You can learn a thing or two from this story!
fraudster on Wednesday reportedly duped this young lady (pictured above) of N14,000 at the
Guaranty Trust Bank, GTB, Allen Avenue branch, Ikeja, in Lagos.
crying inside the banking hall and attracted attention from officials
and customers.
approached her while on a queue, along other depositors.
claimed to be an official of the bank and demanded if I had a bank
verification number, to which I answered no.
ease of the transaction and gave me a verification form to fill”, Rukayat explained.
she moved away to fill the form, Rukayat said, the man went to the
counter and was seen talking to a teller. By the time Rukayat was done,
the pretending bank official had gone. Rukayat, who works with a IPhone
6 retail shop at Balogun street, also in Ikeja, burst into tears.
“The
money belongs to my boss. I have just been employed two weeks ago and I
don’t know where to get a refund for her,” she said sobbingly.
Many
bank customers were in disbelief about Rukayat’s story, while a bank
security guard reportedly ordered her out of the hall. Rukayat said.
Outside the banking hall, few Bureau de Change operators sympathized
with Rukayat. A middle aged Hausa-speaking man, Ibrahim Hamisu told
Nigeria Newsbreak a similar incident had happened previously in the bank
and the fraudster arrested.
as though he were a bank official and elected to help two girls who had
come to open accounts with the task.
‘He
(fraudster) collected two laptops from the two girls and gave them forms
to fill. They were able to discover who he was through the CCTV, when
the ladies raised an alarm.
The bank was thoroughly searched, but the fraudster had fled by then,” Hamisu said.