But just few minutes after I did that, our conversation on
WhatsApp changed to something else:
Patrick: I am looking for my money and document like $50,000
dollars.
Me: I don’t understand what do you mean?
Patrick: I don’t know where I kept my money. I am looking
for my money in usa 50,000 dollars
Me: Are you for real?
It started to dawn on me at this time that I have been
scammed. But immediately that thought came to my head the woman at the other
end called me to say they have received the alert and that I’ll received the
package within a few hours. So I decided to calm down and give him a second
chance.
So I continued…
Me: I mean really?! How could that have happened?!
Patrick: I have reported my friend. He is in the state
police now.
Me: Wow. Was he living with u?
Patrick: He was in my house some days back that was the
money I wanted to come and use in Nigeria.
Me: Wow
Patrick: No I live alone he came visiting.
Me: Okay. Wasn’t that kind of money in a locked safe?
Patrick: Waist wallet
Me: Haba dear
Patrick: And my document.
Me: Any hope of getting it back?
Patrick: Yes.
Me: Oh that’s good. It wouldn’t affect your trip would it?
Patrick: My travelling document is there. I will talk to u
later.
Then my phone rings. It was the so called American Cargo
representative telling me ‘Madam there’s a problem o. While scanning the bag
they found a lot of dollars inside. And they are seizing the luggage and won’t
send it until…’
I don’t know if they’ve had some diabolical help in
convincing me until now. But that call confirmed without any doubt that I was
being scammed! I screamed at the woman. She asked me to contact my sender.
So I asked Patrick on WhatsApp:
“Are u trying to scam me?”
Patrick: y did u say that
Me: The so called Cargo Agent is telling me they found money
inside the package.
He then sent me a lot of pictures on WhatsApp of the
supposed items he sent to me. But not knowing that by doing that he sunk
himself because one of those pictures had OLX written on it!
And I told him:
Me: I bet u didn’t notice one of the pictures have OLX
written on it.
Patrick: it was a mistake
He called me afterwards. Said he was crying. I told him to
keep crying while I rush to the bank to try and cancel the transaction. I guess
I shouldn’t have told him that. I probably should have pretended to understand
as I go to the bank to try and get my money back.
Anyway, I couldn’t get my money (N29, 040) back. The Teller
lady at Eco bank said they’d withdrawn the money. I really wanted to expose
these bastards. I talked to the manager about my desire to follow up with the
issue. But he said there was nothing he could do. That he can only release
information about the account if I contact the police, they investigate and confirm
I was scammed and they ask the bank to take certain actions. Patrick called me
while I was at the bank. I told him they better return my money or run the risk
of being exposed. He threatened that if I did that they know where I live now
and have my pictures. I don’t scare easily and I know he was only trying to
scare me. Even if he meant it, the area I live, he will be dead before he can
get access to me or anyone in the area and cause harm.
Anyway I decided to save my time and energy and count my
losses, learn from it and help others learn from it too. I am not ready to
waste my time with Nigeria police nonsense. Moreover there are many things I
can easily do without involving the police to spoil his business. Even though I
am sure none or most of the information he gave me were not his own including
the pictures, writing this post will mean he has to go look for another tactic
and another pictures to use. It’s sad that people can easily save to their
computer or device anyone’s pictures from social media sites and use them any
way they want. The day I realized this on Facebook I feared for many of us on
social media sites. Please restrict your pictures to Friends only. And before
adding anyone you don’t know in person as Friends on Facebook or any social
media site, go over to the person’s profile and read their details. If you find
out you have nothing in common, like business interests or they don’t have any
information about them added to their profile, ignore the Friend request.
I am a Webmaster and a Blogger. I know how to use the Internet
for maximum free publicity. I’ll make the so called Patrick and his team sweat
at least before they can scam someone else again whether on this website or
some else online.
Click here to Read Story from the Beginning.
Article Source: NigerianMarriageConnect.com
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