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Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by Nlanalyst: 7:07am On Oct 21, 2021
Reading through this thread https://www.nairaland.com/6812771/robbed-thieves-placed-palm-oil made me create this to narrate my own ordeal.

All fingers pointing to his friend. I don't think he should be carried away.

I had an experience one time although nothing fetish was involved.

Someone cleared my account and made away with my life savings running into 400k plus.
The guy was so smart but luck later ran out of him. First, he had been watching for a very long time as he had access to everything about me. I just lost my phone and I was using a small torch light phone then. Long and short, he registered for UBA Mobile banking on his phone and he had gotten my card details the day I begged him to borrow me his phone to pay for a stuff online. I didn't know he activated the screen recording and from there he got every of my card details. Shortly after, after he had activated the mobile banking. he transferred #350k to a paga agent and as God would have it the money hung in the air due to bad network. He went ahead to credit a newly created betting account with #120k. I have never indulged in betting all my life.

The next thing I saw in my inbox was a message from an unknown number telling me I will regret ever trying to drag babe with her. Which was really shocking as I can't remember ever stooping low to fight a fellow man because of a lady. I have never done that and will never do that, no insult intended please.
Turned out the message was to sway suspicion, to cause me to start imagining who could be targeting me because of a lady while the real culprit would remain unnoticed.
The guy most have waited all his life expecting the paga agent to receive the money that never entered.

The money was finally reversed to my account the next day which was when I saw my balance and saw that more than 100k was missing. What happened, was that, the guy that carried out this act had access to my phone and he deleted the alerts while I didn't suspect a thing. The other thing he did was that....

He went to the agent hours before doing the transaction. Requested for his details and told him he had transferred the money already. He waited for a while knowing fully well that he didn't do any transfer. The agent asked him to drop his number that he would call him when he finally sees the money. Mind you, this particular paga agent was in a different city from ours. It was after he returned home he now did the transaction and coincidentally the money truly hung in the air as he already lied. I Sha was credited the next day (Sunday) and to my utmost dismay, he was the very first person I narrated my ordeal to out of frustration and he still went ahead to tell me what to do while sympathizing with me and as well raining curses on whoever carried out the act. Not knowing he was the very person.

How he was busted.

I went to bank the next day being Monday and UBA was really helpful. They gave me the details of the paga agent and the manager was so concerned about my case that he personally decided to message the betting site himself. The tears in my red eyes and the catarrh in my nose plus the hiccups must have really driven him to no choice or perhaps it's just God. He asked me to go to a nearby police station and make reports that they will tell me what to do. While I got there and they were asking for bribes inspite of my situation I returned to him (the manager) out of frustration and he decided to cut corners for me. I sincerely don't know how he did it.
All I know is that he sent sportybet a message and he asked me to come back the next day. The next day, Tuesday, I was there and he said they haven't replied him. I even thought it was the usual gimmick to frustrate me into moving on. I went back there the next day Wednesday and to my greatest surprise, the details from the betting account into which my money was credited was staring at me on the computer screen of the manager. I didn't need anyone to tell me who the culprit was. I was even thinking someone probably created a parody account of this culprit so as to further sway suspicion. But it was real.

It was John, my roommate of 3 years, my supposed best friend of 13 years. We've shared everything together in between these years. A feel for friendship wanted to let me overlook the whole thing but then when I thought about what I would have lost if not for mercy of God and when I thought about how he would have feigned innocence if he wasn't caught and would have wasted my life savings feeding his betting addiction,I trashed the feels.

He was handed over to the police which was where he narrated his tactics.
It took like forever before Sporty bet could refund my money tho, I have even almost lost interest. I just kept bombarding their email with a reminder.

Share your own experience.

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by Uncle96(m): 7:11am On Oct 21, 2021
Very deep

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by phr33man(m): 7:11am On Oct 21, 2021
Things dey happen for life

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by seankafor(m): 7:51am On Oct 21, 2021
Na who know you go kill you naau

I don't have friends apart from my family and siblings
All my supposedly friends are just casual and I can never trust them

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by Godsofsoccer: 8:44am On Oct 21, 2021
Na who know person dey do person.

