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Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by Paromarc: 9:28pm On Aug 24, 2020
peacesampson:
First was the 20k I lent a friend..which he refused to pay bk even blocked me on all chatting platform on top ask if nah cos of 20k I dey disturb...I still have others owing me some good amount which they are yet to pay

Can I owe you too? grin
Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by Slimzjoe(m): 9:30pm On Aug 24, 2020
Edoloaded:


bro I'm thinking of going into forex trading but this your comment just made me scared a little bit can you please tell me how you lost 8.7 million in forex


That guy is lying. Loose fire. Do your homework well, Trade demo for at least 3 months to know how the Market Works and don't get greedy

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Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by shogsmania: 9:30pm On Aug 24, 2020
About 5-8m on drugs a couple of years ago was using at least 20k worth of c**e daily got scammed 4million on a land by a relative after 6 years the matter still in court, lost 2million to golden shield investment scam in ogun state in 2011,made almost 3million on MMM only to lose it on a car deal a couple of months later.
They are too many instances, I can't even remember it all,it gets easy after the first time.

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Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by Dessy96: 9:32pm On Aug 24, 2020
HeavenlyHolines:
Nigerians get money ooo. Na million million. Any investment that u r not directly involve I mean ur self doing it by ur hand,don't commit a fortune and always shun d quest for short cut or get rich syndrome. Greed is bad
Aswear I'll rather use the money and open business let the business fail if it likes I'll know it's my fault than all this binono and nonsense ponzi......if all this triple your money was working nobody will tell anybody

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Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by Trezagezz: 9:34pm On Aug 24, 2020
IamWonderful:
Well you [s][/s]can whatever you like, I don't care, but It is not about the money but how it happened, if more than 10 igbos can support crime on a spot without any one condemning them, that is something is wrong.
[s][/s]....


YOU ARE JUST A VICTIM.. EITHER YOU LOST YOUR MONEY DUE TO GREED OR IGNORANCE...

LIKE ME I LOST DUE TO IGNORANCE OF TRYING TO MAKE IT BIG WITH MOUTH WATERING TESTIMONIES WITHOUT CALMING DOWN TO ANALYSE THE SCHEME OR MAKE A PROPER RESEARCH..
MULTIPLE TIMES I FAILED AND I CAME IN CONCLUSION THAT I DIDN'T NEED A FAST MONEY AND TO GOD BE THE GLORY, I HAVE RECOVERED ALL...

SO STOP A BLAME GAME OR TRIBAL HATE AND START AFRESH

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Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by Christardor: 9:44pm On Aug 24, 2020
cass1:
lost 6.8 million to bet9ja virtual upper friday and $650 last friday. I've been loosing money to bet9ja right from nigeria until now, so i can't really say a specific amount. I'm determined to stop now, in the long run, gambling makes you broke and poor. I can't even take care of myself very well.
Lesson learnt: if you need money or under pressure to recover your losses, DO NOT GAMBLE!!!!!! you'll lose more and secondly, use whatever money you have to pay off debts you owe because YOU CAN'T REALLY PLAN WELL WHILE THINKING OF PAYING DEBTS.
I think we should have a platform on how to stop gambling, IT'S KILLING OUR FUTURE.
Let me save you before it's too late. Knowledge they say is powerful.

My number is in my signature, get in touch.
Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by olamilarks(m): 9:46pm On Aug 24, 2020
BraniacX:
I loaned my ex's dad 50k to add to his funds to execute his contract some years ago, suffice to say all na voicemail
monies loaned to gf's families usually ends as bad debt

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Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by Cheeryfeet: 9:47pm On Aug 24, 2020
etibaba:
What do you mean by "You lost your seed"?
There is a 12 word seed for every wallet. If you lose it you have lost that wallet and it's content for ever
Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by Divay22(f): 9:47pm On Aug 24, 2020
komodapson:
After several losses to so many ponzi schemes like wealth solution(70k) Penny wise(45k) and MMM (50k). The most recent happened in 2018. A close friend introduced me to a fake travel agency in Osogbo about a (60k) work visa to Australia. I carried out due diligence about cost of travelling to Australia and visa issuance on various platforms, but I'm not convinced about offer of the Osogbo travel agency. It was quite in contrast with my findings.

