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Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by Omonigeriarere: 5:11pm On Jul 11, 2016
Zane2point4:
Even without dis stuff? U mean u transferd dat hug sum?

Haha, you are still a learner, honestly. Go and deepen your research joorr.
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by Omonigeriarere: 5:18pm On Jul 11, 2016
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owner:
This is a beautiful lie... Transferred ₦260,000 from First Bank Mobile App to GTBank without a Token? You need to ne Jailed Man.

Read again:- He said he ON his Internet, Opened the App.. So definitely this guy ain't talking about the SMS Transfer here..

You sabi lie bros.
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Ignorance is a disease, honestly.
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by tempest01(m): 5:21pm On Jul 11, 2016
jmann2:

It can be done bro.
Embrace technology and knowledge



Did you read my post at all?


I use zenith bank easy money app and the limit is 100,000 naira per day. If I have to do more, I need to log into my internet banking and use my hardware token.

If someone using first bank app can confirm the daily limit, and it is not up to what the OP stated, then the story is a figment of his imagination aimed at staying traffic to his blog.
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by athorello(m): 5:22pm On Jul 11, 2016
I'm ashamed of so many illiterates. I'm using FirstMobile also and you only need a OTP once on activation. You set a password for the app as well as a transaction code... Viola!
All you need like to survive like the op is guts and fast thinking. But if it's on the verge of failure, just give up. The armed robbers, kidnappers, cultists, etc are humans too with fears and emotions.
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by tempest01(m): 5:23pm On Jul 11, 2016
athorello:
I'm ashamed of so many illiterates. I'm using FirstMobile also and you only need a OTP once on activation. You set a password for the app as well as a transaction code... Viola!
All you need like to survive like the op is guts and fast thinking. But if it's on the verge of failure, just give up. The armed robbers, kidnappers, cultists, etc are humans too with fears and emotions.

What is the daily limit of transfer? Have you tried 200,000 naira before and it went through? Before you condemn people trying to raise valid points



and you don't have to resort to insults to make your own point.
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by omolola15(m): 5:25pm On Jul 11, 2016
Dynamitehimself:


This is no script writing. It is possible. He can transfer 260k without a token on the first mobile. That is the mobile app, not the one you use on your browser that requires a token. It is more matured to do your proper findings before coming hard on any op

No he can't. I've been using first Bank for years. It's my number 1 bank. But with the first mobile app. You can't transfer more than 50k without a token. If you use first Bank you can download the app from the app store just to try it. So it's either the op is lying or he added to the story.

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Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by fullblast(m): 5:26pm On Jul 11, 2016
I have an account with 1st bank but don't have a token. Just dialing *894# with your bank registered line initiates d first monie platform which has a limit of 300k limit daily. I feel its similar to d mobile App. ThankGod d op did have like N1m in his account. grin

mystiqueDZ:
Linus!!!!

You can only transfer 50k without a token from first bank.....
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by taemilola(f): 5:30pm On Jul 11, 2016
Happy for u.
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by Saylawchar(m): 5:31pm On Jul 11, 2016
onismate:
I have never been a fan of mobile banking app because of its conditions in Nigeria. The too many hitches like connection error, service time out and too many charges, deductions from accounts. I always frown at mobile banking but I have no choice but to move with time.
First bank is one bank I was not a fan of. Right from unset I had been hearing about the poor services of the bank, their rude customer care agents, massive unorganized queue. I didn’t like it but fortunately (because there is no unfortunate in my dictionary) I was given the bank by NYSC for receiving my monthly allowance. But yet they still have great number, highest customers in Nigeria. I had no choice that to use the bank. Unless maybe I didn’t want to be paid by the FG. Fortunately, my Place of primary assignment (PPA) was far from the main town and there is no bank and ATM in the small town. So we have to move to move to the main Port Harcourt town to withdraw and any form of financial transactions.
In late April, 2016, one of my sisters was planning on sending me a huge sum of money for something important. And that same month my domain was nearing expiration on 30th of same month.
On the 30th I was preparing to go to Port Harcourt to renew my domain when I encountered some challenges. I couldn’t even leave my PPA to Port Harcourt. I was stuck, and there was no bank in the community, no ATM and I couldn’t reach anyone who was able to help do the transaction. And I couldn’t just back-out, I don’t want to lose my domain name. I was left with doing an online transaction. What I was running away from, I had to go for it. It’s not a choice, it’s just the best option at that moment. I downloaded the First bank mobile app which I used to pay for my domain. That marked a new turn, and I began using the Firstmobile, though not frequently.

