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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by tuzle(m): 9:18pm On Sep 01, 2020
donproject:
See Igbos ehn...that's how they will run their republic if given. Experience I had with them in Enugu last week chai, I hate them more with passion. They call it smartness but these people are the reason Nigerians are known worldwide for their corruptions. It runs in their blood....ole, gbewiri, apomolekun jaye, jaguda paali, awon alafowora bi shina rambo.

I won't say much...I was defrauded in that same Alaba by a guy known as Bright in 2016, I swear for him shah but to my disdain, the guy is now in Italy after duping his boss and ran
guy don't turn this to tribal war, I and my uncle both Yoruba were scammed by same Yoruba boys at alaba when we wanted to buy flat screen. We knew after we paid a certain amount that we were being scammed but we couldn't do anything. If we had soldiers maybe we would have gotten our money back because in our presence some Hausa boys got their money back because they brought soldiers. So it is not only igbos that do scam, no tribe is exempted.

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by mabeni(m): 9:27pm On Sep 01, 2020
Cyoung4real:
lol, you wan buy full set of Home Theatre 25k?? people calling the seller a scammer should call the buyer a thief as well. next time an empty carton dem go pack spoilt CPU give yougrin grin grin grin grin grin awoof dey purg belle
you must be a fool. Re-read it again. Oh! I deserved to be scammed because i beat down the price of what i wanted to buy? Did i force him or if price no gree, i no go go another shop? Please, stop justifying what the scammers did. That's what they do for a living.

Secondly, even if i had succeeded in leaving the shop with the complete set of the sound system, i would have entered another wahala with the receipt i was issued to me. Cos some of their gang would have waited for me to come and demand to see my receipt and what I bought.
Na there i for enter wahala.



And you are here blaming me.

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by mabeni(m): 9:30pm On Sep 01, 2020
Dear MODERATORS, please move this to the front page. You could be saving another victim from the same mistake i made.
Thanks.

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by DannyJ19(m): 9:51pm On Sep 01, 2020
The way people justify fraud on this forum is overwhelming..


Blaming the OP for negotiating the price stated.



Op, you can get one small amplifier to use the woofer and speaker since you don't have a DVD yet.

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by Jlow2: 9:55pm On Sep 01, 2020
Promise soldier 10k inside the 25k for ojo barracks him go vomit the money

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by Craig24: 10:36pm On Sep 01, 2020
Na today wey be Tuesday when market no open na im u dey go Alaba go buy electronics? Alaba int'l opens on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays fully due to the coronavirus constraints.

If u like next time, dress with swag go Alaba int'l go buy something, them go chop u finish.

They'll grade your pocket on how u appear, and bills u crazy.
Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by kmaster007: 11:13pm On Sep 01, 2020
mabeni:
i have done since yesterday. Copied efcc, policeNg and some bloggers. Check @myckebenny.
Make e no be sey na fabricated stories and to show how painful it was to me.
I'll share you and help you retweet
Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by nedu666: 11:15pm On Sep 01, 2020
tuzle:
guy don't turn this to tribal war, I and my uncle both Yoruba were scammed by same Yoruba boys at alaba when we wanted to buy flat screen. We knew after we paid a certain amount that we were being scammed but we couldn't do anything. If we had soldiers maybe we would have gotten our money back because in our presence some Hausa boys got their money back because they brought soldiers. So it is not only igbos that do scam, no tribe is exempted.

The head of the task force is a yoruba guy. He is a big time trader. He will even educate you

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by nedu666: 11:20pm On Sep 01, 2020
mabeni:
i have done since yesterday. Copied efcc, policeNg and some bloggers. Check @myckebenny.
Make e no be sey na fabricated stories and to show how painful it was to me.

When you meet task office to report, ask them to show you those selling tested products without defect, in case of next time. But bear in mind that section prices are expensive and most times they have a cartel that fixes the price unlike those selling non tested and spoilt products.

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by nedu666: 11:23pm On Sep 01, 2020
I took someone there to buy samsung curved. They least price was 350k. The guy was shouting for wetin, lie laye. Those selling non tested were giving him the same product for 85k. Lastly when he asked them to test the tv, it came up good and clear, i asked they remove all wrappings, which they refused because one part of the tv was not showing and that's the part they wrapped.

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by mabeni(m): 1:47am On Sep 02, 2020
kmaster007:
I'll share you and help you retweet
thanks
Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by mabeni(m): 1:56am On Sep 02, 2020
DannyJ19:
The way people justify fraud on this forum is overwhelming..


Blaming the OP for negotiating the price stated.



