeg leave Yahoo boys alone....Man gotta eat and survive... 1 Like |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by Martin0(m): 4:04pm On May 01, 2019 |
NwanyiAwkaetiti: wait oo,how them take get her contact |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by deri4luv1(m): 4:04pm On May 01, 2019 |
[quote author=TechCapon post=78009522]Never for once did I ever imagined that I would be a potential victim to internet scammers but reality hit me and I have learned my lesson even though they failed in their attempt. I won the battle and I want to share my story to expose their methods and save future victims from making the same mistake I did. The fact that I defeated them does not mean their next victim could do the same so please share this post every way you can. A while ago I did a freelance job (article writing) for a client in the US and he wanted to pay me for my services. Since PayPal don’t allow Nigerians receive funds I started to ask my friends of ways to receive funds in Nigeria from a foreign country. A friend advised me to use Skrill and that they accept Nigerians and work just the same way as PayPal. I quickly created an account on Skrill and sent my email to the client. Money paid, I received an email notification and everyone was happy. After that I forgot about the money in my skrill account until a few days ago I suddenly remembered the money and decided to withdraw it. THAT’S WHEN SHIT HIT THE FAN…… SKRILL SCAM THE MONEY HAS VANISHED! My account balance was $0. Skrill has stolen the money in my account leaving me with an empty account. Immediately, I visited the Skrill website hoping to reach customer care or at least get their official email account to lay a complaint. I couldn’t find anything. The only thing I saw was some Frequently asked questions (FAQs) and answers which they had already prepared ahead. I had heard before now that Skrill is a scam organization but I never really took it seriously because I thought they wouldn’t do that to a new user. HOW WRONG I WAS. Angrily, I stormed their Twitter page to call them out and possibly get an explanation to my plight. I left a couple of messages on their verified Twitter handle demanding explanation. Then suddenly I received a DM from a “Skrill account” asking me “Good day sir, how may we assist you today?” We had a very long conversation where I explained my plight to them in details. I even sent a screenshot to prove I had money in the account and I never withdrew the money. They asked for my skrill account details and password, promised to resolve the issue. He pleaded with me not to embarrass them any further. Little did I know that all these while I was chatting with Yahoo boys who cloned Skrill’s Twitter account with the same name, profile pictures etc. It’s very difficult to suspect anything wrong with it.[/quote what happened to Western Union? Money gram? 1 Like |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by Nobody: 4:05pm On May 01, 2019 |
Dude I think everything you're saying is false because PayPal allows every country including Nigeria to send and receive money 2 Likes |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by alezzy13: 4:06pm On May 01, 2019 |
Starboytwo: Spotted. 8 Likes |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by Starboytwo(m): 4:07pm On May 01, 2019 |
SageMK:if Yahoo boys are locked for life,what should be the fate of our politicians, the while lot of them...police nko? Majority of Nigerians engage in one scam or the other....lecturers,pastors, imam, celebs,g boys, politicians, police,Army etc, pls which part of naija wey never cast 5 Likes |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by samilo88(m): 4:08pm On May 01, 2019 |
Wetin come be Skrill matter for here. Someone might have hacked your email to access your Skrill funds. Skrill is still a very reliable payment gateway known worldwide. I have a verified Skrill account which I have been using for years. Still way better than the sleepless nights PayPal might give u. Every blogger wants to use Yahoo boys story gather traffic. 12 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by hahn(m): 4:08pm On May 01, 2019 |
Nigg3369: No you can't receive payment with a Nigerian PayPal account 2 Likes |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by Bloggingscope: 4:09pm On May 01, 2019 |
Jail Terms should be granted to Yahoo boys , minimum of 2 years with Hard labour 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How I Won My Battle Against Yahoo Boys And Lessons I Learnt From It. by Prudent5217: 4:09pm On May 01, 2019 |
It’s funny to see how a lot of persons say yahoo boy did this yahoo boys did that uncle are you even sure if the person that tried scamming you was a Nigerian. Please understand there is difference between a hacker who’s good at social engineering and your regular yahoo boys. NigeriNs are not even amongst the top scammers and spammers in the world yet the media hype about all these is too much isn’t it time we hear something pleasant about Nigeria for once. 12 Likes 1 Share |
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