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Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by NobleSeed(m): 1:33am On Aug 14, 2020
EgunMogaji2:


I went to Oja Oba this afternoon to buy DPC. Seller said N35K. I went to the next store for the same thing. Seller there said N18K, when I was leaving she agreed to N15K so I bought it.

The first seller, my fellow Nigerian, was ready to scam me.
you never can tell bro if the first person was at the verge of scamming you. The first person telling you 35k might result to the fact that the stuff is a new stock while the other guy who agreed to give you for 15k still has old stock at his disposal.
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by khia: 1:38am On Aug 14, 2020
ALEX182:


NP. General Practitioner.

Ok, If you were a psychiatrist you would be dealing with a "psychologically impaired person" and I would say it is your responsibility to discuss the issue with him but since you are not, just let it ride.

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Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by Nobody: 1:40am On Aug 14, 2020
ALEX182:


That's my fear.

I would let the man find out for himself. Even U tell him he may not listen or believe n even if he has doubts he may still want to cling to what he thinks he has with the supposed girl. It's sad cos he's not a rich man but it's a lesson he will learn. I'm Australian n I became friends with a man who tried scamming me he end up telling me the truth cos I wasn't stupid n I end up in relationship with one of his family members now been four years. I understand some ppl there do it as they don't have many options n have family to care for or have no family to help them etc. It's the ones who scam money and go waste it on getting women n weed n flashy things that aren't a necessity that I don't like. Especially if the person they're scamming are struggling too. Not all white ppl are rich. But U being a dr I would just stay professional as U don't know how the man will take it.
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by Olufemiolaolu(m): 1:40am On Aug 14, 2020
ALEX182:


I'm in US. The guy is a white guy. I'm a Nigerian.
Why are you hesitant to tell him? You don't have to ask us now. Do what is right man.
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by Nobody: 1:42am On Aug 14, 2020
Sleekfingers:


did u read what he wrote? Or u dont understand ......he made a valid point....
Of course not all nigerians are fraudsters etc......but the rate is way too high....if i am to rate....i would say 99%

So u and ur family.are corrupt.
Ok
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by khia: 1:44am On Aug 14, 2020
ALEX182:
Lefulefu come put mouth for the mata o.

This is your guy pdudd. They banned my other account for fighting. This is my old account which I resurrected.

LMAO grin grin Ok I'm done.
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by NobleSeed(m): 1:47am On Aug 14, 2020
Allsome:

You telling him is also telling him that even Nigerians already know themselves to be all scammers. Because if not that you are a scammer how did you detect what he couldn't detect. Or you mean to insinuate to his reasoning that he's foolish.? That's how he'd think thereby giving us all a bad name. You don't even know if it's nemesis of something that he did on the past that is catching up with him.

Allow his "girlfriend " collect Wells Fargo abeg. We dey talk say money no dey this yeye country , you wan cut one boy deliverance. Bye bye
hmm nemesis ni karma kor. Bro what is morally wrong is wrong let's be factual with ourselves. Why reaping someone of his hard earned money.
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by samuelson06(m): 1:48am On Aug 14, 2020
ALEX182:


Lol. Thanks bruh.

Since you're so concerned, I'll tell you the tale of this account.

I have 6 monikers on NL over the years. I used to fight a lot on NL and one by one they get banned or suspended. When that happens, I just use another one and continue the behavior. As the years went by I closed my Social media accounts because I got busy with life and was more interested in developing myself and making money so I visited NL less often and had only 1 active moniker.

2 weeks ago, one Yankee silverspoon ajebutter ediot user here touched my buttons and provoked the sleeping shrew in me. The old self resurrected and cussed his ass out severally grin grin cheesy. He reported all my insults and I got banned. I kuku deactived the stupid account before NL scammers will hack it.

Then I simply clicked forgot password button and entered one of my old email addresses. I was sent a password reset button and I simply put a new password and boom, I'm back on NL with one of my old monikers. It's that simple grin grin grin

And being on frontpage on NL isn't an achievement for me. I don't give a flying fvck about being on NL frontpage. It means nothing to me. I'm not a social media person so scoring social media brownie points to me is like documenting toad shit: means nothing to me.

