Scammers got me!

[NigerianLove 0]

I am so mad. I got online today to check my bank account. I do this every week or two weeks. Lo and behold if my account has not been accessed and over $400 used. You talking about somebody pissed off. I call one of the companies (it's a phone card). The guy tells me all my info., but thankfully the fraud dept. recognized it and refunded $225 back into my account. So, I'm asking questions about figuring out who did it. He said that it came out of Nigeria. That upset me even more because here my baby lives over there and he is a good person and I simply love it there. I feel like Nigeria is my second home. So, it was like a slap in my face. Needless to say, my fiance was so upset! He just kept saying go to the bank and change all your info. baby, right now. So off to the bank I went for some . Thank goodness, they helped a sister out. The other calling card company was out of India and of course they have no fraud dept. or supervisor for me to talk to. I was like what ! Anyway, like I stated the bank is fixing everything and redoing my accounts, but dang this is why we have a hard time getting our love ones to the US. A few are making it bad for the rest.

[totes 0]

I am soooo sorry this happened to you. I too have been a victim of bank fraud and it is very frustrating and makes you feel like you have been totally violated. You are so right, Nigerian scammers are making it so difficult for good Nigerian's to come over here. My fiance is also Nigerian and is an amazing man. I often find myself defending him because he's Nigerian because the scammer's have made the rest of the world doubt the entire country. It's both sad and frustrating. Unfortunately, there are so many people in so many countries getting scammed by these guys. Sorry, that's my soap box, lol. I am very sorry this happened and am glad your bank is making it good, mine did too, thank goodness!

tess

I am so mad. I got online today to check my bank account. I do this every week or two weeks. Lo and behold if my account has not been accessed and over $400 used. You talking about somebody pissed off. I call one of the companies (it's a phone card). The guy tells me all my info., but thankfully the fraud dept. recognized it and refunded $225 back into my account. So, I'm asking questions about figuring out who did it. He said that it came out of Nigeria. That upset me even more because here my baby lives over there and he is a good person and I simply love it there. I feel like Nigeria is my second home. So, it was like a slap in my face. Needless to say, my fiance was so upset! He just kept saying go to the bank and change all your info. baby, right now. So off to the bank I went for some . Thank goodness, they helped a sister out. The other calling card company was out of India and of course they have no fraud dept. or supervisor for me to talk to. I was like what ! Anyway, like I stated the bank is fixing everything and redoing my accounts, but dang this is why we have a hard time getting our love ones to the US. A few are making it bad for the rest.

[randolady 1]

Ugh, what a nightmare. I'm so sorry!

I hate how all of the fraud coming out of Nigeria completely influences the way that people think about Africa in general. My dad wanted me to watch a Dateline that was on last Sunday, and as soon as he mentioned that I should watch it, I knew it would have something to do with some terrible aspect of Africa. I watched about two seconds of it before getting pissed off: identity fraud in AFRICA was the theme. My dad, being the genius that he is, extrapolates the segments on Dateline into proof that Ombeni -an African- is using me for my money and to get into America.

I'm really sensitive to the news that comes out of the giant continent of Africa. You must be especially sensitive, having a loved one from Nigeria. That's one of the few countries that gets its name attached to negative press. >

[Kelechi 0]

I am sorry it happened to you also. I have so many concerns about this same thing happening to me especially because we have to send our bank information to Nigeira and our fiances sometimes have to print it out through someone else. I did not know that if you buy the ticket for them here it is a third party pay ticket and they have to have your credit card and ID with them. So anyone can get your information. If I had know he was going to need this I would have sent it in the binder. Well these are things we have to go through dealing with this process. Once again I am sorry for the loss.

[We_Destiny 1]

I am alo sorry this happened to you, I had to send a copy of my credit card and id to my SO also. Waht aI did was send it to the box that we share and was then able to delet it from the email for my home computer. Because, I am going to Nigeria for the interview, he did not have to print it, and for that I was sooooo happy. I to was concerned about printing my personal infor at a cyber cafe.

