Guy ...Laugh wan kill me here ... you say nah "hook line and sinker " Cheii my bele

Starboytwo:
Ok here's my first 419 experience...

It was around 2010 or so, was still in secondary school and I saw a text message on my mum's phone saying I won a washing machine, some airtime plus some other freebies, I should quickly call one(attached)number to claim prize...

I saw the message had a different number from the text number, but I called and I spoke with one man, he told me I had won all the above and I was truly happy.. However I will have to send him 1000 glo airtime and automatically my acct balance will be credited with 63,000...

I went to my mum, and asked to borrow 1k, she had heard some of the conversation and repeatedly warned me that they were 419...

I be like, naaa it's not maa, you don't know bout this things yo! Back and forth, but she nor gree gimme 1k... Later i went to my neighbor and borrow 1k(on my mother's name) shaybi i will collect prize it will shock her

I send card and I waited, immediately something inside my head click wait, so I load card on my mother's phone, Dem don load am... So I called

Me - erm, hello, Mr tunde, I have yet to receive the balance, nd how I'm I getting the prizes, especially washing machine etc

Scammer- oh, yes he's got it, that they are working on it, he's in a meeting and he would call me as soon as he's through

Me- hmm, meeting I knew things were beginning to "go throwing"

An few minutes later, I called again, it ranged for a while then he picked

Me - hello Mr Tunde, blah blah blah

Scammer- oga, how far.

The moment I heard the word "oga" I came to the realization say "things don set" .

I actually thanked him, even though I told him I suppose swear for an, this "early moh moh"but I thanked him anyway and he hunged up...

I got back in and I saw my mum and my neighbor talking they both said congratulations... I didn't know how they figured out as I haven't said anything, na so slap just dey enter my head hook, line, sinker everything...

Makavelli25:
Op,you for follow en na mumu
Btw ma story. My dad gave me money to pay my sibs school fee (47k). On my way to the school around new garage ado ekiti precise a guy came to me crying that his granddad is dieing that he has no money,but he has one leaf that the baba gave him,he said the leaf can cure anything that his baba also inherited it,that he wants to sell it any price or we i should take him to tolupakad( a rich traditionalist very popular in ado). And me i didnt knw pakad then,i just told him sorry that he should try someone else,i left him just abt 3leg stretch another guy came to me,he was like alaye so mo bobo yen ni( guy did you knw that boy) i said no o. Then he said did i see the leaf with him i said yes,he said omo that leaf na money that pakad can buy it 10m :O to cut story short,he said we should buy it from the boy then we should resell it 4 pakad,na so we both contribute 100k buy odinary tangerine leaf.
We got to pakad and was told we av been scammed.Na later i hear say both guys are teamate

unmask:
Once went to computer village to get a phone for my brother, but I did not take any cash. So I saw one guy selling Nokia N75 on the street and he asked if I was interested and I said yes....Then we negotiated and settled at a ridiculously low price of 15k for a phone that was about 55k.

So I told the guy I needed to withdraw money from the bank.....carried him to Ikeja mall that had skye bank on the first floor. While we were strolling to the bank I noticed another guy was trailing but I said nothing.

When we got to the ATM, There was a queue so I pretended to make a call and asked the guy to stay on the queue for me (I actually wanted to see if the other guy I noticed was hanging around) and like I suspected the dude was waiting for food to be served

After I withdrew the money..... I gave it to the guy and asked him to count.....while he was counting....I went through the phone and ensured it still worked.

After that we shook hands as we were descending the stairs I suddenly stopped and told him I needed to get something in the bank (skyebank). Dude became very confused as I turned around and was heading towards the bank.

After he recollected himself he quickly stopped me and was like "bros I no sell again" I asked why he said nothing. I said ok. give me my money back. Brought it out gave it to me and I counted ensuring there was no fake note in it. Then I returned his phone. And we parted amicably

Wanted to use the fufu phone prank on me..... unfortunately...."na Lagos dem born me"

Lol, but what was there plan.. To snatch the phone from you or what?

showafrica:


Lol, but what was there plan.. To snatch the phone from you or what?