There you have it since you're so concerned. cool

PS: I took the time to explain to you because you come across as kinda slow to me.

Calm down Dr, it's not a fight. Don't take it personal. I'm just wondering how you have such luxury of time as a Nigerian doctor practicing in the US to tell stories and troll people online. So you have lots of email addresses and NL accounts. Wow!!!

Congratulations again Dr. Alex, even though you write like a smart lazy hustler.
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by bezimo(m): 1:53am On Aug 14, 2020
ALEX182:
So I have this American patient who I recently came across. He's a fat dude who is like in his late 40s but has a very jolly and likeable character. I introduced myself and we got talking afterwards.

After a while of chitchat, he asked me where I was from. I told him to take a guess and he said said, you sound like you're Nigerian. I told him (regrettably) that I was Nigerian. He started smiling and told me that he had a Nigerian girlfriend and that we both had similar accents.

He then started telling me recent occurrences that had befallen his girlfriend in Nigeria. He said the lastest story was that she was in Abuja and as she was on her way to the airport in a taxi, the taxi had an accident and she was seriously injured and had to be rushed to the hospital. He said that the hospital demanded money before treatment started and he had to hustle about $4000 and send to her in order for treatment to start.

He said that after a week of her being in the hospital, they wanted to discharge her despite her still being in pain. Because she had exhausted all the $4000 on treatment, he said the hospital had threatened to discharge her on the streets and he was trying to borrow more money to see if he could send it to her so they could continue with her treatments.

He furthermore told me that the girlfriend said that she was a Nigerian American citizen who was currently stuck in Nigeria due to her passport having expired and also due to Covid lockdown at airports in Nigeria. He said she had asked him for $300 to renew her US passport from American embassy in Nigeria.

Another thing that he told me was that just before covid struck, there was a similar pandemic which happened in Nigeria early this year and that his girlfriend had contracted the disease and he had to send her $2000 for treatment. Right now he said he's broke but is waiting for like $2000 disability check from the US government next week which he will send to her as soon as the money clears.

As he was telling me this tale, I was so angry with Nigerians and how they take advantage of people in love to scam them. I wanted to swear for the scammers angry


I'm at a dilemma here. Do I tell him that he's being scammed by Nigerians or do I continue to be professional and just ignore it. Because I don't want him to think I'm involved with it because these oyinbo people can turn everything on your head and accuse you that is your people in conjunction with you that are scamming him. They are that crazy.

The good part of me wants to help him but I'm hesitant that it may turn out bad for me. Please matured responses.

Please tell him the truth..do not allow any person fall victim to yahoo scam B.S..while they are trying to spoil our image with their fraud stuff..you are repairing it by exposing them..
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by Nobody: 1:53am On Aug 14, 2020
lefulefu:
something like Bonnie and Clyde cheesy

Hahaha �

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Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by Nobody: 1:55am On Aug 14, 2020
khia:


LMAO grin grin Ok I'm done.

Hahahahahahahahahahaha. This chick again. cry

Please. Let's live in peace ok. wink
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by Nobody: 1:55am On Aug 14, 2020
I like it like THAT

Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by khia: 2:03am On Aug 14, 2020
A Nigerian lady comes to the US and gets a job at a prison. She meets and marries an older white man (he's an only child and he has no children). His parents suddenly dies, he dies and all monies and properties belonging to her in-laws and her husband goes to her. What do you guys think happened? grin True story.
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by armyofone(m): 2:05am On Aug 14, 2020
That's too much money for the poor American! Please tell him he's being scammed asap.

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Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by khia: 2:06am On Aug 14, 2020
ALEX182:


Hahahahahahahahahahaha. This chick again. cry

Please. Let's live in peace ok. wink

Ok, but I'll be watching you. wink

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Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by lastborn111(m): 2:07am On Aug 14, 2020
Please tell him.

I pray your good intention will not turn bad.

