A Nigerian lady has shared how a man she met at an influencer event in Abuja allegedly attempted to scam her of ₦1.7 million after gaining her trust.
According to her, the man had already been following her on social media before they met physically at the event.
After they became cordial, she said he began checking up on her regularly and later asked her out on a brunch date.
“Few minutes later, he texted me that he had been trying to pay and didn’t have money. Long story short, he couldn’t pay for our food after the brunch, so I paid,” she said.
She added that shortly after they left the restaurant, he stopped at a POS agent, changed money, and refunded her, which she later believed was a tactic to gain her trust.
The lady explained that things became suspicious after she travelled to Delta State, when the man allegedly started making strange claims about buying a private jet and giving expensive gifts.
She said she later received a call from a woman who claimed to be an Access Bank manager, who allegedly told her the man had been making large withdrawals and had listed her as his next of kin.
“I told her I wasn’t his next of kin. Someone I had barely spoken to for a month. Next thing, this guy called me and said he was tense and asked if I could lend him N1.7 million,” she added.
The lady said she immediately realised it was a coordinated setup involving the man, his mother, and the woman posing as a bank manager, and she blocked him instantly.
The incident has continued to trend online as social media users express concern over the rising rate of alleged relationship and financial scams.
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A lady narrated how a man she met at an influencer event in Abuja plotted a ₦1.7M sc@m against her. After gaining her trust and taking her on a brunch date, he worked with his mother and a woman claiming to be an Access Bank manager to pull off the fräüd by making the victim his… pic.twitter.com/nlfOa0ZYGH
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