I want to send another reminder that those uncultured, God forsaken scammers are not relenting in their strife to pound on unsuspecting populace to fleece them of their hard earn money.

I saw these messages from one of my relatives asking for urgent "30k". Immediately I saw it, I knew something was amiss but I played along. I put a call across to him, the call was never answered. I messaged him to call me, the message was read but ignored. That was the confirmation that I needed.

I know this format has been in existence for ages, yet it is very easy to fall victim if care isn't taken. How to avoid being a victim of such scam:

1. Try as much as possible to know all your contacts. I know over 90% of my contacts in and out and I know how each of them relate with me. The way these messages were constructed were in total divergence with how the relative messages me. He had never just said "Good afternoon " to me. He always add my name after the good afternoon. Good afternoon Snowland.

2. Be calm and think about the requests. There will always be some sense of urgency in them.

3. Think about it, most banks have daily transfer limit of at least 2 million naira. The ones I've banked with have 5 million naira daily limit. The idiot said he had exceeded his daily limit. If your know your contacts very well and the biz they do, you will easily know that this is a pure lie.

4. Before sending that money, put a call across to the person or request that they call you. If you know your contacts, you will recognize their voices even if the scammer decides to call.

You can add yours to the list.

Be calm and y'all be safe out there.

I've attached the screenshot of the messages.

This is Snowland.

That's when u lost ur sim

Na who get money dey reply

snowland:
I want to send another reminder that those uncultured, God forsaken scammers are not relenting in their strife to pound on unsuspecting populace to fleece them of their hard earn money.

I saw these messages from one of my relatives asking for urgent "30k". Immediately I saw it, I knew something was amiss but I played along. I put a call across to him, the call was never answered. I messaged him to call me, the message was read but ignored. That was the confirmation that I needed.

I know this format has been in existence for ages, yet it is very easy to fall victim if care isn't taken. How to avoid being a victim of such scam:

1. Try as much as possible to know all your contacts. I know over 90% of my contacts in and out and I know how each of them relate with me. The way these messages were constructed were in total divergence with how the relative messages me. He had never just said "Good afternoon " to me. He always add my name after the good afternoon. Good afternoon Snowland.

2. Be calm and think about the requests. There will always be some sense of urgency in them.

3. Think about it, most banks have daily transfer limit of at least 2 million naira. The ones I've banked with have 5 million naira daily limit. The idiot said he had exceeded his daily limit. If your know your contacts very well and the biz they do, you will easily know that this is a pure lie.

4. Before sending that money, put a call across to the person or request that they call you. If you know your contacts, you will recognize their voices even if the scammer decides to call.

You can add yours to the list.

Be calm and y'all be safe out there.

I've attached the screenshot of the messages.

This is Snowland.

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