They will tell him to bring the phone so they can package it for him. Once he gives them back the phone they will switch it with a packaged fufu or bar soap.

Ade24682:
romance scam is a perfect example of greed, that’s if you know how it works.

Mostly romance scam is not about greed because it plays on the Mark's emotions. Because the mark feels s/he has found love, they now feel obliged to help. They are not greedy just trying to help someone in need.

Starcrest1:

They will tell him to bring the phone so they can package it for him. Once he gives them back the phone they will switch it with a packaged fufu or bar soap.

So if you say, dont package for me, they will still say, sorry i no sell again. So packaging is now by force lol.

I have had exactly this kind experience in Enugu but at a different. Only God changed my mind at the dying minute

daben1:
It happened in 2012 when I went to Kogi state university to write post UTME, after the exam and some days in Anyigba, I was on my way to Abia state, but before the journey, I went to an eatery with my friend to eat, after the food, I paid, and the guy that was selling the food gave me change that was more than my change, I told my friend the guy made a mistake that my change is more, I told him that I want to return the excess, he jokingly said if I try it that he'll slap me that instead of me returning the excess "change" that I should give it to him, I told him I won't return it again. After I bid my guy goodbye, he went his way, then I went back to the food seller and gave him the excess change...
I left Anyigba, when I got to Enugu that was where I met those guys, I got to peace park, as I was about going inside to take a car to Umuahia, one guy stopped me, he greeted me and I responded, I thought he was selling something, I told him I was in a haste, as I was about going, he stopped me again and pleaded for my audience, he said he came to Enugu from Cotonou with 50 laptops and 30 blackberry(blackberry then na hot cake na) that he kept very close to Fr. Mbaka's church that I should PLEASE follow him to the place so that he'll bring it from there to the park to sale, I told him I don't know the place o, then I left him. As I was going another guy came, he asked me what we were discussing, I told him, then the first guy came again and said if WE can help him locate where he kept those laptops and blackberry, that he'll give us one laptop each, the second guy said "let's give it a try" and as me mumu na, I was happy I was about owing a laptop, took a car, I paid for three of us(the "Cotonou" guy said he doesn't have naira note with him and that they'll cheat him if he pays with DOLLAR).
Got to old market, they already kept one keke there with a rider inside, when we got there, the first guy entered, I told the second guy to enter so that I'll not be in their middle, the guy said, I shouldn't worry that I should enter, I overheard the first guy telling the keke rider; "start a nu keke a na", meaning, start this keke na, as I was about entering the keke, my elder brother's call came in, after I finished answering the call, till today I didn't even know what happened, I just told them I was not interested again, that they should be going.
I took another car back to peace park, as I was discussing it with some people in the car, they said, those guys could be ritualist, and i started pondering, what if i had not returned that food seller's excess change? I can't forget that day, since then, I don get sense.
Have you had similar experience?

showafrica:


So if you say, dont package for me, they will still say, sorry i no sell again. So packaging is now by force lol.

Well it's because you now have a heads up. If you are oblivious of their intentions, believe me you have a high chance of giving them that phone back for "packaging."
And yeah once they feel you are about to beat them in their own game, they will offer you your money back lol. But make sure it's your money o.

Starcrest1:

Well it's because you now have a heads up. If you are oblivious of their intentions, believe me you have a high chance of giving them that phone back for "packaging."
And yeah once they feel you are about to beat them in their own game, they will offer you your money back lol. But make sure it's your money o.

Lol, I remember one guy complaining they folded carton paper and gave him back as his money. No be small thing, 2 in 1... 419. Either give u fufu phone or fake money.. Lol.

showafrica:


Lol, but what was there plan.. To snatch the phone from you or what?

simple while you are leaving, they will ask to check something on the phone distract you and make a swap

I love stories on mystery, confession, ghost and a lot more. Make I carry chair sit down .

Lalasticlala!