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by bigcee(m): 9:00am On Oct 21, 2021
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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by ImahGabi22(m): 9:13am On Oct 21, 2021
This story reminds me of what a supposed friend of mine did to me earlier this year. Kenny, may God judge you wherever you are.

Long story short, I slept at this my guy's place on a Saturday/Sunday.

We came back, and I paid my house rent shortly after using my card.

Baba wiped over 50k from my account. Guy that I was feeding and planning on buying food for that same day. Omoh, I was speechless.

The next day, I went to bank. That's when I knew he used my Opay to run the level. Deleted all my alerts and feigned innocence. I went to the police, paid 2k for report and 1k to settle Inspector in charge(after so much begging).

Las las, they sent one police man to follow me and we carried him. He slept there over night. The next morning, his pops came and las las the father agreed to pay me.

Took him about 5 months before I got my money (police Sha collect 4k again)

In this life, watch who you call friends. No dey disclose your net worth and even if you do, understate it like crazy.

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by luizpippo(m): 9:19am On Oct 21, 2021
The day is knew i had no best friend was when there was a student unrest in school, and the school was shut down, when we resumed, we were made to sign some undertaking, and there was a place for our best friend to sign, so i thought my room mate was my best friend, so i gave him that, until i observed he gave someone else his own best friend space.

My young self cried that day.

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by prinx55555(m): 10:09am On Oct 21, 2021
Never been scammed by a friend before.
I'm quite choosey and I don't have a lowlife in my circle.

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by Adekunle813: 10:25am On Oct 21, 2021
One thing man should ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS remember is that ANYONE ANYONE ANYONE is capable of doing you harm

The only group of people you have lesser chance of them doing you harm is your family especially your parents.

Nonetheless, no loose guard

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by Juliusmomoh: 10:46am On Oct 21, 2021
I got scam by a nairalander then with my old account.... But i don forgive am...

He's my friend then.

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by Sonnobax15(m): 12:58pm On Oct 21, 2021
Juliusmomoh:
I got scam by a nairalander then with my old account.... But i don forgive am...

He's my friend then.
How? grin
Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by Polynek(m): 3:30pm On Oct 21, 2021
My kindred brother came to me and ask me guy make I see ur ATM weda na dsame size with mine, I smiled in my mind and bring it out, He crammed d 15 digit wen I was washing my clothes, He dropped d card and left.
He came back and asked me to give Him my fone to collect some movies, I Also smiled and give him, when He was done, he returned d fone, in d evening I went out to withdraw some cash, I remember wat happened and I decided to check my balance grin
Wen I checked, he has withdrawn 30k, grin I only flash Him and he called me 5 times in 2mins, I was jox smiling grin I didn't pick his call bcoz I wanted to test his fear, grin he called more than 5 times again and I picked up,
I asked him his where about he said is dea any problem grin, I told him to resend my 30k b4 1h if he doesn't want to get exposed, l know wat u did to me but I don't want to expose U but if u want to deny, I ll exposed you, and u must pay it grin He told me to calm down dat he will send it back d next day dat he has a serious problem.
He paid back instalmentally 10k twice and I told him to forget d remaining 10k bcox he was still schooling den, I understand his condition, but warned him never to scam a close person again. He is doing well now in scamming grin

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by Lilsameey: 5:41pm On Oct 21, 2021
Nlanalyst:
Reading through this thread https://www.nairaland.com/6812771/robbed-thieves-placed-palm-oil made me create this to narrate my own ordeal.

All fingers pointing to his friend. I don't think he should be carried away.