On 2/06/2016, my sister sent N210,000 into my first bank account. Ofcourse I was happy because it felt like God has buttered my bread and added meat untop of my rice and stew. And no be say she borrow me ooo, na dash she dash me the money. I was hoping to leave the money and use it to start up any small scale business after my passing out. N210,000 plus the money I have in the account and other cash I hoped to be in the account.

On 8/06/2016 at about 10:17am, I was coming back from Port Harcourt. I entered a car in Choba going to Buguma. The journey was so smooth after passing the police check point after Choba park. When we got to Ogbakiri junction to divert to Kalabari kingdom. We met some men thinking it was just the usual police check point. Not knowing that they are kidnappers. Everything looked like a dream. Not until they asked us to get down from the car and began beating us. Two of them had guns. Within 10 minutes, they had pushed the 5 of us inside their jeep. We began hearing gunshots from behind. I guessed the police where fast approaching. The kidnappers had to move us out of the place. I thought the police would keep up chase, but it wasn’t. I was full of fear. I didn’t even though where we were being taken to. I no know road. Na corper I be oo. We were taken to an uncompleted building and made to seat on the ground. We were 5 they kidnapped, a young woman and 3 men. I was the only youth there.

We were taken to one uncompleted building, collected our pulse, phones, handbags and my wallet. I had heard of kidnappers collecting ATM cards and pins from victims and zapping their accounts, but this was it! They collected the money from us and ATM cards. Funny enough we were just 2 that had our ATM cards with us. My other fellow passengers said they don’t use ATM. And the kidnappers said they were not releasing those without ATM. They will have to call their families to pay ransomed. I was so scared within me. “All the money I had in my account will be taken away,” I thought to myself. “How will tell my story? The money I was planning to use to startup small business.” My second account in another bank has only N23,000 in it. “Thank God I left the ATM card at home, if not they will still demand for it and will still collect the remaining money in it,” I thought to myself, because they said they will collect all the monies in our account before they release us. Even if it takes 3 or 5 five days, they will keep us there till they get what they want.

I gave them my ATM card and pins. The other man gave them his own too. It was sad because he had about 4 ATM cards with him. He gave it to them with the pins. I was so scared when two of them went to withdraw the money. I was just praying in my mind for God to perform miracle and my ATM card will just be deactivated or for it not to pay.

20 minutes later, my phone rang. One of them still with us there cut it. And it rang again and again. He asked who owns the phone. I said I was the one. He said if not because of he loved the ringtone, he would have smashed it. “So you dey watch Empire?” he asked me. I said “Yes.” My ringtone was “ready to go” by Jamal from empire. Infact I had almost all the songs used in the series. I tried to see if I could chat with him, if that will make us friendly and will turn his mind around to tell his fellow kidnappers not to withdraw my money. I told him that I have almost all the empire songs used in the movie series. He said it was nice. He asked how I got them. I told him I downloaded them online. He said he only stopped in season 2, episode 10. I told him I had watched it till episode 18 in season 2. I told him I have the whole series till the current one on my phone. I told him I could even send them to him from my phone. He smiled. He said I was not going to get my phone back. That they can only give me my sim back. He asked me the password of my phone and I told him. Na so he open the phone. 5 minutes later, he said he couldn’t find the film. I told him where he will find the series and gave him password to that folder. I believed he had challenges operating the phone. He had to give me my phone to open the folder. I was so scared as my hands shake while operating the phone. As I was swiping to get to the folder, I came across the Firstmobile app. Something in me said, “why don’t you transfer your money in First bank to your GTB account.” At first I was scared, I didn’t know if the ones that had gone to withdraw had already completed the transaction. Or in the process I was caught! I had to summon courage, on my network as fast as possible. I logged in and my N265,540 was still there in my first bank account. I transferred the money to my GT bank account. Infact the network in the area was so fast that I did everything within 45 seconds. The kidnapper that gave me my phone felt I was wasting a lot of time. He thought maybe I was sending a text message to people about the kidnap. He came I asked why I was still wasting time. I told him I was still on it as I had already logged out and opened the empire movie folder for me.