Op, you can get one small amplifier to use the woofer and speaker since you don't have a DVD yet.
will amplifier or a DVD player work with it? Cos somebody told me that it Samsung dvd player that was not given to me is the ENGINE. and just any how dvd can't work with subwoofer.
Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by Emmypure: 2:34am On Sep 02, 2020
mabeni:
you are just an attention seeker. What is wrong in me beating down the price of the good I'm buying?so, You expected me to pay 55k because he said so?
Is this used sound system below to big to be priced for 25k? Ehn?

oga 55 k to 25 k no shock u? that's 30 k discount, more than 50 percent discount, if someone give me that kind of discount I won't buy again cos I will know that there is something fishy.
Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by Nobody: 4:17am On Sep 02, 2020
Vanzcharles:



Common will you shut up your mouth. Almost every young bit in Nigeria is into scam. You dey shout igbo. When everybody is into local fraud and foreign fraud.
Just shut up your mouth.

Do I even have time to get it down with you? Nay! You can hug a transformer if you are pained. Please stop quoting me...

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by Boozah: 9:36am On Sep 02, 2020
I read about how somone was scammed at alaba intl over a dvd player and woofer. Men my case no go ever be like that. I thought i was being fooled. Just imagine if this had happened to me at computer village. I thank God that i got a refund. But why Igbos everytime why. I have hardly heard such story from a yoruba or hausa. Its always Igbos.evrrywhere they are,creating more ipob related frauds ranging from dead electronics gadgets packaged as belgium,to stolen phones resealed as brand new,to adulterated drinks,drugs,expired drugs,fake drugs, just to fool the public nationwide

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by Vanzcharles(m): 12:37pm On Sep 02, 2020
donproject:


Yes sir...I will shut up only when you can prove to me that these people are not guilty of this fraudulent trait I claim they all posses. A typical igbo man before me is already a suspect of the worst criminal endeavour, whenever I have to do any transaction with them, I take extra measure to make sure I'm not counting my losses after every deal.

I don't care if you are igbo or not, you can go to hell. My last experience with this group was so unpalatable, the hatred I develop aftermath is so intense. You can start ranting from now till cow comes home, I care less. I won't reply you after this anyways.



Mumu you dey yarn rubbish,like say if we do business or you meet a random stranger you would not be filled with doubt at first.


Werey, person wey go dup you Go Dupe you.

I can not forget his many yoruba guys I sent money online to purchase some stuffs and they blocked me. My account almost got wiped by a yoruba guy. I retrieved it by Gods grace.


Do you expect me to start calling yoruba ppl up and down. Just grow up after all na for these thread we dey view as them dey catch yahoo boys anyhow. Politicians steal up and down.
But when your civilian do you, u go begin to scream tribalism.


Guy Go hug transformer, you disgust me with your tribalism. Tomorrow na that same igbk man go help you. Tomorrow na that same yoruba man go help me. So e no mean.

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by samtol4(m): 1:12pm On Sep 02, 2020
uvie66:
What is tribalistic here, 99% of the traders in these markets are Ibos, because they will never rent a shop to another tribe. Have you ever seen a Yoruba Man, aboki, or Calabar Man selling in these places ?
Bros am not Igbo but the truth of the matter is that what stopped other tribes from renting shops in Alaba ? Is there any law that prevent Yoruba ,Aboki and Calabar guys from selling in Alaba market ? Don't forget that these shops were owned by Yoruba people .How come Igbo guys now prevent other tribes ? We need to be objective when we comment on national issues . The bitter truth is that the Igbo peoples have mastered the art of business and it is difficult to compete with them in certain line of business .All tribes in Nigeria have good and bad peoples ,hence the guy who cheated this guy is not a good Igbo man . I know many honest Igbo men in business

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by Resemblance246: 5:07pm On Sep 02, 2020
mabeni:
embarassedi went to Alaba international market to buy a set of Tokunbo Home Theatre. Luckily/ unfortunately for me i asked around and i was directed to a shop where i would find my choice. I got to the shop and i specifically told them a want a SAMSUNG Home Theater and the search began. They tested 3diferrent sets but the last one got my attention and I asked for the price. The seller (shop owner ) told me it was 55k and i negotiated it to 25k and he asked me pay. I requested for his account details but he declined saying he doesn't take transfers. I quickly went to use POS, came back and asked for the SAMSUNG SETS i had priced be tested to avoid foul play. It was tested and i confirmed it. I paid, receipt was issued to me but without going through my receipt, I i wrote my name and signed because i never suspected scam.

