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Shine your eyes when buying gadgets In computer village. Count your loss bro.

Gbajue people

Alapereketu:
99% of nairalander have been scammed at computer village before

ive never been scammed my whole life in lagos and ive never lost a phone before....

anything way de make me enter ikeja or any market i de always ink up with someone that works there or i just go to a shop directly buy and get my receipt.

And when Lagos state close that market same folks will be shouting witch hunt
Pls enough of this rubbish coming out from this computer village and alaba market
Hands go soon touch those guys

xtivin:
Welcome to Lagos😂😂😂

They will distract you that police is coming and quickly swap it and take off😂

..and it's only in Lagos this scam happens..does not happen in other states

LabStores:
Dem still dey use this old trick?
People still fall?

na content trust the bloggers at ur peril

Femeto:
Gbajue people

westerners chai

I was checking to see if this happened in 2007.
How can they pack fufu for you as a phone in this current time?
The corper was caught fufu-handed.

Akalia:
This could be a skit. Phones are usually unboxed and even tested before handed over to the buyer.

u dey learn work. Make e reach ur turn, u go explain tire.

AZControversial:


Computer village to buy brand new phone?
The victim is obviously not a Lagosian

Where e for go? Konga?

aydought:
Lagos government should find a way to sanitize that Ikeja Computer Village. Enough of duping innocent citizens in this Lagos city

The village is moving to another location.

AZControversial:


Computer village to buy brand new phone?
The victim is obviously not a Lagosian

I live in Ikeja Lagos, and I have been buying both my fairly used and brand new phone in that computer village...

I think this will help.... When going to buy phone in Ikeja, just know that you will meet these guys and be prepared for them...

I have friends that like patronizing these street guys because their phone are cheaper...

Just be prepared and ready that they will want to outsmart you and be smarter....

hassinho707:
I live in Ikeja Lagos, and I have been buying both my fairly used and brand new phone in that computer village...

I think this will help.... When going to buy phone in Ikeja, just know that you will meet these guys and be prepared for them...

I have friends that like patronizing these street guys because their phone are cheaper...

Just be prepared and ready that they will want to outsmart you and be smarter....

That's for you who knows the terrain well enough.

Before I got a brand new phone, I had heard stories of computer village. I was just advised to go to their stores directly.

kaunafemzy:
For those saying “welcome to Lagos”, it’s shows the level of our acceptability of evil as the new normal . How can a whole market be known for fraud, deception and theft in a Lagos that Tinubu built? This evil should never be acceptable as our now reality!

I was just about to type this. It's so funny how we see this as normal and we expect things to change.

FortCavazosKnox:
This is why you need to go to the shops to buy when you go to computer village instead of patronizing roadside vendors

shut up there even shops scam too. Computer village arr filled with scammers. Since i stopped going to that robbery scene i ve never been a victim again.

Prestar:

A Moment a NYSC corper was sc@mmed with fufu disguised as an iPhone at Computer Village, Ikeja😂💔 pic.twitter.com/ZSv2vleQ9x

— Star Potter (@Starpotternews) April 12, 2026

Always looking for cheap deal instead of visiting accredited shops

Welcome to the school of hardknocks

I can see why you were a victim and you a ptsd patient

Duplex90:
shut up there even shops scam too. Computer village arr filled with scammers. Since i stopped going to that robbery scene i ve never been a victim again.

Lagos happened to the fellow!

Ekò won peebi !!

Akalia:
This could be a skit. Phones are usually unboxed and even tested before handed over to the buyer.

It's not a skit, there are people who are completely aloof and inattentive while buying gadgets. These are the people who don't know what da heck they're buying, they're just buying it just for the name and to feel among.

Technologia.
😂

Prestar:

A Moment a NYSC corper was sc@mmed with fufu disguised as an iPhone at Computer Village, Ikeja😂💔 pic.twitter.com/ZSv2vleQ9x

— Star Potter (@Starpotternews) April 12, 2026

This is how i was scamed too last 2 years. It was nokia c3, The how it started, i coming back from work , rhis guy show me the nokia phone c3 and i saw it and it fine he told me tje price and i ended of buying it , he told i should start go that police will hold me if they see me with the phone, if you see how i take run cross road , go enter bus to oshodi . My brother i no look back at all. Na when i enter bus i come bring out the phone say make i see wetin i buy na him icome say make i on an , na him the phone no green on , i come say make i up the back see wetin make am no on , my brother wentin i see na fufu na him they inside, i come they laugh . Omo na him i say this pupil done scammed me na wa oo

A sucker is born every second

Dynamicboss:
This is just stunts. I don’t think it works again

this is not true about Computer Village .... that is the only place to buy the best of genuine phones

Many people want to buy used iphone of N350k for N50k as if is Tecno .... that's why they fall victim!

