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Re: SCAM ALERT: Top 5 Ways Nigerians Get Scammed On Social Media. by AKSS: 2:20pm On Jul 16, 2018
ALERT ! ! A firm currently specialises on defrauding Nigerian job seekers AIB Int'l

Re: SCAM ALERT: Top 5 Ways Nigerians Get Scammed On Social Media. by romenna: 2:29pm On Jul 16, 2018
Thanks for dis
personally I need to be careful wit receiving money on behalf of pipo with my account.
Especially now that we have BVN.

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Re: SCAM ALERT: Top 5 Ways Nigerians Get Scammed On Social Media. by harriet412(f): 2:39pm On Jul 16, 2018
Funnily enough, my friend just got scammed of 50k ..Identity theft

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Re: SCAM ALERT: Top 5 Ways Nigerians Get Scammed On Social Media. by ychris: 4:28pm On Jul 16, 2018
That's nice
Re: SCAM ALERT: Top 5 Ways Nigerians Get Scammed On Social Media. by pcept: 8:54pm On Jul 16, 2018
TechCapon:
TechCapon



Social media is fun ! It has brought a lot of good things to the world but at the same brought a lot of pain. Scammers have made social media their number one platform and they keep bringing up one strategy or the other. Some scams are obvious while others are not and without wasting any time I want to show you some ways Nigerians fall prey to scammers on social media. They are called Yahoo boys even though most of them use Facebook, maybe the name should be changed to Facebook boys. Lol



1. ROMANCE



This is like the easiest and most popular form of tactics being used by scammers and surprisingly people fall for this everyday especially ladies. Anyone can just sweet talk a lady into parting with her money especially when the lady is desperate and needs love and attention. That doesn’t mean guys don’t fall either. Scammers now use female profile pictures to fool guys as well and get money from them. Some scammers are well organised and they have females working for them, answering the phones and so on.

2. IDENTITY THEFT



In one of my recent blog posts I made a detailed review of how Identity theft work and how to easily identify it. They can easily steal the identity of someone close to you and start sending you “convincing” private messages and you think you’re dealing with the right person. Before you know it you have revealed your personal details to them.

3. People asking for help.



Humans are emotional and will always help each other. It’s very good to help others but the sad irony is, scammers use this method a lot especially on social media. They tell touching stories that may be nothing more than a well garnished lie just to play with your emotions and before you know it, you’ve fallen prey to a scammer. This sad trend still happen everyday.

4. Phishing



They send e-mails and more e-mails to remind you that your subscription will soon expire bla bla bla. This seems obvious, but with more and more companies offering real support on social media, remember. Your bank will never ask for your account number on social media. Or your PIN or your password. Yet people still drop their bank details to some crook hiding behind a laptop!

5. Money laundering



Scammers are scammers because they’re good at tricking people. People have gotten into trouble by just helping others receiving money and withdrawing it for them or allowing someone transfer money into their accounts. They come up with stories of how they’ve exceeded their withdrawal limit bla bla bla or their wife is in labor and they can’t afford to wait on the line. You don’t know if the money is being transferred with a stolen ATM card and automatically the bank blocks your account and send out an alert on you. The moment you walk into the bank to make a complaint, you get arrested and land in jail.

SOURCE:https://techcapon.com/scam-alert-top-5-ways-nigerians-get-scammed-on-social-media/

this one na local scam... Na small boys dey do nigerian scams
Re: SCAM ALERT: Top 5 Ways Nigerians Get Scammed On Social Media. by meobizy(f): 1:23am On Jul 17, 2018
My friend once put it like this "the same way you wake up daily hoping to make legit money from your job or business is the same way some people wake up thinking of scams to obtain others' hard earned money. Your only hope is to recognize their tricks and never fall for them.".

One thing I've learned though, the majority of scammers never progress in life. The time they could use to create legitimate business ideas is wasted daily on creating scams. Their mindset is messed up.

Corporate beggars are bold now. In the past four years almost eight have walked into my house by telling the gateman they want to see oga/ madam/ that guy with the stylish hair cut etc.
One comes out wondering where they know the person from only to hear the same old lies. A young man told me once he needed tuition money and was headed to school for a full year the next day, that was back in 2013 -- I keep seeing "school boy" roaming my street every Saturday since then till last week. This is after chopping my 5,000 NGN.

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