It pains to do good.

God will punish every Yahoo yahoo boy.
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by lastborn111(m): 2:08am On Aug 14, 2020
Pays
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by emmnprince(m): 2:10am On Aug 14, 2020
DICKstractor:
Tell him o... I'm already feeling pity for tje guy...




That his Nigeria girlfriend fit be Slawomir, dammn nigga guy


Slawomir Damn niggar guy Issoryt is in Benin
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by billfast: 2:12am On Aug 14, 2020
The virus has no nationality or race. But in the United States, the new crown virus has caused a large number of black deaths in particular. The risk of black deaths in Chicago is seven times that of whites, and the death rate of blacks is high. The epidemic reflects the suffering of American society.
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by Originalsly: 2:20am On Aug 14, 2020
ALEX182:


That 3rd party thing sounds good. I don't want to breach professional grounds but I want to help. I'll reach out to a social worker then. I work with social workers at my job.

This is a brilliant idea. Why didn't I think of this smiley smiley


Bro... I hear you ... bit breach what professional grounds?..... Such a matter should be reported to the nearest Police precinct. They always welcome such leads and will further it to the department that deals with internet fraud....and therapists will also be involved to help the victim deal with the revelation.
Silence is consent.... why in such a case... you are even going against your conscience because of made up fear? What you should fear is if the patient dies or goes crazy as a result. What you should fear is when the truth is known... you as a Nigerian would be singled out as a potential merciless scammer...... all Nigerians are scammers. They will find a way to terminate you. Should you take action then you will be helping the image of all Nigerians... by demonstrating that not all Nigerians are scammers.
Does your conscience allow you to sleep?...mine wouldn't.
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by bustykasa(f): 2:21am On Aug 14, 2020
please tell him the truth or get someone else to do it
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by Nobody: 2:23am On Aug 14, 2020
Originalsly:


Bro... I hear you ... bit breach what professional grounds?..... Such a matter should be reported to the nearest Police precinct. They always welcome such leads and will further it to the department that deals with internet fraud....and therapists will also be involved to help the victim deal with the revelation.
Silence is consent.... why in such a case... you are even going against your conscience because of made up fear? What you should fear is if the patient dies or goes crazy as a result. What you should fear is when the truth is known... you as a Nigerian would be singled out as a potential merciless scammer...... all Nigerians are scammers. They will find a way to terminate you. Should you take action then you will be helping the image of all Nigerians... by demonstrating that not all Nigerians are scammers.
Does your conscience allow you to sleep?...mine wouldn't.

I really don't care about Nigeria's image at this time. Nigeria can as well roast on suya stick for all I care. I'm more concerned about the fellow.

Wetin concern me with naija. tongue
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by Tugee: 2:23am On Aug 14, 2020
ALEX182:
So I have this American patient who I recently came across. He's a fat dude who is like in his late 40s but has a very jolly and likeable character. I introduced myself and we got talking afterwards.

After a while of chitchat, he asked me where I was from. I told him to take a guess and he said said, you sound like you're Nigerian. I told him (regrettably) that I was Nigerian. He started smiling and told me that he had a Nigerian girlfriend and that we both had similar accents.

He then started telling me recent occurrences that had befallen his girlfriend in Nigeria. He said the lastest story was that she was in Abuja and as she was on her way to the airport in a taxi, the taxi had an accident and she was seriously injured and had to be rushed to the hospital. He said that the hospital demanded money before treatment started and he had to hustle about $4000 and send to her in order for treatment to start.

He said that after a week of her being in the hospital, they wanted to discharge her despite her still being in pain. Because she had exhausted all the $4000 on treatment, he said the hospital had threatened to discharge her on the streets and he was trying to borrow more money to see if he could send it to her so they could continue with her treatments.

He furthermore told me that the girlfriend said that she was a Nigerian American citizen who was currently stuck in Nigeria due to her passport having expired and also due to Covid lockdown at airports in Nigeria. He said she had asked him for $300 to renew her US passport from American embassy in Nigeria.

