A Nigerian lady has cried out online after being scammed by a man who promised to upgrade her iPhone XR but blocked her after collecting ₦8,000 for delivery.
The incident was shared by the user @_cheemio on the popular social media platform, X (formerly Twitter).
According to her, she had made a post featuring her XR when a man reached out, offering to get her a better phone.
She said he requested a delivery fee, which she paid, only for him to block her afterward.
“Lol, someone scammed me of my last card, and that was for a new inhaler,” she wrote. “He pretended to send me a new phone after my XR tweet, and I sent money for the delivery fee ’cause I felt it was fair to pay for it. When it didn’t drop, I asked, and he got angry and blocked me.”
“I’m not even angry. It’s just so funny ’cause it’s 8k that you went that far for? Is that how it is?”
She went on to make several other posts clarifying her claims and describing the man as a scammer.
The post has since drawn attention online, with many trooping to the comment section to share their thoughts.
See some reactions below:
@mayy_rhee: “Omooo this is a known scam actually. Sorry you had to go through this.”
@_iamkhenie: “This is actually an old format. You only fell for it because people pay for delivery fee if they’re to be gifted an item on twitter. Sorry about that.”
@LyndaJames4: “You were supposed to ask him to send the inhaler, then you pay the delivery guy.”
@chididestiny0: “Why you let am scam you 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️you are smarter than this.”
@dunniszn_: “Omo I thought people were familiar with this scam format already. Sorry.”
@Talk2meeh: “Hope this didn’t happen recently because this format don cast since 2015 should have told them you will pay delivery when you receive it.”
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