It's an unforgettable experience for a pensioner believed to be in his 70's who was defrauded recently by a young guy he sought his assistance at the Automated Teller Machine(ATM) box in one of the outlets of an A-list bank in Abule Egba area, Lagos.
According to an impeccable source, the old man was said to have requested the guy believed to be in his early 20's to help withdraw some money from his account after finding it difficult to get through with the operation. But unknowingly, the guy fraudulent used quick teller to transfer the whole amount in the man's account to his personal account I another bank in Agege area of the state, leaving the old man confused and devastated immediately.
"It was like a drama on Friday of last week when I went to one of these banks in Abule Egba to make withdraw via the ATM box when one old man, a pensioner believed to be in his early 70's was defrauded by a guy of about 20 something years.
"I was the third person to the man on the queue. I just saw him communicating with the guy in my front, I didn't really know what they were discussing until the man noticed his money, about N150, 000 has vanished to thin air. It's at this point the man was narrating how it all happened, but the person that perpetrated the crime disappeared from that spot immediately. The man was sweating, screaming endlessly. Then, one of the bank security guards had to usher the man into the bank to quickly lodge his complaints. Almost everybody there was caught unawares by the incident.
"When the man came out, a lot of people were around him him, consoling him. He started explaining to everybody how the whole thing happened and the amount he asked the strange gut to help him withdraw from his account, not knowing he has fallen a victim of a big scam. It was at the customers care desk where he was duly informed that the whole money in his account has been transfered to another bank in Agege area where the account of the criminal was domiciled.
"Honestly, no one could suspect that the guy was a criminal. I even thought it's the man's son that perhaps he brought him from home to assist him operate the ATM, not knowing he was a stranger to the man. In fact, everybody at that bank that day was just raining curses on the guy while some also blamed the old man for seeking that kind of help from a stranger instead of any of the bank security men put at the ATM boxes for that kind of purpose. I later learnt the bank promised to work on it and ensure the guy is arrested so far his account has been traced."
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