Another thing that he told me was that just before covid struck, there was a similar pandemic which happened in Nigeria early this year and that his girlfriend had contracted the disease and he had to send her $2000 for treatment. Right now he said he's broke but is waiting for like $2000 disability check from the US government next week which he will send to her as soon as the money clears.

As he was telling me this tale, I was so angry with Nigerians and how they take advantage of people in love to scam them. I wanted to swear for the scammers angry


I'm at a dilemma here. Do I tell him that he's being scammed by Nigerians or do I continue to be professional and just ignore it. Because I don't want him to think I'm involved with it because these oyinbo people can turn everything on your head and accuse you that is your people in conjunction with you that are scamming him. They are that crazy.

The good part of me wants to help him but I'm hesitant that it may turn out bad for me. Please matured responses.

Please you shouldn't hesitate to tell him. Let him know that it's a a very common scam tactics in Nigeria used in defrauding foreigners online. Imagine someone's life savings will be sent to one cheap scammer who will use the money to impress some runs girls.
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by khia: 2:30am On Aug 14, 2020
FanOfMyself:
The truth is that if there's truly a Nigerian lady ( i.e not a yahoo guy) then you need to see things from the perspective of this lady. Yes she might have lied (we ain't 100% sure that all she have told him are lies), but she might also be willing and ready to meet up with this your patient and even marry him at the end. Nigeria is really messed up economically and people here are struggling.
Let me just tell you this.
I'm in a similar situation also and the only difference is that I am a guy. I met this African American lady online sometime in February and we got acquainted pretty fast. Fast forward to today, she's really been helpful to me in financially and by extension, people close to me. In fact, I have been able to pay for tech skill and got certified all because of her. Yes I do lie to her sometimes ( infact most times) in order to get some dollars, but I really appreciate and I have feelings for her and I hope to meet her in person one day. So please consider the lady.

I have a question... Are you a lady or a man? Just curious oo

Do this lady come to Nairaland?
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by ProtectMyMoney: 2:33am On Aug 14, 2020
ALEX182:


I'm in US. The guy is a white guy. I'm a Nigerian.

Tell him immediately...what are you waiting for and why do we need to tell you before you expose the scammer to him?

My Omani friend told me about similar romance, i exposed the scammer immediately to him without coming on Nairaland to cry yen yen yen...should i bla bla bla...
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by Nauttyprof(m): 2:33am On Aug 14, 2020
Please, tell him ASAP.

We can't have people spoiling the name Nigeria elsewhere. People who give genuine people bad names outside the country.

It will save you from being seen in that light if he later finds out that you also weren't honest with him.

Please, tell him.

I watched a video just recently of a guy in Nigeria who has been using love stories to scam a lady who is 30 years older than him. The idiot all in the name of wanting to use her to gain green card had to said Nigeria as a whole is not safe for her type of person. Rather than say the locality where he lives. He cooked up several lies just to sell himself to the lady and at the end, gave us a bad name. The usual thought now is that all Nigerians are scammers.

Please, don't wait for again in telling him the truth.
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by khia: 2:36am On Aug 14, 2020
FanOfMyself:
The truth is that if there's truly a Nigerian lady ( i.e not a yahoo guy) then you need to see things from the perspective of this lady. Yes she might have lied (we ain't 100% sure that all she have told him are lies), but she might also be willing and ready to meet up with this your patient and even marry him at the end. Nigeria is really messed up economically and people here are struggling.
Let me just tell you this.
I'm in a similar situation also and the only difference is that I am a guy. I met this African American lady online sometime in February and we got acquainted pretty fast. Fast forward to today, she's really been helpful to me in financially and by extension, people close to me. In fact, I have been able to pay for tech skill and got certified all because of her. Yes I do lie to her sometimes ( infact most times) in order to get some dollars, but I really appreciate and I have feelings for her and I hope to meet her in person one day. So please consider the lady.

