A man has shared a dramatic story on X (formerly Twitter) about how he recovered part of the money a customer allegedly stole from his Point of Sale (POS) business.
In the viral post, the POS operator recounted how a customer once scammed his salesgirl out of ₦100,000 after claiming he had completed a bank transfer that never actually went through.
According to him, the incident occurred when the customer visited their POS stand to withdraw ₦100,000. The man allegedly insisted he had already transferred the money and began shouting that his bank account had been debited.
Under pressure and unsure of what to do, the salesgirl eventually handed him the ₦100,000 cash even though no transaction alert had been received.
Before leaving, the customer reportedly provided a phone number and an account number. However, the account number later turned out to be incomplete, containing only nine digits instead of the usual ten.
The salesgirl did not notice the error at the time. When they later attempted to trace the account, they realised only the final digit was missing.
At the end of the day, the expected ₦100,000 never reflected in the business account. When the salesgirl later called the number the man had given, he reportedly laughed and then blocked her.
The POS operator said the loss was particularly painful because the salesgirl earned just ₦15,000 monthly, and losing ₦100,000 would have been devastating for her.
He added that he chose not to force her to repay the money and instead absorbed the loss himself.
However, about a year later, fate seemed to present an unexpected opportunity.
According to the post, a woman later visited the same POS stand to deposit ₦80,000 into an account. When the operator checked the account details, he said he was shocked to see the name Otokiti Odunayo Babatunde, which he claimed belonged to the same man who had earlier scammed them.
Sensing an opportunity, he instructed his salesgirl to inform the woman that there was a network issue and that the transaction would be processed later.
About an hour later, the woman returned to complain that the ₦80,000 had still not entered the account.
The POS operator then asked her to call the account owner. When the call connected, he reportedly took the phone and confronted the alleged scammer directly.
“Odunayo, this is the POS shop you stole ₦100,000 from,” he said.
According to the post, the man immediately went silent and ended the call.
The POS operator said that day they were able to recover ₦80,000 out of the ₦100,000 originally lost.
He described the moment as “sweet revenge,” suggesting that the man might have needed the ₦80,000 even more than the money he initially took.
Published by Ejoh Caleb
