Yet-to-be-identified fraudsters have duped a 63-year-old woman (name withheld) of N6.3m in Lagos State.
Narrating the victim’s ordeal, he daughter, who gave her name as Anu Joseph said the incident has caused her mother to fall ill, adding that she is currently battling High Blood Pressure as a result of the incident.
According to the victim’s daughter, she sent an undisclosed amount of money to her mum on June 7, 2023, to address an urgent matter.
However, her mother needed a particular document to access the money when she got to the bank situated at the Victoria Island part of Lagos.
Joseph said her mother, however, fell into the hands of fraudsters while returning from the bank.
Joseph said, “She came out of the bank to leave and was asking how she would get to Ojuelegba from there. Coincidentally, a car parked in front of her and the driver asked her where she was headed and she told him. He asked her to enter.video ad______
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“According to my mum, they started discussing Pounds, someone having a consignment and all that, and they convinced her to withdraw N3m and give it to them.”
She claimed that her mother, in the company of the driver, withdrew N3m, and went with the driver to meet some people who provided bank details that the money was paid.
“My mum could not tell anyone until her BP went high and she became ill. She is no longer in her right frame of mind since she realised it was a scam. She didn’t want to accept that she has been defrauded,” Joseph said.
She added that the fraudsters continued to call her mum on the telephone and she kept sending money to them until she had no more money to give.
“As if that was not enough, these people kept contacting her and she kept sending them money to the tune of N6.2m,” she added.
Joseph wondered why it was difficult for the policemen at the Force Criminal Investigation Department Annex, Alagbon, where the case was reported, to trace the fraudsters despite that their bank details were provided.
Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, advised citizens to learn from other people’s experiences.
“People should learn from other people’s experiences and travails. They should not just engage in financial conversations with anybody and should be very careful.