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Of course there are plenty people that will fall for these things. That you are exposed to these scammers strategies doesn't mean that many people outside there are exposed to it. About three weeks ago, I saved a bike Man that carried me from emptying his account to send to one scammer who was impersonating Untouchable Comedy. Many of us should be aware who Untouchable Comedy is if you are familiar with social media in this Naija. He met one fake untouchable who promised to give him #500k to add to his business. But he will need to send anything from his heart to an account number provided to him to help one struggling woman.
This Man was willing to do this, luckily he told me when I was on his bike. He was very happy, until I told him it was a scam. At first he doubted me, then I asked him to bring where he is chatting the so called untouchable. He did and I texted the person and said Alaye rest, immediately scammer responded and started quarreling and calling me names. The next thing he blocked the man. That was how I was able to save this Man from being scammed.
That's the sad truth, lots of people would fall victim to that scam people here see as cheap, some out of ignorance, some greed and the majority would be out of frustration from the hard economy, people are suffering and these scammers are aware of that, they know some people would want to try their luck regardless of whether they have knowledge of such scam activities, that alone would make them fall victim not only to scam activities but ritual killings or organ harvester. Well from your statement I don't think the bike Man is learned cause he's suppose to know hoe to differentiate a celebrities real social media handle from the fake one, also he didn't even think that untouchable would've used the #500k the scammer claimed he'll give him to help the poor woman instead of asking for his little money, those are stuffs a learned person would consider, expect the person is greedy.