I had an experience one time although nothing fetish was involved.
Someone cleared my account and made away with my life savings running into 400k plus.
The guy was so smart but luck later ran out of him. First, he had been watching for a very long time as he had access to everything about me. I just lost my phone and I was using a small torch light phone then. Long and short, he registered for UBA Mobile banking on his phone and he had gotten my card details the day I begged him to borrow me his phone to pay for a stuff online. I didn't know he activated the screen recording and from there he got every of my card details. Shortly after, after he had activated the mobile banking. he transferred #350k to a paga agent and as God would have it the money hung in the air due to bad network. He went ahead to credit a newly created betting account with #120k. I have never indulged in betting all my life.
The next thing I saw in my inbox was a message from an unknown number telling me I will regret ever trying to drag babe with her. Which was really shocking as I can't remember ever stooping low to fight a fellow man because of a lady. I have never done that and will never do that, no insult intended please.
Turned out the message was to sway suspicion, to cause me to start imagining who could be targeting me because of a lady while the real culprit would remain unnoticed.
The guy most have waited all his life expecting the paga agent to receive the money that never entered. The money was finally reversed to my account the next day which was when I saw my balance and saw that more than 100k was missing. What happened, was that, the guy that carried out this act had access to my phone and he deleted the alerts while I didn't suspect a thing. The other thing he did was that.... He went to the agent hours before doing the transaction. Requested for his details and told him he had transferred the money already. He waited for a while knowing fully well that he didn't do any transfer. The agent asked him to drop his number that he would call him when he finally sees the money. Mind you, this particular paga agent was in a different city from ours. It was after he returned home he now did the transaction and coincidentally the money truly hung in the air as he already lied. I Sha was credited the next day (Sunday) and to my utmost dismay, he was the very first person I narrated my ordeal to out of frustration and he still went ahead to tell me what to do while sympathizing with me and as well raining curses on whoever carried out the act. Not knowing he was the very person.
How he was busted.

I went to bank the next day being Monday and UBA was really helpful. They gave me the details of the paga agent and the manager was so concerned about my case that he personally decided to message the betting site himself. The tears in my red eyes and the catarrh in my nose plus the hiccups must have really driven him to no choice or perhaps it's just God. He asked me to go to a nearby police station and make reports that they will tell me what to do. While I got there and they were asking for bribes inspite of my situation I returned to him (the manager) out of frustration and he decided to cut corners for me. I sincerely don't know how he did it.
All I know is that he sent sportybet a message and he asked me to come back the next day. The next day, Tuesday, I was there and he said they haven't replied him. I even thought it was the usual gimmick to frustrate me into moving on. I went back there the next day Wednesday and to my greatest surprise, the details from the betting account into which my money was credited was staring at me on the computer screen of the manager. I didn't need anyone to tell me who the culprit was. I was even thinking someone probably created a parody account of this culprit so as to further sway suspicion. But it was real.
It was John, my roommate of 3 years, my supposed best friend of 13 years. We've shared everything together in between these years. A feel for friendship wanted to let me overlook the whole thing but then when I thought about what I would have lost if not for mercy of God and when I thought about how he would have feigned innocence if he wasn't caught and would have wasted my life savings feeding his betting addiction,I trashed the feels.
He was handed over to the police which was where he narrated his tactics.
It took like forever before Sporty bet could refund my money tho, I have even almost lost interest. I just kept bombarding their email with a reminder.

Share your own experience.
,..This is way too deep, This is why I hate friends, If you want to keep friends, Make sure you guys are far from each other.

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by Lilsameey: 5:44pm On Oct 21, 2021
Polynek:
My kindred brother came to me and ask me guy make I see ur ATM weda na dsame size with mine, I smiled in my mind and bring it out, He crammed d 15 digit wen I was washing my clothes, He dropped d card and left.
He came back and asked me to give Him my fone to collect some movies, I Also smiled and give him, when He was done, he returned d fone, in d evening I went out to withdraw some cash, I remember wat happened and I decided to check my balance grin
Wen I checked, he has withdrawn 30k, grin I only flash Him and he called me 5 times in 2mins, I was jox smiling grin I didn't pick his call bcoz I wanted to test his fear, grin he called more than 5 times again and I picked up,
I asked him his where about he said is dea any problem grin, I told him to resend my 30k b4 1h if he doesn't want to get exposed, l know wat u did to me but I don't want to expose U but if u want to deny, I ll exposed you, and u must pay it grin He told me to calm down dat he will send it back d next day dat he has a serious problem.
He paid back instalmentally 10k twice and I told him to forget d remaining 10k bcox he was still schooling den, I understand his condition, but warned him never to scam a close person again. He is doing well now in scamming grin
,..Lmaoooo, the bolded grin

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by Dicedpineappple(f): 8:46pm On Oct 21, 2021
More reasons why I don't keep best abi close friends....
I may no be perfect but I have a working conscience.. Unfortunately I can not say the same for some...