Barely 15 minutes time, they received a call from the ones that went to withdraw that my account has only N540. Nothing dey there. They said they were going to hold me there. I began pleading that I am just a corper.

After 3 hours, I was released but my phone and other stuff in my wallet was taken. My NYSC I.D card was also given to me. They said they just released me because I had nothing to offer. I was able to leave the environment only to discover I was in Bayelsa state. And that was how First bank app saved me from being duped by kidnappers.


http://www.hovabuzz.com/frontline/1168-how-first-bank-mobile-app-saved-me-from-being-defrauded-by-kidnappers



Only God knows how much offering your church pastor would realise from this testimony... anyway i congratulate you for your smartness
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by omolola15(m): 5:31pm On Jul 11, 2016
athorello:
I'm ashamed of so many illiterates. I'm using FirstMobile also and you only need a OTP once on activation. You set a password for the app as well as a transaction code... Viola!
All you need like to survive like the op is guts and fast thinking. But if it's on the verge of failure, just give up. The armed robbers, kidnappers, cultists, etc are humans too with fears and emotions.

I repeat you can't transfer more than 50k without a token on first mobile. Anyway who knows maybe na like 5k you dey transfer. Due to the nature of my business I transfer money almost everyday. And I don't have a token. So when I'm transferring more than 50k I use the quickteller app. They just send OTP to my phone for any transaction I'm doing. And they charge me 100 naira. Please stop saying what you don't know. If you doubt me please Google is your friend.

First Bank to first Bank transfer is Free, while they charge 105naira to other banks. That's why I prefer quickteller. 5 naira na money ooo.


tempest01:

What is the daily limit of transfer? Have you tried 200,000 naira before and it went through? Before you condemn people trying to raise valid points
and you don't have to resort to insults to make your own point.

No mind the guy jare. He's wrong and I've answered him. Without token it's 50k daily with the first mobile app. I use it regularly.
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by Nobody: 5:32pm On Jul 11, 2016
onismate:
I have never been a fan of mobile banking app because of its conditions in Nigeria. The too many hitches like connection error, service time out and too many charges, deductions from accounts. I always frown at mobile banking but I have no choice but to move with time.
First bank is one bank I was not a fan of. Right from unset I had been hearing about the poor services of the bank, their rude customer care agents, massive unorganized queue. I didn’t like it but fortunately (because there is no unfortunate in my dictionary) I was given the bank by NYSC for receiving my monthly allowance. But yet they still have great number, highest customers in Nigeria. I had no choice that to use the bank. Unless maybe I didn’t want to be paid by the FG. Fortunately, my Place of primary assignment (PPA) was far from the main town and there is no bank and ATM in the small town. So we have to move to move to the main Port Harcourt town to withdraw and any form of financial transactions.
In late April, 2016, one of my sisters was planning on sending me a huge sum of money for something important. And that same month my domain was nearing expiration on 30th of same month.
On the 30th I was preparing to go to Port Harcourt to renew my domain when I encountered some challenges. I couldn’t even leave my PPA to Port Harcourt. I was stuck, and there was no bank in the community, no ATM and I couldn’t reach anyone who was able to help do the transaction. And I couldn’t just back-out, I don’t want to lose my domain name. I was left with doing an online transaction. What I was running away from, I had to go for it. It’s not a choice, it’s just the best option at that moment. I downloaded the First bank mobile app which I used to pay for my domain. That marked a new turn, and I began using the Firstmobile, though not frequently.

