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tinch:
Same thing happened to me few days after my POP. I did exactly the same thing u did.

And someone was saying wat I did wasn't smart.

shulamitewoman:
hahahaha no she is related to queen jezebel

Oh, Jezebel that deceived Samson and cut his hair abi? Very wicked lady.

Joy83:
Initially, I was rising and falling.
Before I back out after like 1 hour.

Lol. Which one is rising and falling? Na dollars u be?

shulamitewoman:
OMG even u?lol

Lol. Pls who is that shulamitewoman? Is she related to queen sheba in d old testament?

Petroking:
This same thing happened to me after I recently passed out from Lagos state NYSC. But there is always a loop hole with them. I checked the person info with the state code everything matched but the phone number was not complete on the magazine which raised a red flag. Then he said I should pay money. I said I will pay but let's meet face to face. He backed out.

That was smart of u. I actually wanted to do same to him too, dats why I called. I knew it was scam

mzjaney:
This same thing happened to me.
when i even checked the magazine i saw the name but i have never met him in my life.

Lol. Seems this is the season of this type of scam. I bet u some gullible ones must ve fallen for this, they might be too ashamed to admit it

shulamitewoman:
read ya bible well u will knw..stp missing sunday school dis boy..lol

Do churches still do Sunday school?

Jidalli007:
It happened to me too. In my own case I followed up using MTN's free credit. Although the description he gave me about himself didn't ring a bell but I just played along. He told me he has spoken to one of his uncles about me and gave me the number of his so called uncle to call. I did, only for him to be asking if I were educated bla bla bla. Summarily, he asked me to pay 10500 to a bank account he didn't give me the details. The money was meant for d form which he'll send to my e-mail address to fill and submit because the form will be closing same day. I said OK and ended d call. The other guy was the one calling me persistently even unto the third day. My turn I posted him till he stopped calling.

This was exactly wat I was planning on doing. Lead him on until the part whr he says I shld pay some money. Den I will unleash my devilish plan on him. Lol. But he couldn't survive one minute on d phone with me.
Truth met with lie, and the lie flew away.

emenem:
#COMPAN
the idiot could not even get the spelling right, which school did he graduate from.

This got me *Rotfl ** . Most of these so called amatuer scammers are Illiterates, probably some touts in either Lagos or Aba.

kingstek:
I had d same experience too. Dis Is d text d so called scammer sent to me.....



Kingsley. how are u? I hope fine, This is kopa Jamse Ikechukwu E. Ur kopa mate @ kaduna state KD/15A/3639. where are u now? my inlaw secured a job 4 m in (NNPC) oil company, and right now employmnt is going on now cal me let me link u 2 my inlaw.


After I got dis one, d scammer never had from me, so he decided to use another number and changed his name and sent me another text. Dis is d text below.

Hi. Kingsely ,is me UDEH IFECHUKWU E.ur xkopa mate@kadna I work wit SHELL Oil company is recruiting in R/S,hv u gotn a job?if no,cal me nw my inlaw is in charge.

Lol. The guy got desperate. Imagine someone working in an oil company trying to force a stranger he barely knows get d job?
Lobatan

Missbizy:
I also received such message last month buh didn't bother to call back cause I knew it's a scam.

That's the best to handle this kinda situation. But if want to catch some fun playing dem, u can call d number and just act like it's working....
Wen they start calling u, keep whinning dem until their airtime finish.

blueseacats:
Most scammers I know are actually dull academically, I could have attributed their success to Nigeria's economic situation. But no, my conclusion is that if they can press your greed button, then they got you.

True.

Keyword : Greed button

yjgm:
U were indeed lucky as so many gullible ones fall for this crap.

I knew it was scam. I just wanted to bust him dats why I called.
And am i'm sharing this so the inexperienced ones can learn.

MadCow1:
This is the oldest scam in the Book..


Even me sef received like two of them.

Yea, my sisters too received during their time. But sone fresh ex Corpers might fall for it in this hard times. That's why I had to bring it here, so newbies can learn Dat it's a trick.

hiroz:
very common trick..got such SMS too..never bothered replying them cus I knew it was a scam artist... op there are so many ways they could get your details,during nysc we drop our info at so many places,ppa,CDs,local govt,board of education,photo album,camp.....OP with the structure and grammar in the message did u actually think it was an Shell staff...

I knew it was scam, but I just wanted to make him think it was working, but he chickened out before we even talked for two mins

banme1:
Op. Ur pal who got ur contact wired it to him. Simple. Na inside job

That's it. Simple. because it's not just abt getting my phone number. It's more Dan Dat, d person had my details. Am guessing one guy we were always talking abt a career in d oil and gas, he studied petroleum engr while I studied geology and mining.

Nice one bro

amiibaby:
Let me comment bfor reading

Lol. D post isn't that lengthy to read.

Twizzy30:
The scammer na big time olodo. Couldn't even construct a reasonable sentence

Don't mind the mofo, he thinks everyone is Dat gullible to think such jobs comes easy?

Joy83:
It happened to me almost 2years after I finished NYSC. He mentioned some interesting details about me.

Did u fall for it?

duduade:
And you say you are smart... Nonsense... The fact that you could actually go all the length to look for the name shows you could be gullible...


How many times we don shout say such text messages are scams... You don't think at all you delete straight up

I wanted to even lead him on to thinking he was convincing me, I just wanted to put a face behind d number. If it was someone I knew, I will have been more disappointed in him or her because I knew it was scam. Who gets a shell job that easy? U think am stupid?
U don't decide who is smart or not. Smart people don't get scammed. Lots of people have tried to scam me, if I start telling u all d stories u will believe am smart as hell

chachanga:
You'd be surprised the extent that gullibility and desperation push people too; especially in the face of joblessness, hunger, shame and all the other ills that seem to easily find their ways into people's lives in Nigeria.