Now, it was time for me to leave with my purchases and the boy boy told me "the engine/DVD to the home theater i bought does not support or work with electricity but strictly works for only generator ". I asked him to repeat himself and he did. The statement didn't make sense to me. He then suggested he could swap the engine/DVD of the SAMSUNG Home Theater i bought for another one that uses electricity. I sensed foul play and asked him why he didn't tell me these before making payment. Note :the owner of the shop had gone out when boy boy was telling me this.
Luckily, he came back to meet out arguing. I narrated what his boy told me about the sound system they sold for me he affirmed to it that the engine/DVD doesn't use electricity. I got confused and demanded for a refund. These guys refused. Insisting I take another DVD...i refused either that i preferred what i bought. They refused me going with what I bought. This infuriated a lot of noise and here comes in an elderly man who claimed to be the landlord of the shop.

He asked me what was wrong, i told him and he slapped the Boy boy. I this point, i knew was being scammed but was helpless as well. It was just only me against Alaba boys. The elderly man asked me to calm down that he was there to help me out bla bla bla and requested to see the receipt that was issued to me me. Lo and behold, the subwoofer and the other 3 small speakers was not included in the receipt. They only wrote the engine/DVD they claimed doesn't use nepa light and even boldly put NO WOOFER & NO SPEAKERS. (indirect or indirectly, i only paid 25k for just the DVD player )

The truth was, i never saw these errors before the arrival of the elderly man. he pointed out the errors and finally told me they don't refund money in ALABA that it was all a trick and the trick was for me to pay any amount cos the sound system i bought was more than 25k that i would have to add more money for me to go with it. I insisted i don't have more money to add and they insisted i take a Chinese product. I no gree.

To cut it short, i finally found out the elderly man was part of them. His job was to distract and calm their victim down. At the end of it all, i only got the subwoofer and 3 small speakers. The ENGINE/DVD was not given to me.


This was my sad experience today in the hands of some heartless Nigerians.

That is the face of the SHOP OWNER. TRUE CALLER shows his name as BEN.


acunnon, do you know this man?

Na them them they owned shop every where can't even count the number of times I ve been scammed by these idiots. If Nigeria had been divided long time ago by now these idiots would have been deported.

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by Revolva(m): 5:55pm On Sep 02, 2020
Next time if u wanna buy electronic go to a better place

Dem don mugu u
Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by Cherez: 5:56pm On Sep 02, 2020
This is why I don't pity some of these guys
So heartless

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by UDOKABESTLUV(m): 5:58pm On Sep 02, 2020
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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by Nobody: 5:58pm On Sep 02, 2020
mabeni:
embarassedi went to Alaba international market to buy a set of Tokunbo Home Theatre. Luckily/ unfortunately for me i asked around and i was directed to a shop where i would find my choice. I got to the shop and i specifically told them I want a SAMSUNG Home Theater and the search began. They tested 3 diferrent sets but the last one got my attention and I asked for the price.

The seller (shop owner) told me it was 55k and i negotiated it to 25k and he asked me pay. I requested for his account details but he declined saying he doesn't take transfers. I quickly went to use POS, came back and asked for the SAMSUNG SETS i had priced be tested to avoid foul play. It was tested and i confirmed it. I paid, receipt was issued to me but without going through my receipt, I wrote my name and signed because i never suspected scam.

Now, it was time for me to leave with my purchases and the boy boy told me "the engine/DVD to the home theater i bought does not support or work with electricity but strictly works for only generator ". I asked him to repeat himself and he did. The statement didn't make sense to me. He then suggested he could swap the engine/DVD of the SAMSUNG Home Theater i bought for another one that uses electricity. I sensed foul play and asked him why he didn't tell me these before making payment.

Note: the owner of the shop had gone out when boy boy was telling me this.
Luckily, he came back to meet us arguing. I narrated what his boy told me about the sound system they sold for me he affirmed to it that the engine/DVD doesn't use electricity. I got confused and demanded for a refund. These guys refused. Insisting I take another DVD...i refused either that i preferred what i bought. They refused me going with what I bought. This infuriated a lot of noise and here comes in an elderly man who claimed to be the landlord of the shop.

He asked me what was wrong, i told him and he slapped the Boy boy. At this point, i knew I was being scammed but was helpless as well. It was just only me against Alaba boys. The elderly man asked me to calm down that he was there to help me out bla bla bla and requested to see the receipt that was issued to me me. Lo and behold, the subwoofer and the other 3 small speakers was not included in the receipt. They only wrote the engine/DVD they claimed doesn't use nepa light and even boldly put NO WOOFER & NO SPEAKERS. (indirect or indirectly, i only paid 25k for just the DVD player )

The truth was, i never saw these errors before the arrival of the elderly man. he pointed out the errors and finally told me they don't refund money in ALABA that it was all a trick and the trick was for me to pay any amount cos the sound system i bought was more than 25k that i would have to add more money for me to go with it. I insisted i don't have more money to add and they insisted i take a Chinese product. I no gree.