I was born in Nigeria, which experience big pass that

Was scammed 20m cuz I was looking for quick money last year

E go be

Chilling here to read lies

Starboytwo:
Ok here's my first 419 experience...

It was around 2010 or so, was still in secondary school and I saw a text message on my mum's phone saying I won a washing machine, some airtime plus some other freebies, I should quickly call one(attached)number to claim prize...

I saw the message had a different number from the text number, but I called and I spoke with one man, he told me I had won all the above and I was truly happy.. However I will have to send him 1000 glo airtime and automatically my acct balance will be credited with 63,000...

I went to my mum, and asked to borrow 1k, she had heard some of the conversation and repeatedly warned me that they were 419...

I be like, naaa it's not maa, you don't know bout this things yo! Back and forth, but she nor gree gimme 1k... Later i went to my neighbor and borrow 1k(on my mother's name) shaybi i will collect prize it will shock her

I send card and I waited, immediately something inside my head click wait, so I load card on my mother's phone, Dem don load am... So I called

Me - erm, hello, Mr tunde, I have yet to receive the balance, nd how I'm I getting the prizes, especially washing machine etc

Scammer- oh, yes he's got it, that they are working on it, he's in a meeting and he would call me as soon as he's through

Me- hmm, meeting I knew things were beginning to "go throwing"

An few minutes later, I called again, it ranged for a while then he picked

Me - hello Mr Tunde, blah blah blah

Scammer- oga, how far.

The moment I heard the word "oga" I came to the realization say "things don set" .

I actually thanked him, even though I told him I suppose swear for an, this "early moh moh"but I thanked him anyway and he hunged up...

I got back in and I saw my mum and my neighbor talking they both said congratulations... I didn't know how they figured out as I haven't said anything, na so slap just dey enter my head hook, line, sinker everything...

You cracked me up......I like the way you write kudos..

narit:
Hmmmmm, reading this post brings back some memories, giving me a nostalgic feelings about the past. If am to share my scammed stories I doubt I will have all the time to finish it. Seriously, i have been scammed numeriously.

Infact during my teenage years, I famously earned the nickname "BOLO" (meaning a very sluggish person). I like to believe this was as a result of my very timid nature and placing huge trust in people. Two qualities which I completely lack today. Let me quickly share with you all one of my foolishly scammed moment.

Back in 1999, when I was in my teenage year's, my mum gave me 2500 to go and buy kerosene.
I sluggishly collect the gallon of the kerosene given to me and the money not knowing I won't be coming back with any of them. I sluggishly set out on my journey, when I got to the place I was to buy the kerosene, there were lot of people their as a result of kerosene scarcity then. So we had to form a queue, I was the last on the queue, after waiting for like 30minutes on the queue.

This rough looking guy came up to me and told me leg his paining him that he has been here since morning and he his thirsty, he asked me if I could get him nylon water, from a little distantance from where we are. I told him okay, he brought out #5 and gave it to me as I was going, he told me to bring my keg and my money so as to help me buy it when it get to my turn. Without hesitation as a result of my slow mind I quickly gave him the money and my keg.

I guess you all know what happened from here. When I got back he was gone. I went back home without a finch of sadness within me, I guess this was as a result of my slow mind. I told my mum exactly this "ma when I got there, one guy collected everything you gave me and give me nylon water. This is the nylon water he gave me" It was when the slap was coming, before it hits me, my brain within a Seconds processed all that has happened to me that day, and I knew I have messed up and it is too late. Till this very day my left eye have not completely healed from that slap.

OGa Bolo

Homeboiy:
10 yrs ago when I was writing waec
My aunt gave me 4500 to help her buy a Nokia torchlight phone , my dad gave me 3500 to buy foodstuffs that I will be taking back to school, I had my own Nokia 1616 still new .

After I had bought my aunts phone, I went to buy foodstuffs and there I met these guys playing card.
Put 1k to win a screen touch phone. Na so I de put till my money gbes
They told me to put my phone and get my money back, I put phone, both the sim and all gone.
I sat down there sweating ,the old market women there were just saying ,ah small boy u go follow this 419 people play game. Sorry o.
I couldn't cry, I left home and told my parents that I lost my phone and the money when I went to buy foodstuffs.

