Quote from: DaNNy001 on December 15, 2023, 09:20:43 PM

Quote from: Lida93 on December 15, 2023, 08:14:29 PM

Quote from: rachael9385 on December 15, 2023, 07:36:32 PM

My pipo, Una good evening oo, e get one kind of thing way scammers them take they scam people this days, and I know say some of us here go done they aware of am and many people too done fall victim for those kind things them.
The thing be say, them go call you con tell you say somebody for una or a member of your family dey sick seriously and em done rush am go hospital and the doctor say if Una no deposit money first em no go start the operation.

And the way them go call you, tension self go hold you, if you no be person way get mind you fit still collapse instantly (e done happen to me and them say nah my mother but God forbid nah their mama no be my lovely mother).

Op flesh and blood didn't reveal this thread to you AFAIK this came at the right time. I had my own fair share of this scam event gratefully the food Lord salvage me from falling into it based on wisdom.

Sometime in August it happened that my mom had to come spend a week in my place, I still recall that faithful day was Saturday when her phone rang and she picked, the next the caller started with a cry that her daughter has had an accident and they rushed her to UPTH and as food Samaritans they have deposited #50k out of #200k the doctor said should be deposited before they can attended to her and that the condition is critical as she's losing more blood with time and can die at any moment.

Guess what! My mom screamed and started crying too. Now guess what the scammer said; that he will send my mom the account number so she can do transfer for the remaining deposit of #150k so the doctors can start treatment immediately. I immediately stepped into the phone conversation took the phone from mom spoke to the scammer that what really happened he then explained again, I told him alright we have heard and we will be on our way to the hospital but the scammer still insisted that we transfer the money before coming to the hospital so by the time we might get to the hospital the doctor would have started treating my kids sister. I said okay and ended the call.

What I did was to use my own phone and dialed my sister's line her phone rang she picked greeted me and we discussed for a minute and I had to also put the phone on speaker so my mom could hear he voice and calm her mind too contrary to what the scammers had called to tell her.

To cut long story short, I called back the scammers and warned them to stop such costly play that they can make someone with high BP die of shock with such devastating news, what the stupid scammer rather did was to abuse me and ended the call when he discovered I have uncovered who they really are. So I later blocked their line. My advise to people out there when you receive similar kinda calls regarding emergencies don't be too quick to react, think outside the box and do your own consultation to verify the truth and how genuine what you're told could be.
Pls let beware of scammers they are real in different forms.

You are not the only one who have witnessed this, although mine wasn't actually directed at me but to a colleague at my work when I was actually teaching in a secondary school few years back . The scammers actually called my colleagues and made similar gesture just like they did to your mum but her own case was reference to her elder brother daughter sighting that the girl was shot and an operation needs to be carried out immediately and my colleagues being naive and filled with fear actually had to go and borrow about 40k naira from my proprietress and it was quite sad that she later found out that the whole thing was actually a scam.

So everyone should just be cautious as these are festive period and scammers are plying everywhere to actually hit their victims.

This things way una talk nah legit, and no doubt because me self e done happen to me too.

Abeg this thing really dey serious oh, make most of us no go think am say nah lie or one thing because I believe say some of our BTT member too dey confirm am.
This nah the time way e con be like say e dey hot so make we dey active and vigilant because as scammers them no dey sleep for night just because say them dey find pipo way them go scam, make we no just dey look until dem fool us, mai make me carry this discussion come here.
Just as this one happen yesterday, plenty pipo con dey talk say them fit even call you like say them won send you money, say make you go POS so that them go send money for you before you go Know watin dey happen the POS person done send money give the scammer say nah you go pay,,,, so make we no go sleep for bicycle abeg.