A Nigerian man has accused a well-known bank of using his account for dubious purposes after ₦6 million appeared inexplicably and then abruptly disappeared from his account.
The man described the strange event in a post via the social media site X (formerly Twitter) that was posted on his page.
According to him, he recently discovered an unforeseen ₦6 million deposit in his account without any transaction history to identify its origin.
He contacted his bank manager to get clarification, and he stated that the amount was due to a failed transaction he had tried earlier.
The man claimed, however, that this explanation did not match his own calculations or records.
After several months, he disclosed that when he checked his account, he found the ₦6 million had vanished without any indication or transaction record to substantiate its disappearance.
Sharing his experience, he wrote: “Last year, I had a phantom ₦6M show up in my GTB account. I keep accurate records of my accounts to the penny. When I called my account manager, I was told it was from a failed transfer to Opay. This didn’t match my records. I left the money untouched.”
“This morning, I logged in and watched the magic as my balance went down by ₦6M. No transaction line, no explanation. It’s shocking that a bank can adjust your balance without leaving a trace.”
A commenter on his post alleged that such incidents might be part of a larger scheme, claiming, “They’ve been using people’s accounts to move money. It’s been happening for months. Glad this disappearance confirms it.”
The man responded in agreement, stating, “100%. I keep screenshots.”
The post sparked reactions from concerned individuals, who took to the comments section to share their thoughts and similar experiences.
See some reactions below:
@khykhelormur: “You would have heard back from your account manager if you had moved the money to another account. My cousin reported such before and moved the money to another account of his. Till today, he said no one had asked for the money.”
@sulaimonidowuu: “I suspected similar occurrence with my account recently. I don’t have access to the bank app anymore but I receive alerts on my email. That bank need to do a clean up.”
@Big_Strategic: “Try visiting the bank and observe how an unhelpful employee might respond rudely, even when you’re simply requesting clarification on the transaction details or the destination of the transferred fuds!”
@datblarkboi: “I sent 10k twice to my GTB so I can withdraw from Atm, I withdrew 1, I later found a balance of 20k again, me I sha don withdraw the 10k sha, Tinubu sayake we no waste resources.”
@Gr8_nex: “I somehow have -N8,000 as balance in my gtb account from last year. I meanwhile, when they sent the account statement for December, it didn’t capture a negative balance. I’ve left it for them.”
@SaltOfLiife: “This just happened to me today. A random N12m entered my a/c since about 2 weeks ago. I knew it was a mistake from d bank,so I never touched it. I expected a call from d bank but got none. I just opened my bank app today to find out that d money had been debited with no trace.”
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Published by Ejoh Caleb