On 2/06/2016, my sister sent N210,000 into my first bank account. Ofcourse I was happy because it felt like God has buttered my bread and added meat untop of my rice and stew. And no be say she borrow me ooo, na dash she dash me the money. I was hoping to leave the money and use it to start up any small scale business after my passing out. N210,000 plus the money I have in the account and other cash I hoped to be in the account.

On 8/06/2016 at about 10:17am, I was coming back from Port Harcourt. I entered a car in Choba going to Buguma. The journey was so smooth after passing the police check point after Choba park. When we got to Ogbakiri junction to divert to Kalabari kingdom. We met some men thinking it was just the usual police check point. Not knowing that they are kidnappers. Everything looked like a dream. Not until they asked us to get down from the car and began beating us. Two of them had guns. Within 10 minutes, they had pushed the 5 of us inside their jeep. We began hearing gunshots from behind. I guessed the police where fast approaching. The kidnappers had to move us out of the place. I thought the police would keep up chase, but it wasn’t. I was full of fear. I didn’t even though where we were being taken to. I no know road. Na corper I be oo. We were taken to an uncompleted building and made to seat on the ground. We were 5 they kidnapped, a young woman and 3 men. I was the only youth there.

We were taken to one uncompleted building, collected our pulse, phones, handbags and my wallet. I had heard of kidnappers collecting ATM cards and pins from victims and zapping their accounts, but this was it! They collected the money from us and ATM cards. Funny enough we were just 2 that had our ATM cards with us. My other fellow passengers said they don’t use ATM. And the kidnappers said they were not releasing those without ATM. They will have to call their families to pay ransomed. I was so scared within me. “All the money I had in my account will be taken away,” I thought to myself. “How will tell my story? The money I was planning to use to startup small business.” My second account in another bank has only N23,000 in it. “Thank God I left the ATM card at home, if not they will still demand for it and will still collect the remaining money in it,” I thought to myself, because they said they will collect all the monies in our account before they release us. Even if it takes 3 or 5 five days, they will keep us there till they get what they want.

I gave them my ATM card and pins. The other man gave them his own too. It was sad because he had about 4 ATM cards with him. He gave it to them with the pins. I was so scared when two of them went to withdraw the money. I was just praying in my mind for God to perform miracle and my ATM card will just be deactivated or for it not to pay.

20 minutes later, my phone rang. One of them still with us there cut it. And it rang again and again. He asked who owns the phone. I said I was the one. He said if not because of he loved the ringtone, he would have smashed it. “So you dey watch Empire?” he asked me. I said “Yes.” My ringtone was “ready to go” by Jamal from empire. Infact I had almost all the songs used in the series. I tried to see if I could chat with him, if that will make us friendly and will turn his mind around to tell his fellow kidnappers not to withdraw my money. I told him that I have almost all the empire songs used in the movie series. He said it was nice. He asked how I got them. I told him I downloaded them online. He said he only stopped in season 2, episode 10. I told him I had watched it till episode 18 in season 2. I told him I have the whole series till the current one on my phone. I told him I could even send them to him from my phone. He smiled. He said I was not going to get my phone back. That they can only give me my sim back. He asked me the password of my phone and I told him. Na so he open the phone. 5 minutes later, he said he couldn’t find the film. I told him where he will find the series and gave him password to that folder. I believed he had challenges operating the phone. He had to give me my phone to open the folder. I was so scared as my hands shake while operating the phone. As I was swiping to get to the folder, I came across the Firstmobile app. Something in me said, “why don’t you transfer your money in First bank to your GTB account.” At first I was scared, I didn’t know if the ones that had gone to withdraw had already completed the transaction. Or in the process I was caught! I had to summon courage, on my network as fast as possible. I logged in and my N265,540 was still there in my first bank account. I transferred the money to my GT bank account. Infact the network in the area was so fast that I did everything within 45 seconds. The kidnapper that gave me my phone felt I was wasting a lot of time. He thought maybe I was sending a text message to people about the kidnap. He came I asked why I was still wasting time. I told him I was still on it as I had already logged out and opened the empire movie folder for me.

