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I'll be brief.


Some months ago, I kept receiving calls from a loan app- probably FairMoney. The callers would ask if this is Mr Alaba Aknlabu? My response is that I'm not. They'll say I borrowed money from them and should come and pay off my debt.


It took me over three months of explaining myself before they stopped calling. Note that this call was on a daily basis.


Fast forward to presently. Just last week I started receiving calls on the same line (Airtel) the call is from EasyBuy, a platform I have never patronised. They keep asking me to pay for my purchases.


When I tell them that I didn't buy anything from them they'll ask if I'm not Mrs Alaba Aknlabu. I'll explain myself and the next day they will repeat the call.


I'm tired of all these embarrassments and a bit worried that one day this perceived fraud commited by someone else might be traced to me using my phone number.


Please how do I get out of this?

OAM4J, Mynd44

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Op if you recently purchased your sim card then this might have to do with network providers and recycled sim cards.


The ncc ought to do something about this reoccurring issue. A story was posted here some time ago... (I'm very lazy about searching and attaching links) about some one who was arrested for kidnapping and even receiving ransom from a victim even though it was a recycled sim from his network provider he bought that was linked to the crime.


And Nigeria is a funny place because normally all you really need do is show proof of your recent purchase of the sim kit which should extricate you from whatever allegations.


But the system is so terrible that before you are able to proof your innocence your life may already have been disrupted for some time!

You are in trouble. Start cutting your friends and stop handing your phone to them.
That was how a customer that had been friendly used my line to request for loan online after borrowing my phone for a minute to activate the OTP sent to the line. He wanted to do something afterwards and another OTP came in. That is when I knew a criminal was lurking near me. I followed up with the loan app customer care to deactivate the account immediately.

brain54:
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Op if you recently purchased your sim card then this might have to do with network providers and recycled sim cards.


The ncc ought to do something about this reoccurring issue. A story was posted here some time ago... (I'm very lazy about searching and attaching links) about some one who was arrested for kidnapping and even receiving ransom from a victim even though it was a recycled sim from his network provider he bought that was linked to the crime.


And Nigeria is a funny place because normally all you really need do is show proof of your recent purchase of the sim kit which should extricate you from whatever allegations.


But the system is so terrible that before you are able to proof your innocence your life may already have been disrupted for some time!

Nigeria is a crime scene. Those force men are always looking for how to milk you dry. One civil defence was sharing with me AI response of how they can take punitive measures against my business because government has given them power to protect such infrastructure. Now how is protection and punishment related.

brain54:
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Op if you recently purchased your sim card then this might have to do with network providers and recycled sim cards.


The ncc ought to do something about this reoccurring issue. A story was posted here some time ago... (I'm very lazy about searching and attaching links) about some one who was arrested for kidnapping and even receiving ransom from a victim even though it was a recycled sim from his network provider he bought that was linked to the crime.


And Nigeria is a funny place because normally all you really need do is show proof of your recent purchase of the sim kit which should extricate you from whatever allegations.


But the system is so terrible that before you are able to proof your innocence your life may already have been disrupted for some time!

I didn't buy the SIM card newly, I've been using it since 2004 and I believe I was the first person to use it.

Thanks for your response

thesolutions:
You are in trouble. Start cutting your friends and stop handing your phone to them.
That was how a customer that had been friendly used my line to request for loan online after borrowing my phone for a minute to activate the OTP sent to the line. He wanted to do something afterwards and another OTP came in. That is when I knew a criminal was lurking near me. I followed up with the loan app customer care to deactivate the account immediately.

Hmm


I didn't give anyone my phone to make use of. I suspect it's a case where someone used my phone number as his contact number for purchases and and loan.


The suspect is in the West while I'm in the East. The EasyBuy customer service that called me today revealed his/location