“Computer Village Na Your Mate”: Nigerian Man Opens Box of 'New Android Phone', Sees Big Black Nylon
- A young Nigerian man has shared a video of a new and sealed phone box that only had black nylon inside when it was opened
- In giving more details about the story, he said that the phone was used as collateral for a credit taken by a customer
- Many Nigerians who watched the viral video were surprised at how the scammer played his victim
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A young man has shared a short video of how a scammer tricked a person with a phone box disguised as a package containing a new device.
In the clip, the phone box was unwrapped as one would with a new device. After the wrapper on the box was removed, it was opened.
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Scammer tricked victim with fake phone box
A black nylon with what looks like a carton were properly placed in the space meant for the device to give the box a fake weight.
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When many people said such an occurrence could easily happen in Computer Village, Ikeja, the man revealed it took place in Onitsha.
Watch the video below:
As at the time of writing this report, the video has gathered over 600 comments with almost 60,000 likes.
Legit.ng compiled some of the reactions below:
ENIGMA said:
"Computer village na your mate."
He replied:
"Onitsha people."
adwoa__aboagye said:
"No buh how do y’all buy things without opening to see what’s on the inside like really??"
"How did dey know dat what's inside is not d main phone and besides d person dat buy d phone is he blind."
He replied:
"It wasn't bought. Was submitted as collateral for goods collected on credit from his shop, but the debtor didn't comeback for it and..."
Euttyk said:
"When you graduate for Nigeria na when you wise pass alaba and computer village. 2023 don dey red."
Lady returns home with iPhone
Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that a young Nigerian lady, Funmi, who went to Ikeja under bridge in Lagos state to fix her Android phone has experienced the unexplainable.
The lady said that she gave her phone to a repairer, complaining that it was not coming on. Funmi added that she kept tailing the man as he walked into the market with the device.
According to her, the man gave her back the phone minutes after to say it had been fixed. The lady was surprised when she saw her device has been replaced with an iPhone.
Source: Legit.ng