Barely 15 minutes time, they received a call from the ones that went to withdraw that my account has only N540. Nothing dey there. They said they were going to hold me there. I began pleading that I am just a corper.

After 3 hours, I was released but my phone and other stuff in my wallet was taken. My NYSC I.D card was also given to me. They said they just released me because I had nothing to offer. I was able to leave the environment only to discover I was in Bayelsa state. And that was how First bank app saved me from being duped by kidnappers.


http://www.hovabuzz.com/frontline/1168-how-first-bank-mobile-app-saved-me-from-being-defrauded-by-kidnappers
You're positively crazy grin. But I'm happy for you.
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by emperorchedda(m): 5:36pm On Jul 11, 2016
dayowunmi:

Bro, they have student account that accepts 500naira minimum balance. Most banks operating in tertiary institutions campuses operate 500naira as minimum balance. There's special consideration for students.
Lie! I opened my first bank account as a student, nothing like special 500naira minimum balance for students it's 1000naira.

Lastly, there's no way he'd have made those transactions without SMS alert from either of First bank or GTB. No intelligent person will believe this story here, it just doesn't sum up

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Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by Nobody: 5:38pm On Jul 11, 2016
greenhulk:
Nice story op, where can I watch this Nollywood movie? So u are able to transfer funds as much as 260k from one bank to another without using a token or any form verification? Hmm, let me just stop here but I think u will make a good script writer.
Chai you are just too much. ..3 gbosa for you, this guy just lie to us free of charge and some guys are already praising him, you can not transfer beyond 50k with first mobile without the Token. let me read other comments.

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Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by Leez(m): 5:39pm On Jul 11, 2016
greenhulk:
Nice story op, where can I watch this Nollywood movie? So u are able to transfer funds as much as 260k from one bank to another without using a token or any form verification? Hmm, let me just stop here but I think u will make a good script writer.
my broda i dn beg seun tire to open fiction section for these peeps
d oda one was writing epistle of weda or not to accept job in ds recession smh
and to all ye writers pls endeavour to tell us wen u are writing fiction cuz in ur quest for comments and likes u might frgt d truth is d best tin in writing ie to avoid wat happend to d author of roots.
there ws a wonderful story on hia abt an army dude and d author ws kind engh to tell us it was mixed wit a bit of fiction

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Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by omolola15(m): 5:40pm On Jul 11, 2016
fullblast:
I have an account with 1st bank but don't have a token. Just dialing *894# with your bank registered line initiates d first monie platform which has a limit of 300k limit daily. I feel its similar to d mobile App. ThankGod d op did have like N1m in his account. grin


Nothing it's not similar. And the first mobile app is better because it links directly to your account. Where as you need to load money to your first monie account to use it. I do use it before I migrated to first mobile. And without token you can't transfer more than 50k.

And first monie limit is 30k daily unless you are a platinum member. Platinum limit is 1 million.

Read this
http://www.ngbuzz.com/index.php?topic=970.0

So the op don add Jara to the story. He should have let us know it's fiction.

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Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by Odunharry(m): 5:51pm On Jul 11, 2016
fippycbk:


The amount he has isn't my problem. One can't even transfer above 50k without a token in a normal first bank account not to talk of an NYSC account.
Now i get you..
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by 00Ademi(m): 5:55pm On Jul 11, 2016
hatchy:
Not all mobile banking App use that.Diamond bank mobile App is the best so far.Secured,easy to use and always available.I love that App.
which other banks again... In addition u mean if i try making a transaction using diamond mobile app interface dey won't ask for otp... ?
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by Nobody: 6:03pm On Jul 11, 2016
The rate at which some people lie to us in this forum is amazing, they lie free of charge and leak their mouth. The op has never surface again to defend the atrocities he caused here. I have the same mobile app and i have a token, i have never transfer more than 50k without the Token.


