Afimag.com –
A businesswoman who gave her name as Ayowole has told her story on how she lost the sum of N10m to an investment scam in Lagos in 2022.
The lady stumbled into a young man who claimed to be an investment banker with Multibank Group. According to her, she heard him have conversations on phone with people that he would give them their returns.
Hear her: “Sometimes, he would also try to convince others to invest. He told me to invest also but I was reluctant at first. But whenever I was with him, he would receive calls and talk about the investment. That was how I began to have a change of mind toward him.
My friend later told me that she invested N3 million and gained N2 million within spaces of three weeks. I was surprised that my friend could get N2 million cash without stress. He also returned her N3m capital.
That was how I forwarded N8 million to him and later, I transferred another N2m to him making it N10 million. The money was given to him on June 06, 2022, and the second time was on June 09, 2022.
He said he would pay dividends on the July 05, 2022, totalling the sum of N16.5million including my capital. My proceed ought to be N6.5million.
Unfortunately, on the agreed date, I spoke with him about the dividends and he said I shouldn’t worry. But he ignored me since then and stopped talking to me and even picking up my calls.
Later, my friend and I visited him and he told us that things did not go well as he expected. I asked when to get back my money he said I should give him 30 working days. the guy vanished into the thin air before the expiration of the 30 days.
I went to a police station when I saw that he wasn’t forthcoming. The police who collected N30,000 from me and his phone number to track him said his phones have been switched off and there is nothing they can do.
We went to Zenith Bank where I transferred the money to. We were told that the guy withdrew the money on July 09, 2022, that he supposed to pay me and officially closed his account. Now, I need help. I don’t know what to do. Part of the money I sent to him wasn’t mine.