I have a question... Are you a lady or a man? Just curious oo

Do this lady come to Nairaland? It's time to do some investigating. undecided
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by EgunMogaji2: 2:38am On Aug 14, 2020
NobleSeed:
you never can tell bro if the first person was at the verge of scamming you. The first person telling you 35k might result to the fact that the stuff is a new stock while the other guy who agreed to give you for 15k still has old stock at his disposal.

Trust me, it’s the same thing. She’s a common thief.
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by Rhea(f): 2:40am On Aug 14, 2020
ALEX182:
So I have this American patient who I recently came across. He's a fat dude who is like in his late 40s but has a very jolly and likeable character. I introduced myself and we got talking afterwards.

After a while of chitchat, he asked me where I was from. I told him to take a guess and he said said, you sound like you're Nigerian. I told him (regrettably) that I was Nigerian. He started smiling and told me that he had a Nigerian girlfriend and that we both had similar accents.

He then started telling me recent occurrences that had befallen his girlfriend in Nigeria. He said the lastest story was that she was in Abuja and as she was on her way to the airport in a taxi, the taxi had an accident and she was seriously injured and had to be rushed to the hospital. He said that the hospital demanded money before treatment started and he had to hustle about $4000 and send to her in order for treatment to start.

He said that after a week of her being in the hospital, they wanted to discharge her despite her still being in pain. Because she had exhausted all the $4000 on treatment, he said the hospital had threatened to discharge her on the streets and he was trying to borrow more money to see if he could send it to her so they could continue with her treatments.

He furthermore told me that the girlfriend said that she was a Nigerian American citizen who was currently stuck in Nigeria due to her passport having expired and also due to Covid lockdown at airports in Nigeria. He said she had asked him for $300 to renew her US passport from American embassy in Nigeria.

Another thing that he told me was that just before covid struck, there was a similar pandemic which happened in Nigeria early this year and that his girlfriend had contracted the disease and he had to send her $2000 for treatment. Right now he said he's broke but is waiting for like $2000 disability check from the US government next week which he will send to her as soon as the money clears.

As he was telling me this tale, I was so angry with Nigerians and how they take advantage of people in love to scam them. I wanted to swear for the scammers angry


I'm at a dilemma here. Do I tell him that he's being scammed by Nigerians or do I continue to be professional and just ignore it. Because I don't want him to think I'm involved with it because these oyinbo people can turn everything on your head and accuse you that is your people in conjunction with you that are scamming him. They are that crazy.

The good part of me wants to help him but I'm hesitant that it may turn out bad for me. Please matured responses.

And what do you suppose your White American patient friend will think of all Nigerians (including you) when he is finally scammed? The very fact that you exhibit the faintest hesitation to warn him, seems to suggest that you must have the dominant trait of that Nigerian prince DNA in you.
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by NobleSeed(m): 2:41am On Aug 14, 2020
EgunMogaji2:


Trust me, it’s the same thing. She’s a common thief.
hmm over to her.
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by emmnprince(m): 2:42am On Aug 14, 2020
ALEX182:


Nairaland banned my account last week for fighting with one proud ediot and insulting him. So I went back and resurrected this one from the grave. I simply used I forgot password and typed my old email address, and here I am.


You sounded like a well brought up guy with sound mind. This your comment speaks otherwise. [b]"Proud ediot and insulting him." [/b]You drop your manner at home and unleashed your other side at him and you are banned!

I doubt the veracity of this story!
Re: Do I Tell My American Patient He's Being Scammed By A Nigerian Romance Scammer? by khia: 2:46am On Aug 14, 2020
ALEX182:


That 3rd party thing sounds good. I don't want to breach professional grounds but I want to help. I'll reach out to a social worker then. I work with social workers at my job.

This is a brilliant idea. Why didn't I think of this smiley smiley

You can't discuss your patient personal business with a social worker or anyone else, you are asking for trouble. You can ask the patient if he would like to talk to a social worker about any help he needs, if he agrees then you can give him the information.

That patient could be extremely upset with you going behind his back discussing what he told you in private with someone else, causing him to raise hell at that hospital and putting your employment at risk.

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