I will go to first bank tomorrow to request for the app that can transfer more than 50k without token, until then i refuse to be forced into a bottle.

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Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by braimeddy: 6:11pm On Jul 11, 2016
I have never caught someone red handed with this kind of lie you just made. I'm using first mobile app as well and there is not way you can transfer 51000 naira without using a token. So abeg tell me how u take manage transfer 265k under 45 seconds? Abeg make u sufry dey lie u hear. Make I even stop for here make I no talk much again.
onismate:
I have never been a fan of mobile banking app because of its conditions in Nigeria. The too many hitches like connection error, service time out and too many charges, deductions from accounts. I always frown at mobile banking but I have no choice but to move with time.
First bank is one bank I was not a fan of. Right from unset I had been hearing about the poor services of the bank, their rude customer care agents, massive unorganized queue. I didn’t like it but fortunately (because there is no unfortunate in my dictionary) I was given the bank by NYSC for receiving my monthly allowance. But yet they still have great number, highest customers in Nigeria. I had no choice that to use the bank. Unless maybe I didn’t want to be paid by the FG. Fortunately, my Place of primary assignment (PPA) was far from the main town and there is no bank and ATM in the small town. So we have to move to move to the main Port Harcourt town to withdraw and any form of financial transactions.
In late April, 2016, one of my sisters was planning on sending me a huge sum of money for something important. And that same month my domain was nearing expiration on 30th of same month.
On the 30th I was preparing to go to Port Harcourt to renew my domain when I encountered some challenges. I couldn’t even leave my PPA to Port Harcourt. I was stuck, and there was no bank in the community, no ATM and I couldn’t reach anyone who was able to help do the transaction. And I couldn’t just back-out, I don’t want to lose my domain name. I was left with doing an online transaction. What I was running away from, I had to go for it. It’s not a choice, it’s just the best option at that moment. I downloaded the First bank mobile app which I used to pay for my domain. That marked a new turn, and I began using the Firstmobile, though not frequently.

On 2/06/2016, my sister sent N210,000 into my first bank account. Ofcourse I was happy because it felt like God has buttered my bread and added meat untop of my rice and stew. And no be say she borrow me ooo, na dash she dash me the money. I was hoping to leave the money and use it to start up any small scale business after my passing out. N210,000 plus the money I have in the account and other cash I hoped to be in the account.

On 8/06/2016 at about 10:17am, I was coming back from Port Harcourt. I entered a car in Choba going to Buguma. The journey was so smooth after passing the police check point after Choba park. When we got to Ogbakiri junction to divert to Kalabari kingdom. We met some men thinking it was just the usual police check point. Not knowing that they are kidnappers. Everything looked like a dream. Not until they asked us to get down from the car and began beating us. Two of them had guns. Within 10 minutes, they had pushed the 5 of us inside their jeep. We began hearing gunshots from behind. I guessed the police where fast approaching. The kidnappers had to move us out of the place. I thought the police would keep up chase, but it wasn’t. I was full of fear. I didn’t even though where we were being taken to. I no know road. Na corper I be oo. We were taken to an uncompleted building and made to seat on the ground. We were 5 they kidnapped, a young woman and 3 men. I was the only youth there.

We were taken to one uncompleted building, collected our pulse, phones, handbags and my wallet. I had heard of kidnappers collecting ATM cards and pins from victims and zapping their accounts, but this was it! They collected the money from us and ATM cards. Funny enough we were just 2 that had our ATM cards with us. My other fellow passengers said they don’t use ATM. And the kidnappers said they were not releasing those without ATM. They will have to call their families to pay ransomed. I was so scared within me. “All the money I had in my account will be taken away,” I thought to myself. “How will tell my story? The money I was planning to use to startup small business.” My second account in another bank has only N23,000 in it. “Thank God I left the ATM card at home, if not they will still demand for it and will still collect the remaining money in it,” I thought to myself, because they said they will collect all the monies in our account before they release us. Even if it takes 3 or 5 five days, they will keep us there till they get what they want.

I gave them my ATM card and pins. The other man gave them his own too. It was sad because he had about 4 ATM cards with him. He gave it to them with the pins. I was so scared when two of them went to withdraw the money. I was just praying in my mind for God to perform miracle and my ATM card will just be deactivated or for it not to pay.

20 minutes later, my phone rang. One of them still with us there cut it. And it rang again and again. He asked who owns the phone. I said I was the one. He said if not because of he loved the ringtone, he would have smashed it. “So you dey watch Empire?” he asked me. I said “Yes.” My ringtone was “ready to go” by Jamal from empire. Infact I had almost all the songs used in the series. I tried to see if I could chat with him, if that will make us friendly and will turn his mind around to tell his fellow kidnappers not to withdraw my money. I told him that I have almost all the empire songs used in the movie series. He said it was nice. He asked how I got them. I told him I downloaded them online. He said he only stopped in season 2, episode 10. I told him I had watched it till episode 18 in season 2. I told him I have the whole series till the current one on my phone. I told him I could even send them to him from my phone. He smiled. He said I was not going to get my phone back. That they can only give me my sim back. He asked me the password of my phone and I told him. Na so he open the phone. 5 minutes later, he said he couldn’t find the film. I told him where he will find the series and gave him password to that folder. I believed he had challenges operating the phone. He had to give me my phone to open the folder. I was so scared as my hands shake while operating the phone. As I was swiping to get to the folder, I came across the Firstmobile app. Something in me said, “why don’t you transfer your money in First bank to your GTB account.” At first I was scared, I didn’t know if the ones that had gone to withdraw had already completed the transaction. Or in the process I was caught! I had to summon courage, on my network as fast as possible. I logged in and my N265,540 was still there in my first bank account. I transferred the money to my GT bank account. Infact the network in the area was so fast that I did everything within 45 seconds. The kidnapper that gave me my phone felt I was wasting a lot of time. He thought maybe I was sending a text message to people about the kidnap. He came I asked why I was still wasting time. I told him I was still on it as I had already logged out and opened the empire movie folder for me.

Barely 15 minutes time, they received a call from the ones that went to withdraw that my account has only N540. Nothing dey there. They said they were going to hold me there. I began pleading that I am just a corper.

After 3 hours, I was released but my phone and other stuff in my wallet was taken. My NYSC I.D card was also given to me. They said they just released me because I had nothing to offer. I was able to leave the environment only to discover I was in Bayelsa state. And that was how First bank app saved me from being duped by kidnappers.


http://www.hovabuzz.com/frontline/1168-how-first-bank-mobile-app-saved-me-from-being-defrauded-by-kidnappers
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by Ice007(m): 6:13pm On Jul 11, 2016
Nice piece from a really imaginative mind; u 4 try make a short movie 4 it do advert 4 1st bank o.
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by braimeddy: 6:21pm On Jul 11, 2016
There is nothing like illiteracy here. What's d highest amt u have transferred using dis app? I have d mobile app as well and I tried transferring just 150k, it didn't go. I went to the bank to complain and they said d minimum amt I can transfer wit Dat app is 50k and if u want to transfer more dan Dat, u need a token. Even if u register it wit a token and bla bla bla, I assure Dat u can't even transfer 51k wit Dat 1st mobile app.
athorello:
I'm ashamed of so many illiterates. I'm using FirstMobile also and you only need a OTP once on activation. You set a password for the app as well as a transaction code... Viola!
All you need like to survive like the op is guts and fast thinking. But if it's on the verge of failure, just give up. The armed robbers, kidnappers, cultists, etc are humans too with fears and emotions.
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by joanana(f): 6:48pm On Jul 11, 2016
All you need is a pin to transfer your money from one account to the other.

Besides it depends on your daily transfer limit on the account.

I have access bank, diamond bank, and GTB bank mobile apps on my phone.i detest using the gt bank app cos of the token nonsense. I have a token but it's nonsense joor. I was able to transfer 300k from my access bank to diamond bank account.

All those that accused the OP of lieing are just ignorant.

My two cents


Ps: op you did the right thing. ... na God give u sense under pressure.
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by Ladyisi1(f): 7:02pm On Jul 11, 2016
onismate:
Thanks. Yes ooo
. God they with u. Tank God ajuwaya
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by Jeffy1206(m): 7:02pm On Jul 11, 2016
Nice story but na lie jor angry see how you're describing everywhere in PH... It doesn't show you're just a corper o undecided

Wait hold on!!! Why do I feel this is ads to promote first bank mobile banking shocked
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by fullblast(m): 7:04pm On Jul 11, 2016
As for me, I've never used or funded d E-wallet of FM. I just transact by accessing my account directly on the FM platform.


omolola15:


Nothing it's not similar. And the first mobile app is better because it links directly to your account. Where as you need to load money to your first monie account to use it. I do use it before I migrated to first mobile. And without token you can't transfer more than 50k.

And first monie limit is 30k daily unless you are a platinum member. Platinum limit is 1 million.

Read this
http://www.ngbuzz.com/index.php?topic=970.0

So the op don add Jara to the story. He should have let us know it's fiction.
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by okonja(m): 7:13pm On Jul 11, 2016
greenhulk:
Nice story op, where can I watch this Nollywood movie? So u are able to transfer funds as much as 260k from one bank to another without using a token or any form verification? Hmm, let me just stop here but I think u will make a good script writer.

Thank you oh!...Was about saying that...If he had said he used USSD method, it would have been better because you only need you card last 4digits to finalize the transaction.
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by huntila(m): 7:29pm On Jul 11, 2016
[[i][/i] You can transfer as much as N5million on diamond bank mobile app. If you fill indemnity form. Initially, it used to be N500K a day to protect against fraud. But if you are into business and you need much cash. You can do up to 5mill.
quote author=greenhulk post=47427423]Nice story op, where can I watch this Nollywood movie? So u are able to transfer funds as much as 260k from one bank to another without using a token or any form verification? Hmm, let me just stop here but I think u will make a good script writer.[/quote]
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by cevek11: 7:33pm On Jul 11, 2016
My concern is that you have password for your video files. Hope he didnt see the porn... lipsrsealed
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by replete(m): 7:34pm On Jul 11, 2016
greenhulk:
Nice story op, where can I watch this Nollywood movie? So u are able to transfer funds as much as 260k from one bank to another without using a token or any form verification? Hmm, let me just stop here but I think u will make a good script writer.
Have transffered over a million severally without a token. Really possible.
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by dayowunmi(m): 7:48pm On Jul 11, 2016
emperorchedda:
Lie! I opened my first bank account as a student, nothing like special 500naira minimum balance for students it's 1000naira.

Lastly, there's no way he'd have made those transactions without SMS alert from either of First bank or GTB. No intelligent person will believe this story here, it just doesn't sum up
Lolz, if you choose to believe that because your account was opened with 1k minimum balance then there's no 500naira, then good for you. Whatever rocks your boat. As per your second query that he would have gotten SMS, I didn't make any comment on that, so it's only the op that can answer that and am not his spokesman.
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by georgeonaya(m): 7:49pm On Jul 11, 2016
ugonwanneokoye:
Pls OP u can't transfer such amount on that platform if u don't have a token.
Dats not Lie all u need is ur Transaction pin which is 4 numbers with First Bank n Another password to log on d app dats all
Re: How Mobile App Saved Me From Being defrauded of Huge sum by Kidnappers In Rivers by 1dickatatime: 7:50pm On Jul 11, 2016
greenhulk:
Nice story op, where can I watch this Nollywood movie? So u are able to transfer funds as much as 260k from one bank to another without using a token or any form verification? Hmm, let me just stop here but I think u will make a good script writer.

Yes boss its possible I use Zenith eazy money on my mobile device and there's no need of a token. His narrative may be incredible to some but that is actually possible.

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