To cut it short, i finally found out the elderly man was part of them. His job was to distract and calm their victim down. At the end of it all, i only got the subwoofer and 3 small speakers. The ENGINE/DVD was not given to me.

This was my sad experience today in the hands of some heartless Nigerians.

That is the face of the SHOP OWNER. TRUE CALLER shows his name as BEN.


acunnon, do you know this man?

Ibo people will never change their ways...and they wonder why no one likes them lol grin

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by hustla(m): 5:58pm On Sep 02, 2020
mabeni:
BEN, you and your colleagues will never know peace for defrauding me my hard earned money. You even had the guts to tell me that you too wants to driver BENZ.

Carry soldiers go there
Them go refund you grin

Na so them tell for CV Say them no dey refund money when I go buy S7 edge that year

I say no wahala, e good cheesy.

Me sef don dey find trouble since and my brother dey Ikeja Cantonment. Say make them no worry, I no need the money but when soldier finish with them, them go refund pass the money


Na immediately them say make I ff their shop girl go bank Wey them withdraw for me

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by Neddstark: 6:00pm On Sep 02, 2020
Reason you should patronize big shops not small shops like this. Also, get a friend in the Ojo army barracks. Threatening with military would really save alot.
Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by tellwisdom: 6:01pm On Sep 02, 2020
Now, it was time for me to leave with my purchases and the boy boy told me "the engine/DVD to the home theater i bought does not support or work with electricity but strictly works for only generator ". I asked him to repeat himself and he did. The statement didn't make sense to me. He then suggested he could swap the engine/DVD of the SAMSUNG Home Theater i bought for another one that uses electricity. I sensed foul play and asked him why he didn't tell me these before making payment.

Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by Orpe7(m): 6:02pm On Sep 02, 2020
Igbo men and fraud
Yet they will call themselves most hard working tribe
Thunder fire una
Na why una dey die like fowl for Asia
Scums of the earth

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by hollah123: 6:02pm On Sep 02, 2020
donproject:
See Igbos ehn...that's how they will run their republic if given. Experience I had with them in Enugu last week chai, I hate them more with passion. They call it smartness but these people are the reason Nigerians are known worldwide for their corruptions. It runs in their blood....ole, gbewiri, apomolekun jaye, jaguda paali, awon alafowora bi shina rambo.

I won't say much...I was defrauded in that same Alaba by a guy known as Bright in 2016, I swear for him shah but to my disdain, the guy is now in Italy after duping his boss and ran
this is d same thing they do in all other countries n when those people get tired of their excesses they start shouting xenophobia.

When Nigerians are been treated with disdain anywhere I don't blame them cos I know what they do to us here.
just imagine they will do this same thing in another man's land n when they are dealt with they start playing victim game

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by Lawsaite: 6:05pm On Sep 02, 2020
I just deh reason how many pretentious slap that boy boy go deh receive in a day.
And I'm sure na my Igbo brothers cry

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by Ykc2(m): 6:05pm On Sep 02, 2020
donproject:
See Igbos ehn...that's how they will run their republic if given. Experience I had with them in Enugu last week chai, I hate them more with passion. They call it smartness but these people are the reason Nigerians are known worldwide for their corruptions. It runs in their blood....ole, gbewiri, apomolekun jaye, jaguda paali, awon alafowora bi shina rambo.

I won't say much...I was defrauded in that same Alaba by a guy known as Bright in 2016, I swear for him shah but to my disdain, the guy is now in Italy after duping his boss and ran
you were duped 25k by alaba boys because you want to buy something of 55k 25k ,if you go to LG store and you saw tv 100k will you price it 50k?in as much I dont support what alaba boys did to the boy,if I tell what igbo people are going through in hands of yoruba people selling land to them in lagos you wont even open your gutter mouth to insult igbo people,in lagos igbo person will buy land 10 million naira and pay only for another family to come and start claiming that the said land is theirs what are you going to do ? Nothing ,then omo onile will come,please stop talking about 25k igbo people lose billions in lagos to yoruba land grabbers

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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by ThatFairGuy1: 6:05pm On Sep 02, 2020
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Nonsense talk
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Re: How I Was Defrauded At Alaba International Market Today. by Tremple8v: 6:06pm On Sep 02, 2020
Na them dey commot 9ja , them go dey spoil country name .

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