Despite the fact that I wasn't convinced about the offer, because I knew the cost of Australia visa class(es):work,student,visit differs and more than the 60k the fake agency is offering, yet I travelled all the way from Lagos to Osogbo just based on the fact that "my friend also participated " and based on Yoruba saying : tàbá rà ìró, à lé rà ò tó meaning: if you don't buy lies you cannot know the truth.

Gbam: the predicted happened... It came out the agency was a scam and millions of people's hard earned money was lost.

Lesson: Risk level differs among people and do not part with money if you're not sure of the business or investment
Penny gini shocked shocked
Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by olamilarks(m): 9:48pm On Aug 24, 2020
Loaned a friend 21k to fix his car since Janvier, he hasn't paid back up till now.
Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by Donclique(m): 9:49pm On Aug 24, 2020
Maybe this thread is created for me, just at the right time. Lol.
Barely up to a month now, haven't still gotten over it yet. I was steadily transferring all my life savings totalling 400k to an unknown fraudster, and now I'm left with nothing. You can imagine how traumatizing and hrt breaking that could be, I'm even still feeling sorry for myself and sobbing as I'm typing this, infact words can't explain how I'm feeling right now. At my age, at this crucial stage of my life, n proposing better plans for my future? And now I'm on the verge of losing this amount of money?. I've really felt and understand while the weak going thru depression commits suicide, but NO life still goes on.
It's a long story, I pray to God that my plans on getting back my money be successful, Amen.
Lessons at this point : Patience is the key. Another thing is trust, I easily trust people and that's part of what lead me into this.

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Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by ezewealth(m): 9:50pm On Aug 24, 2020
I swap my huawi Y5 + 100k for fake iPhone Xmas in wuse market, got home n d phone no gree on again.
I forgot to secure my luno account, n person collected my 0.752 bitcoin from my wallet

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Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by Christardor: 9:51pm On Aug 24, 2020
thonyman:
I lost over 450k within a month to bet9ja in 2019, I tried recouping my lost fund of initial 260k only to see it increase to 450k in space of 2 months, Liverpool vs Barcelona semi final champions league was the last straw that broke my camel back as i layed 260k for Barcelona to qualify for final, i think the odd was around 1.12 as Barca has already thrashed Liverpool 3 to 0 at Camp Nou only for Barcelona to receive 4 to 0 at Anfield, what a game!
I couldn't sleep and felt so depressed.
February 2020, a miracle happened, i saw a link for arbitrage betting training, d guy requested 1k to join the watsapp group for training and i decided to try it out, i was like 1k is too small, i won't mind getting scammed, only for it to be real.
Between Febuary to June dis year, i recovered all lost to betting from many bookmakers sites and made more than what i lost, it only pained me that bet9ja was not the bookmaker that paid most of the funds recovered. There was no lockdown for me as the period was when i recovered all my lost fund from conglomerates of betting sites through arbitrage makers.
SAY NO TO GAMBLING
Lol correct guy.

If you want to make bet9ja pay you this time, I get way.... my number dey my signature.

I just pity people wey dey gamble nonsense.
Sport trading is the f*cking way
Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by darfay: 9:56pm On Aug 24, 2020
juniorstar:

hope am not making d same mistake! about buying an iphone x for my gal with the profit of the money she gave me to invest for her although i got myself 2plot of land from the profit also i no tell am sha. when we marry i go tell am!!


so you used her money(proceeds from her investment) to enrich yourself without her knowledge? isn't that wickedness? if na woman do this thing na, all y'all misogynist Nairalanders go don dey self-service seriously

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Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by Penboy: 9:57pm On Aug 24, 2020
missimelda01:

Nokia 5

Cool
Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by holuwajobar(m): 10:14pm On Aug 24, 2020
Buddy0:


I'm not sure you know anything about forex... You should know forex losses can accumulate if you don't have a very good strategy.
I know losses can accumulate.... Also I'm really good in forex trading......
Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by Coolgent(m): 10:16pm On Aug 24, 2020
In 2015 I lost about 4000 dollars just to ensure Buhari win in my place.
Oh God forgive me!

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Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by sniperbubble(m): 10:23pm On Aug 24, 2020
Ianmaduka:
yeah how many should I count on....thou this last one is the most painful cos I don’t even know how to forget it.my friends Instagram was hacked then used it to rub me.unto Binomo scarm and 370k last 2weeks bank transfer and I don’t know what to do about it till now.please any idea of cybercrime agents in Lagos or Nigerian??
yes there is

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Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by fowlyansh181(m): 10:24pm On Aug 24, 2020
NNAMDIII:
Then i know i died trying to kill them grin
news flash!
They won’t know you died trying to kill them, they won’t even know you died.

