Man Spends N490k Mistakenly Sent to His OPay Account, Vows Not to Return it Despite Owner's Appeal

• A Nigerian youth has revealed on social media that he has spent N490k credited to his OPay account by mistake
• Two weeks after the mistake transaction was made, the owner of the money reached out to him, making threats should he not do a refund
• The young man posted his chats with the owner of the N490k as he vowed not to refund it, daring the person to make good his threats

A young man, @welovecourage6, has vowed not to do a refund after spending N490k that was mistakenly sent to his OPay account.

@welovecourage6 displayed the transaction receipt on TikTok along with his chats with the owner of the money.

@welovecourage6 revealed that the owner of the money contacted him after two weeks and demanded he did a refund.

The young man replied that he had spent the money, causing the owner to threaten him.

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Unmoved, he dared the owner to make good his threats, maintaining that he would not return the N490k.

The incident has sparked reactions online, with many faulting the owner of the money for his manner of approach.

View his TikTok post below:

Nigerians react to the OPay transaction

Adextorial said:

"I remembered when I sent my house rent to my landlord earlier and we didn't see for me to tell him. baba don spend money lavishly before e know say na from me. he was pained."

ADEBARE OLUWABUNMI HAPINESS♥️ said:

"He no sabi talk but please refund him or give him date God bless u as you do so🙏🏻🤲 stuffs like this Dey block blessing ni I Dey also return money send to me by mistake."

Dias hair said:

"It’s the fact that he’s even threatening you 😂.. person wey suppose Dey beg."

4eyes said:

"Go give police the 490k and complain sey you no know na k!snapper and he is still scaring you Wallahi na 300k police go give am after they don stress his life😂 Sheyb he no get manner…"

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OlobaPlutox said:

"Lack of approach ,abi how I go put the English."

somtochukwu said:

"This kind thing don happen to me oo🤣🤣 omo fear no gree me. after two days i got a message from the guy but his manner of approach was rated."

In a related story, Legit.ng reported that a man had returned N3.7 million credited to his account by mistake.

Man returns N235k wrongly sent to him

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a young man had returned N235k that was mistakenly sent to his account.

According to Robert on Facebook, he got a notification on his phone that someone, Ephraim, had sent N235k to his OPay account.

The money was a mistake transaction, and a few minutes later, Robert received a call from Ephraim, who said the N235k was for his mother and sister's school fees. Robert said he promised to refund the money and did so immediately after their call.

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Proofreading by James, Ojo Adakole, journalist and copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng