Hi NLanders, if you know or have any credible info that can lead to the arrest of this culprit, please help your compatriot.
He came to my shop today asking if there's anywhere like a MoneyGram outlet where he can pick the $$ his bro sent to him. My wife doen't understand him, she thus referred him to my other branch where I was.
He said banks pay him because he doesn't have a BVN, hence he's trying to see if MG has cash outlets like WU does in other country. I told him that he can't preform any transaction in Nigeria without BVN.
Feeling dejected, he popped out his phone and asked if I'd please buy it to enable him travel back to his country today, claiming he desperately needs to return; a supposed iphone 12 pro max. I've never owned one in my life, he begged that since I'm here, I can resell the phone. he asked that I pay him 450k, I insisted that the highest I can afford is 400k ( expecting him to go).
He pushed and pushed but later settled for 400, I called in my area aburo ( as he's the only iPhone user around me then) to check and confirm if it's an original phone (he uses iPhone 6). He claimed so, and we settled this guy.
Thinking that he was sincerely in need, my friend offered to escort him to where he'd be able to get a vehicle to Lagos (from around Ojoo, Ibadan). I even asked my aburo to take down his number so as to ask about his welfare. The scammer gave a number which he said belongs to his brother ( the initial MG sender).
When more experience iPhone users came around, they check and claimed otherwise.
I decided to take it to the market and found out that it was all a scam gimmick!
Please assist if there's a way you can.
PS: my wife noticed that this man has lost his middle index finger ( that's a feature he can't change about himself).
Please furnish us with credible info, Indians coming here to scam legitimate hustlers should be frowned at.

More evidences

@seun please help push this to a larger audience.

Indians scam alot, but most of our people don't know

Soon, chinese too will start scamming us here with our wild eyes open. Apart from juju No matter the level of our smartness, we dey learn from the white people when it comes to scam, because whatever they tells us we are going to believe them.

You get money O!

Hahaha..
Bring him when you see him, I dont hear stories uncle Philips still dey around

Nigerians, supposed kings of scams, scammed by Indian. That.tells you who are the real kings of scams!

You were very comfortable giving him 400k on a spot cos of some flimsy excuse be gave.. where was your instincts?

It's so unfortunate that you trusted him probably cos of his skin color cos I know you might never believe a Nigerian man..
Report him to the nearest police station around you so he can be tracked down...

How can a scammer scammed a citizen of one of the scammed countries in Africa? APC scammed Nigerians with $1 = #1 change mantra.
Sorry oo

400k for a knockoff phone

Aint that some BS.
Wey u for stick to d andriod wey u sabi to avoid lamentations.

Hmmn

Mhykel217:
400k for a knockoff phone

Aint that some BS.
Wey u for stick to d andriod wey u sabi to avoid lamentations.

My intention wasn't to even use it. I bought out of pity and insisted on that price simply to make a fast resale while equally helping him.

Who check the phone for you na mumu

You no get Google or wetin