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Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by Nobody: 10:29pm On Aug 24, 2020
Slimzjoe:



That guy is lying. Loose fire. Do your homework well, Trade demo for at least 3 months to know how the Market Works and don't get greedy
Okay bro. Please what app do u recommend
Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by CAUSTIC002: 10:35pm On Aug 24, 2020
100k on barca to beat praha ft 0:0

100k on juve to beat sassulo ft 2:2

100k on Albania to beat andorra ft 2:2

100k on a team with two man advantage ft 2:2
and others l cant remember totaling about 1m
but I ve never lost more than 100k at a go.

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Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by Nobody: 10:35pm On Aug 24, 2020
Nuttella:
When I was much younger, I sent a guy I was dating online 5k cause he was in need of money, such fuckery! How he was able to bill me and knock out 5k from me is still a mystery to me till date and we never for once met till we broke up online so I could recoup my money. angry.


Such loss!!!
Date me. Won't steal your 5k
Pinky promise
Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by cass1(m): 10:36pm On Aug 24, 2020
SmartPolician:


You see, I have a friend who has been into forex trading for more than 10 years

He has been asking me to invest just $500 and get 25% per month, but I refused

Do you know why?

I feel that 25% is too much for him to pay me every month.

Funnily enough, I told him that I invested N1m in another forex trading company that pays me 15%. And they have never failed me since November 2019.

The truth is, greed kills.

what forex company is that
Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by SmartPolician: 10:36pm On Aug 24, 2020
cass1:
what forex company is that

MBA forex

Google the rest

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Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by eligwe2019: 10:36pm On Aug 24, 2020
I got scammed by an igbo trader name okafor Raphael of 50k which I sent to him for goods I ordered for in ladipo market. To think that I was scammed of the money when my wife just gave birth and more so I have been buying goods from him for 5years now makes me wonder why people could be heartless. I learnt never to trust Igbos especially in business( with due respect to the honest ones).

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Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by ymstar(m): 10:39pm On Aug 24, 2020
Here to learn
Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by Nobody: 10:42pm On Aug 24, 2020
Millions on a deal with a company....
When they thought they got me I was waiting for them somewhere else. I own the company now.

Lesson learnt, take a risk, but always give room for plan B. Always have an out and a backup plan.

Every body complain about mmm. Sorry to you all. I researched and knew it was gonna fail. So I farabale... Chop am and ran while I was ahead

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Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by Nobody: 10:42pm On Aug 24, 2020
I was robbed $1200 in Ghana ,it was my school fees, when people say Ghanaians are hospitable and don’t steal I throw dem slap.

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Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by ghettochild(m): 11:06pm On Aug 24, 2020
tamdun:
50k to mmm, the thin crashed d same month I joined
Lesson, no shot cut to success
Lol MMM kill me.... I paid Nov 15..
Was expecting to get paid Dec 15, 2016
You know the story..las Las I gained back sha when it was resurrected again with 100% increase in Aug 2017
Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by Mypeople2(m): 11:08pm On Aug 24, 2020
My people my own is the 20k I paid to a job scammer for a job of over 200k .Las las na scam.
Lesson learnt : Allow your conscience to lead you

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Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by juniorstar(m): 11:19pm On Aug 24, 2020
darfay:



so you used her money(proceeds from her investment) to enrich yourself without her knowledge? isn't that wickedness? if na woman do this thing na, all y'all misogynist Nairalanders go don dey self-service seriously
not wickedness can never be wicked to her never. for me to make profit. i used my equipments, skills, staff and at least *10 of what she invested. . The land is just me setting in motion medium/ long term investment vehicle. but now she can buy what she wants and even get her money back if she so desires. afterall i never asked her for anyoney she trusts my financial judgement. ppl should learn to know where value is and put ur money there avoid prejudice. That's the secret!

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Re: Biggest Amount Of Money You Have Ever Lost In Life And Lessons Learnt From It by etibaba(m): 11:20pm On Aug 24, 2020
Cheeryfeet:

There is a 12 word seed for every wallet. If you lose it you have lost that wallet and it's content for ever
i use blockchain but i sincerely haven't taken note of any seed, thanks for the heads-up.

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