[blah0323 0]

I am so mad. I got online today to check my bank account. I do this every week or two weeks. Lo and behold if my account has not been accessed and over $400 used. You talking about somebody pissed off. I call one of the companies (it's a phone card). The guy tells me all my info., but thankfully the fraud dept. recognized it and refunded $225 back into my account. So, I'm asking questions about figuring out who did it. He said that it came out of Nigeria. That upset me even more because here my baby lives over there and he is a good person and I simply love it there. I feel like Nigeria is my second home. So, it was like a slap in my face. Needless to say, my fiance was so upset! He just kept saying go to the bank and change all your info. baby, right now. So off to the bank I went for some . Thank goodness, they helped a sister out. The other calling card company was out of India and of course they have no fraud dept. or supervisor for me to talk to. I was like what ! Anyway, like I stated the bank is fixing everything and redoing my accounts, but dang this is why we have a hard time getting our love ones to the US. A few are making it bad for the rest.

Sorry this happen to you, it's not just Nigerians doing it, I had it happen about a couple of years ago and it was someone working at a local store that kept record of my card and was creating new gift cards, spending like crazy.

[NigerianLove 0]

Thank you all for the words of support! My baby has been really supportive about the whole situation. It has helped that he is so security conscience, especially when it came to all those documents (our life) that we have to send over there.

Kelechi, I decided to scan my credit card info. and his friend has a printer in his house that he can use and not have to worry about the cyber cafe. Does your fiance have someone that he trusts that can print it for you.

[JJWashington 0]

Well, I am sorry to hear this happened to you too. I have to say that it also happens in the US. It happened to me about 4 years ago right here in the USA!

[JJWashington 0]

Well, I am sorry to hear this happened to you too. I have to say that it also happens in the US. It happened to me about 4 years ago right here in the USA!

[Zee Bee 61]

So sorry that this happened to you.

I was also a victim of bank fraud in January and know how frustrating it is to try and resolve everything. Luckily I was moving at the time and had to get a new bank so that was not too bad.

I hope you get this all resolved soon

[knl 0]

I'm also sorry to hear about this. I was not a victim of it, but have had things sent to my house address, someone using my first name but a different last name. I would open up the boxes and saw different peoples names on the billing slips. I called one person up and asked them if they were doing this and they said their credit card info had been stolen. I was getting boxes everyday, 2 or 3 of them!!! I called the company( it was finish line or something) and told them to stop this, well it took them a while and I had them pay for all these boxes to go back to them, via UPS. I did find out who it was sending them. Believe it or not was a nigerian guy I had chatted with online. Let me tell you how it happend, about 3 years ago, I was chatting with a guy from nigeria. He had asked me if he could send me something for christmas. I told him sure and I want some CD's. So of course I gave him my address. He sent me a picture of himself and about 5 of his cd's. A few months later was when the boxes of timberland boots were arriving. He did not admit at first. I guess he thought I was going to mail them to him. Needless to say I never spoke to him again. You never know who your going to meet online. Becareful.

I wanted to say something about the credit card info. for our SO's plane tickets. I am glad other people are saying they had to do the same thing. I thought the airlines my fiance will be flying on was just picking on us or something. They told me he has to have a copy of my credit card. I have been thinking of the best way to get it to him. So, is it safe to email it?? Glad to also know he will need a copy of my ID. Printing that at cyber cafe's is not good. When I was in Ghana, I was copying the pages of my passport at a cyber cafe, for my fiances interview, where the worker copied it for me, I was standing by. I saw him make 2 copies of the front page and he handed one back to me. I reached over him and grabed it from his machine and said, yes, you are going to give me this second copy you made. I asked you to make one copy. He said, I was going to destroy it. I said, yea sure you were.

Always becareful!!!

