A fraudster Wednesday duped a young
lady of N14,000 at the Guaranty Trust Bank,
GTB, Allen Avenue branch, Ikeja, in Lagos.
The young lady, who identified herself with
one name, Ruqayat, was seen crying inside
the banking hall and attracted attention from
officials and customers. According to
Rukayat, a man dressed in a corporate outfit
approached her while on a queue, along
other depositors.
He claimed to be an official of the bank and
demanded if I had a bank verification
number, to which I answered no. “He
collected the money for ease of the
transaction and gave me a verification form
to fill”, Rukayat explained.
While 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
pretended 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 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. The previous fraudster, Hamisu
said, acted 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.
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