"Person no dey shit where im dey eat"
Most people don't understand that saying...

My colleague just decide to run me street 2weeks ago..
Only found out because the woman I gave her the money to give say it didn't get to her even when my colleague was supposedly calling me in front of the woman telling me she would not release the stuff I bought if I didn't give her the money...

The money was small,yes but na the mind wey you get take do me am na im be Koko...

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by arthurwillia(m): 9:01pm On Oct 21, 2021
Lol people will say how they were scammed by relatives or best friend but will never say how they also Scammed relatives too. We are all scammers.

1 na my pastor first scam me, I wanted to move out of the East about 2 years ago, so I wanted to sell all my properties, I’ve seen buyer oo that’s how my pastor said he wants to buy some, being my pastor in the lord now, I gave him a lot of discount, he paid part of it and said he will transfer the rest later..

Two years now pastor Mathew no send me my remaining 10k ooo, he’s not even picking my calls again, chai I lost faith in pastors

2 well I almost scammed my best friend by almost collecting one of his maga but with the hope that I will tell him later, and we can still use that Avenue to collect more money from the woman, but alas it didn’t work and it spoilt our relationship but then, we made up and we still real gees..

So we are all scammers op tell people to say how they scam others too

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by Mr2019(m): 9:02pm On Oct 21, 2021
Yes
Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by EmzyT: 9:02pm On Oct 21, 2021
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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by BruncleZuma: 9:02pm On Oct 21, 2021
Steady, especially when I contracted some of them for my building project. After kleptomaniacs fear relatives when money dey involved.

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by MANNABBQGRILLS: 9:03pm On Oct 21, 2021
All scammers will end up miserably for scamming people of their hard earned cash.

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by calculator123(m): 9:03pm On Oct 21, 2021
Here to read lies grin
Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by MRDEE01: 9:03pm On Oct 21, 2021
yea
Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by donprinyo(m): 9:04pm On Oct 21, 2021
Fear pastors o

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by MANNABBQGRILLS: 9:04pm On Oct 21, 2021
Corrupt officials demand money or other favours from them in exchange of things and services they are entitled to by the law.
In such cases, the bribe taker is clearly the one responsible for bribery.
However, not just the bribe taker or giver, it can be said that the entire system is at fault.

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by visijo(m): 9:05pm On Oct 21, 2021
The longer you stay single the more they tiwa your future wife. �

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by MeghaneMorgane(f): 9:05pm On Oct 21, 2021
Things are happening oo
Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by gift01: 9:06pm On Oct 21, 2021
If I talk about family own una go fear. Friends don do me shege but I ready for them. As a rule, I don't use ATM card and if I do the card no dey work online. If you live in Nigeria be very very careful everybody and everything na scam until proven otherwise

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by oluwaseyi0: 9:06pm On Oct 21, 2021
I once send some huge money to my bro to setup a POS business, rent or construct a shop up till now I don't know what happen to the money

Nothing I sent him was implemented

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All scammers will end up miserably for scamming people of their hard earned cash.
What of you that usually scam nairalanders of their sanity, one can hardly read your political posts and not temporarily go mad and loose their sanity

You try compensating in sport section but it's just like conceding 10 goals and scoring 1 goal consolation

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Re: Have You Ever Been Scammed By A Close Friend Or Relative? Share Your Experience by Lordofalmajiri(f): 9:06pm On Oct 21, 2021
post=106945949:
All scammers will end up miserably for scamming people of their hard earned cash.
Including your darling daddy

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