My dad said ,this is not ordinary, that my mom should escort me to see a prophetess. We went there and the woman said that ogbanje spirit is after me,that we nerd to bring 15k for spiritual cleansing, all these while I never said a word right from home. Las las my dad said the woman is a scam, that I should have told her she is the ogbanje herself.
Bitter experience thou

you guys making rolling on the floor

Only victims and their stories. The culprits should come forward too.

My scam experience.
My mum own a shop and she sells provision shop. During a particular period, the prices of a bag of rice increased from 12,500 to 24,000 it was horrible then, and the government had banned foreign rice importation.
So a man in the neighborhood convinced my mum he knew a custom officer that sells bag of rice for 10k, that the goods were seized and they have started auctioning. my mum was thankful thinking say her midnight prayer dey work, she collected the number and I chatted the custom officer. He told us to pay 12k for registration fee for the auction and asked us how many bag of rice we need. I said 8, that should amount to 80k.
So I transferred 12k for morning. He said they are on the way. We waited and called every hour, he said they were on the road. He said I should send the 80k as they are half way through the journey to show we are serious.
I told him, since you are coming here anyway you will pick the 80k cash. He said okay.
Later I suspected we have been scammed.
But my mum didn't take it well. She went to the house of the man that gave us the number and showed them shege.
She created a scene and the man ended up paying the 12k back. she didn't even care if he was among them or not but somebody had to pay.

F

Haha

I was scammed by nairalander I can never forget

meditator:
When I remember my encounter with a 419r, it reminds me of how naive and foolish I was.

In 2013, after leaving secondary school, I saved money to buy one of the hottest phones, my dream phone(Nokia E63) that year, it was one of the best phones around, during the era of symbian phones.

On my way to the Garki Market in Abuja one faithful day, while walking to get a keke, I sighted a guy talking to a random guy around Durimi Junction Opposite the lane that led to Apo Legislative Quarters, those familiar with ABJ would Concur. Immediately he saw me coming, he left the guy and walked to me. From indication, he had negative response from the earlier guy.

The guy started disturbing me with his acclaimed prowess knowledge of the unseen, he kept following me as I kept walking and was saying, "you lost your father, " which i did, " those same people are coming after ur life", I did not want to give him attention but he saw the naivety in me and kept following me. "Your father is a good man but was killed by a woman in ur village". This caught my attention and made me gave him the undivided attention which he craved for. I told him my father was killed by witches in my village. He went further by saying "in ur family, there are witches", this is actually true, so I told myself in my mind. Would u like to know the person that killed your father?, I said to him yes. He said then you have to empty your pocket and give your belongings to someone because those things makes u unclean to see the unseen. Seeing that my body language shows no sign of obliging, he pointed towards a tree and asked me to go to it, I will see a saliva close to it, its a family member of mine that poured it there. I begin to think this is a joke, so I played along because I had the thought that " him no go fit empty my pocket or rob me here cos there are people walking by". I went there and I saw it, not knowing he worked hand in hand with a guy who was watching every of our encounter. I went there and saw a name and a saliva, the name was one of a family member's name, just a random name like Abdulkadir, James, Musa which everyone could guess. I'm sure his partner in crime wrote it. Immediately I saw the name which I can't remember now, one of my relative that bears such name came to mind. Immediately, I rushed back to him.

He said to me, he's ready to reveal all the people that had a hand in my dad's death, especially those I trusted and how they connived to do it, currently, they are planning to kill me too. But I must do one thing for him, I asked, what is that? and he said " bring forward your left hand, close it" as I did, I noticed a saliva at the back of my index finger not knowing the idiot rubbed it there. He said, your hand is even leaking, u are not pure.

Now, bring out everything in your pocket for someone to hold for u before u walk back to that same tree to see pictures and names of those that have a hand in ur dad's death, I looked around for a known person or stranger to help me hold my belongings but I could not see any around. So, I had no option than to give it to him, thinking he's not too far from my sight. That was how I brought out my white E63 and wallet which contained almost 10K my mom sent me to buy food stuffs at the market and other valuables like ID cards in d wallet and handed over to him.

