"Scams you know?"

It is true that as technology has advanced, 'thieves' who are commonly called 'fraudsters.' In my country, they are called 'yahoo- yahoo'. They have also manned up their strategies of getting items, especially money from people. These people are all over the world and not limited to just one country. In fact, their activities have crossed borders as they operate beyond their countries even without leaving the place.

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• Swapping of credit card: My husband told me of an aged man living around his office whom a fraudster at the bank's automated machine point swapped his card with a fake one. This is what they do to their victims, who are usually aged or some ignorant people. They will stay very close to you and monitor as you input your pins which they'll capture. When they notice you are struggling, they'll offer to help you sincerely and respectfully.

As an aged or ignorant person, you'll think they're genuine, you'll hand your card to them. When returning your card to you, if you don't check, these people will leave with your credit card and withdraw all your money without your knowledge. You'll only notice a debit alert.

• Phone calls/sending of sms pretending to be from your bank. They will call you and say that your account has a problem and that a code will be sent to you so that you can send some certain digits back to them. With that, they'll easily gain access to your details, which they'll use to transfer money from your account.

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My older friend who usually helped me bath my son when he was a baby rushed to my house one morning and wanted to leave immediately. I called her back and asked why she was in haste. She said she got a call from the bank where she opened a new account for her daughter the previous day and that her account needed to be verified. That they want to send a code for her to input on her phone and then send a particular code back. I ignorantly said ok, and left her since she said she wanted to go and check the codes and send them back to the 'acclaimed customer service agent' who called her.

Immediately, I opened the door and wanted to enter my sitting room. It suddenly done on me that the calls weren't from the bank but from fraudsters. I called her immediately. Thank God, she didn't send anything to them. She placed a call to a customer service agent, a lady she knew in the bank. She was told not to do any business with anyone and that the account had no issues.

• Another way is through the disguise of a job offer. Last year, I was about to leave the church when my phone rang. The voice at the other end asked if I was Evelyn. I confirmed I was the one. He began, "you actually applied to work with the National Population Commission as an adhoc staff member in the upcoming National Population census, your application has been approved and so, you'll be required to attend an online zoom meeting with the commission for a brief interview and questioning." I said ok.

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He continued, "So, a code will be sent to your phone which will require verification. When the code is sent to you, quickly send it to me so that I can verify you and send the Zoom meeting link to you." I said ok.

After dropping the call, they quickly called two young guys who were standing close to me and told them what the person said. They screamed, "no ma'am, please don't send it to them, they are hackers, they want to scam you. That's a way of using your two-way verification code to hack your Facebook or your account."

It wasn't long, the thief called back and said the code was sent to me so that I shouldn't waste time before it expired. I laughed out loud and told him I was a scammer, and also looking for whom to scam. He quickly dropped the call and went off.

• Lastly, pretending to be an online vendor. I have heard of people who sample goods online (Facebook) precisely, which they strictly ask the supposed customer to pay before delivery. When the 'supposed customer' pays them, they'll scam them of their money. Block their lines and from the social media platforms too.

These people have many ways by which they use to scam people of their money. They never get tired as they keep manoeuvring different ways to scam other people of their hard-earned money.

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