There are thousands of shops selling phones and other gadgets ..... they don't sell Fufu to anyone

Someone met you at Ikeja bustop and gave you something in an hANDkerchief and you gave him money ..... you are a THIEF
You now claim you but phone at Computer village instead of saying you wanted to scam a thief at Ikeja Bus stop

Computer Village is far above this nonsense publishe here

How u take lnw that they meet ups@Ikeja bus stop,Awolowo Bridge/ipodo not inside CV? In that same CV,only 40% are legit biz men/women,the REST ARE THIEVES.U can take it to the Bank.The dragging,fighting inside "GENUINE" supposed shops nkoh over some substandard products nkoh? Same thing @ALABA,TRADEFAIR,IDUMOTA,LADIPO nkoĥ?

sunnyprof:
this is not true about Computer Village .... that is the only place to buy the best of genuine phones

Many people want to buy used iphone of N350k for N50k as if is Tecno .... that's why they fall victim!

There are thousands of shops selling phones and other gadgets ..... they don't sell Fufu to anyone

Someone met you at Ikeja bustop and gave you something in an hANDkerchief and you gave him money ..... you are a THIEF
You now claim you but phone at Computer village instead of saying you wanted to scam a thief at Ikeja Bus stop

Computer Village is far above this nonsense publishe here

Nice write up.. I enjoyed every line....

Oyindamolah:
Computer village is becoming something else

Ahhh fam… this one is not just story — it is documentary evidence of “Hope is expensive in Computer Village” 😂💔 in 2013

So I had been managing my loyal Blackberry Bold like a village elder holding onto tradition. But deep inside me, I knew 201X (whatever year it was) was not for keypad suffering again. Everybody had upgraded. WhatsApp was now behaving like it had pride. I said no, my own glory must also locate me.

That was how I entered Computer Village with confidence that could scare small children and a budget of ₦10,000 + “faith in God”.

I told myself: “Today, I must leave here with Q10. My life must change by force.”

Ah.

I saw one guy on the street. Sharp sharp, he showed me Q10. I held it like I was testing destiny itself. Screen bright, buttons shiny… I even did small fake serious face like I knew specs 😂

The man now said: “Oga, make we go inside shed. Agberos dey here.”

I said no problem. Anywhere where upgrade is involved, I am mobile.

But I should have known danger started when he wrapped the phone inside white handkerchief like say na sacred artifact from Vatican. I ignored it. Love is blind. Upgrade is more blind.

Inside shed, negotiation started.

Him: “₦15,000”

Me: “My brother, I brought ₦10,000 and destiny. Choose one.”

He sighed like experienced scammer and agreed. That was my first warning: why too easy?

He collected my phone, nodded like engineer, then said: “Let me stop bike for you so agberos won’t disturb you.”

At this point, I felt VIP treatment. I said in my mind: “Yes. This is how successful people move.”

He gave me handkerchief.

Me: “Wow… packaging is premium. Even Apple no reach this level.”

I entered bike like Elon Musk of Allen Avenue.

I told bike man: “JUST GO. DON’T STOP. I AM NOW A BIG BOY.”

This is where my downfall accelerated.

I held that handkerchief like passport to America. I was already imagining how I’d show my friends: “Guys, I upgraded.”

I reached Allen Avenue. Jumped down like billionaire in a hurry.

Opened the cloth slowly… suspense like Nollywood final scene…

Inside: B29 SOAP.

No screen. No buttons. No WhatsApp. No charger. Just… pure hygiene and disappointment.

I looked at the soap. The soap looked at me. Even the soap was embarrassed for me 😭

I poked it like maybe it will receive call. I turned it upside down like maybe network is hidden underneath.

Nothing.

Just soap living its best life.

I just stood there like: “So I sold technology… for skincare?”

At that point my soul left my body briefly.

I didn’t even shout. I didn’t even chase anybody. I just entered bike again like returning item to destiny.

Back at Computer Village, I was walking like a man who has seen the truth of life.

One guy even had the audacity to ask: “Broda, dem no give you cream?”

I almost collapsed.

CREAM?? 😭😭

So not only did I buy soap, I bought incomplete package?

At that moment, I accepted my rank: I am not “Q10 owner” I am not even “phone upgrader”

I am: Soap Premium Investor (Loss Edition)

And since that day, my aunt’s phone has been my emergency relationship. I borrow it like someone borrowing oxygen.

Moral of the story: If somebody wraps your “dream phone” like suya in white cloth…

just start praying immediately. 💀

I don't go to any shop other than slot to buy my phones in computer village. Anything else it's sorry. I don't even look at all those agbero on the road nor respond to them.