See how many people go round borrowing money to "buy" appointment letters from fake sources and their monies get swallowed with egusi without as much as any thankYou once they hear recruitment is on in Federal Civil service agencies, ehn? See people who can't climb 3 flights of stairways without panting for breath all donning white going for NIS screening? and the result of that iiishh? We all know!

Let the guy caution the rest peradventure his warning might help some poor soul, reading this, save their little allawee down the line someday!

U said it all. Pls guys who are yet to get a job don't be desperate, use Ur brains.

Damsonkc:
It wasn't the guy you saw on the NYSC book that called you. The scammer probably laid his hands on one of the NYSC photo album and picked a random ID to use.

Yeah, that's wat I figured out too. because the guy on d pics was in my stream 2 batch C14, but i don't even knw him.

shulamitewoman:
exactly d same way dey contacted u..tho mine was sms buh I didn't reply..cos I knw noting gud comes dat easy

Mine too was sms, I attached d screen shot. I called d number to find out who was behind it weda I will recognize the voice. I knew it was scam

Maxineng:
You sure?. That's strange. Maybe he has access to documents.

He must have had access to a document containing our phone numbers and course of study. Am guessing our Payment Voucher, we fill it during monthly clearance for allowee, and we enter lots of information abt ourselves.

shulamitewoman:
Happened to me too wen I passed out..they usually do it immediately after NYSC...thank God I was smarter..

How was d format they tried using on you? Do tell pls

Maxineng:
Oldest trick in the book. It happens every time a batch of corp members pass out.

Yea but we didn't drop our phone numbers in the magazine, I wonder hw they get people's numbers.

SageTravels:
The hustling is really.
very soon ex N-power will be scamming too

It's typical of Nigerians, always thinking of hw to scam innocent people.

YungMike:
Lol. You're not much of a writer
You want me to pardon your grammar and punctuations
And you call yourself a graduate

OP, no difference between you and the so-called scammer.

No graduate with common sense will be wasting time wondering if that shii is a scam or nah. Haba, bros... Check out na, "shell oil COMPAN"



NB:- Please don't take life and my comment too serious, coz nobody gets outta life alive.

U too harsh. Lol. Thr ain't much mistakes in my write up. I just said it for saying sake

Am not much of a writer, so pls pardon my grammar and punctuation.


It happened today, this morning at about 9:30am, I was on my way to where I hustle, I got an sis which said thus:

" ayuba.How are u i hope fine, am johnson franklin u x copa mate at Abia st cod 3048 can u work with shell OIL COMPAN if yes call me 4 information god bles u". (below is d screen shot of d sms).

After reading it, I was wondering if this was true of fake. I asked myself why will an ex Corper whose name doesn't ring a bell want to help me with a job in shell? I actually studied geology, so I was like perhaps he was touched by God to help me.

I was wondering my nxt step, Den an idea came to me. Instead of calling him instantly, why not let me check my nysc photo album for the owner of that state code number 3048 he quoted.

So I waited until I got home in d evening, I went Tru 5000 photos of the corpers on my nysc magazine looking for d bearer of that state code 3048. Lo and behold the guy with same name as stated in the sms and d same name bearing that state code on the nysc magazine.


Do I decided to call d number. The following conversation ensued...............

Me: hello, pls who is this....

Scammer: who are u? U called me and u are asking who is this.

Me: this number texted me abt one job, I actually checked u out on the nysc magazine and sorry your face doesn't ring a bell, pls whr do u knw me in Abia state whr I served, because I don't know u....... Before I finished he cut in

Scammer: "if you are not interested just forget it" ...

He sounded so rude, as if he was angry I busted him. He hurriedly ended the call.



I felt good with myself because I acted smartly ...


I decided to share this experience so others won't fall victim. I knw this period things are hard, some won't think twice before calling such numbers until they get duped of their little money all in d name of job offer. Pls ex Corpers beware.

sexaddict08:
hnmnnn....

I never thought I will be able to stay a week without fvcking an ashi. Lo and behold, its been 7 months I have not tasted an ashis puss.y...
not because I no longer like puss.y but because I no longer fancy them.
this life self!!!
of a true, there's time for everything.

You need some blood tests. No offence

Abba5800:
My own home town, I was born and raise there. The coolest place in Nigeria, full of white men. Soon mambilla hydro power project will complete and Nigerian will forget darkness. We have blue sapphire only that federal government don't care about it..but white men from around d world are there, local people are getting. If you are lucky you can get 20 million a day . We grow tea, coffee, maize, pears, and have cattles range. Most of cows you can see in south south is from that place. We have montane forest but is owned by germany becouse of nja careless .currently I'm serving in cross river.

Bros I love Ur home town for real. I want to reside thr and do business thr. Pls can u give me some info abt thr blue sapphire u talking abt?

mancheeutd:
well mambilla plateau has one of the best sapphire in terms of clarity, carat, colour though sometimes small but with patience and luck u sometimes get about 4kg and above
if you want to buy u can meet with some of the sellers just be careful not to buy aqua marine cos they look alike

As for mining you need to get a mining licence from the ministry of mines in Abuja after getting a location in mambilla which will cost millions of naira and also need to reach an agreement with the landowners there after u can start a small scale mining with the local miners but then how are u sure they will give u any stone once they've seen it.

Are you into the business? Lemme pm u if u don't mind.