[JJWashington 0]

I'm also sorry to hear about this. I was not a victim of it, but have had things sent to my house address, someone using my first name but a different last name. I would open up the boxes and saw different peoples names on the billing slips. I called one person up and asked them if they were doing this and they said their credit card info had been stolen. I was getting boxes everyday, 2 or 3 of them!!! I called the company( it was finish line or something) and told them to stop this, well it took them a while and I had them pay for all these boxes to go back to them, via UPS. I did find out who it was sending them. Believe it or not was a nigerian guy I had chatted with online. Let me tell you how it happend, about 3 years ago, I was chatting with a guy from nigeria. He had asked me if he could send me something for christmas. I told him sure and I want some CD's. So of course I gave him my address. He sent me a picture of himself and about 5 of his cd's. A few months later was when the boxes of timberland boots were arriving. He did not admit at first. I guess he thought I was going to mail them to him. Needless to say I never spoke to him again. You never know who your going to meet online. Becareful.

I wanted to say something about the credit card info. for our SO's plane tickets. I am glad other people are saying they had to do the same thing. I thought the airlines my fiance will be flying on was just picking on us or something. They told me he has to have a copy of my credit card. I have been thinking of the best way to get it to him. So, is it safe to email it?? Glad to also know he will need a copy of my ID. Printing that at cyber cafe's is not good. When I was in Ghana, I was copying the pages of my passport at a cyber cafe, for my fiances interview, where the worker copied it for me, I was standing by. I saw him make 2 copies of the front page and he handed one back to me. I reached over him and grabed it from his machine and said, yes, you are going to give me this second copy you made. I asked you to make one copy. He said, I was going to destroy it. I said, yea sure you were.

Always becareful!!!

WOW!!! I would never have thought to take the copy from him. And that Nigerian experience is scary......

[Theone 0]

I praise you American that marry African men especially Nigerian. I am a Nigerian, there are good people and bad people but the bad ones have over shadowed the good one. This scam thing is really eating into the people, I cant even trust my own fellow Nigerian men becos it is so hard to know who is really and who is fake. The ones that are not involved in fraud scam are involved in tricking American women and marrying them all becos they want to come to the America. Nigerians, mostly the men will do anything to come to america. So for you American women that have found love in honest Nigerian men, I greet you and wish you the best of luck.

I'm also sorry to hear about this. I was not a victim of it, but have had things sent to my house address, someone using my first name but a different last name. I would open up the boxes and saw different peoples names on the billing slips. I called one person up and asked them if they were doing this and they said their credit card info had been stolen. I was getting boxes everyday, 2 or 3 of them!!! I called the company( it was finish line or something) and told them to stop this, well it took them a while and I had them pay for all these boxes to go back to them, via UPS. I did find out who it was sending them. Believe it or not was a nigerian guy I had chatted with online. Let me tell you how it happend, about 3 years ago, I was chatting with a guy from nigeria. He had asked me if he could send me something for christmas. I told him sure and I want some CD's. So of course I gave him my address. He sent me a picture of himself and about 5 of his cd's. A few months later was when the boxes of timberland boots were arriving. He did not admit at first. I guess he thought I was going to mail them to him. Needless to say I never spoke to him again. You never know who your going to meet online. Becareful.

I wanted to say something about the credit card info. for our SO's plane tickets. I am glad other people are saying they had to do the same thing. I thought the airlines my fiance will be flying on was just picking on us or something. They told me he has to have a copy of my credit card. I have been thinking of the best way to get it to him. So, is it safe to email it?? Glad to also know he will need a copy of my ID. Printing that at cyber cafe's is not good. When I was in Ghana, I was copying the pages of my passport at a cyber cafe, for my fiances interview, where the worker copied it for me, I was standing by. I saw him make 2 copies of the front page and he handed one back to me. I reached over him and grabed it from his machine and said, yes, you are going to give me this second copy you made. I asked you to make one copy. He said, I was going to destroy it. I said, yea sure you were.

Always becareful!!!

WOW!!! I would never have thought to take the copy from him. And that Nigerian experience is scary......

[Jasman0717 9]

I hate crooks

[Theone 0]

I hate crooks

I hate them too.