I ran towards the tree to check their names and pictures but could not see anything. I looked for the guy the I thought wrote the first name for him, I could not find him. On turning back, I did not see the shadow of the guy that dubbed me. All is saw was many Keke Napeps moving. I became confused, I did not know the one to chase.

That was how they went away with my phone and wallet. Whenever I remember this, I feel like giving myself a knock on the head for my foolishness, how I fell for such trap stills beats my thoughts

I was lucky I had money in my account to make it up because I could not imagine explaining that to my mom. I went straight to the bank and used withdrawal slip. As for my phone, I told anyone that bothered to ask "I sold it".

But not just me, those guys have dubbed many boys in that area because it a highbrow area.

Hahahhahahahahahahha I can't stop laughing

this happened to me too at oshodi around 2014-2015, exactly the same format. but he said some goods not just laptop and blackberry with one tough guy with a strong face(me wey dey fear strong face).. I knew something was off, I just told them that they should wait for me to go and collect some money from my brother in that oshodi market that am actually going towards the said direction. naso I enter one corner carry my two leg japa

Zidoh:
you guys making rolling on the floor

Lol I don’t remember I shared this my experience here

unmask:
Once went to computer village to get a phone for my brother, but I did not take any cash. So I saw one guy selling Nokia N75 on the street and he asked if I was interested and I said yes....Then we negotiated and settled at a ridiculously low price of 15k for a phone that was about 55k.

So I told the guy I needed to withdraw money from the bank.....carried him to Ikeja mall that had skye bank on the first floor. While we were strolling to the bank I noticed another guy was trailing but I said nothing.

When we got to the ATM, There was a queue so I pretended to make a call and asked the guy to stay on the queue for me (I actually wanted to see if the other guy I noticed was hanging around) and like I suspected the dude was waiting for food to be served

After I withdrew the money..... I gave it to the guy and asked him to count.....while he was counting....I went through the phone and ensured it still worked.

After that we shook hands as we were descending the stairs I suddenly stopped and told him I needed to get something in the bank (skyebank). Dude became very confused as I turned around and was heading towards the bank.

After he recollected himself he quickly stopped me and was like "bros I no sell again" I asked why he said nothing. I said ok. give me my money back. Brought it out gave it to me and I counted ensuring there was no fake note in it. Then I returned his phone. And we parted amicably

Wanted to use the fufu phone prank on me..... unfortunately...."na Lagos dem born me"

sence no dey finish

Nobody fit scam scammer.
The "dada" wey yahoo boy take money arrange put for him head nah free God give mad person.

Makavelli25:
Op,you for follow en na mumu
Btw ma story. My dad gave me money to pay my sibs school fee (47k). On my way to the school around new garage ado ekiti precise a guy came to me crying that his granddad is dieing that he has no money,but he has one leaf that the baba gave him,he said the leaf can cure anything that his baba also inherited it,that he wants to sell it any price or we i should take him to tolupakad( a rich traditionalist very popular in ado). And me i didnt knw pakad then,i just told him sorry that he should try someone else,i left him just abt 3leg stretch another guy came to me,he was like alaye so mo bobo yen ni( guy did you knw that boy) i said no o. Then he said did i see the leaf with him i said yes,he said omo that leaf na money that pakad can buy it 10m :O to cut story short,he said we should buy it from the boy then we should resell it 4 pakad,na so we both contribute 100k buy odinary tangerine leaf.
We got to pakad and was told we av been scammed.Na later i hear say both guys are teamate

You be Mumu if you dey call another person mumu
70 years old man,ooo
Foto!!!
No be juju be that.

I was scammed of 1million last month in Abuja through my Boss, in respect of Civil Defence Corp work.we loose almost 3.5million to the scammer both my Boss, me and other big brother. The matter has been reported at FCID sha. Scammer plenty for Abuja now....