A Nigerian man has shared how he narrowly escaped falling victim to a suspected scam involving a ₦100,000 bank transfer.
According to his account, an unknown individual sent the money to his OPay account and immediately called him, urging him to return the funds—but to a different account.
Sensing something was off, the man chose not to follow the caller’s instructions. Instead, he refunded the money back to the original sender’s account, avoiding what he believed was a setup to use him as a “middleman” in a fraudulent scheme.
He revealed that the situation became tense after he refused to cooperate, noting that scammers are now becoming more strategic and deceptive in their tactics.
In a video shared online, the man was heard boldly confronting the suspected scammer.
He said in part:
“You think I don’t know what you want to do? You want to use me as middle man okwa ya? Hope you’re not m@d. I have refunded the money back. I for comot my 100 naira and forward N99,900 to you, but I sent everything back completely, trying to be a good citizen. Why are the account numbers different?”
Reactions:
Wizkidayo – “100k go don go for Baki with better Cana”
EKUN the MERLIN – “The problem is this, palmpay has merchant account number and also normal account number. She might be disturbed that the money will not go into her account, but it’s the same account”
perrydaeviper – “I don loose 50k because of this thing sha. Sent to a wrong account instead of my brother. She no even gree refund am to my own account. Na so money go. I don’t even know the person just that it’s OPay”
Rema’s Boy – “Omor if person send me that kind money by mistake I no go bother to return am oo”
Daniel – “I like how the person handled the situation.”
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Published by Ejoh Caleb
