Andrew Enin, a web developer, has narrated how he was defrauded of N139,500 by impostors who acted as customer care service officials working for the United Bank for Africa (UBA) on April 28.

Enin told FIJ that trouble started when Love, his younger sister, who handles his account tried to recharge airtime for one of his friends on April 26.

“I don’t handle my account myself because of how I spend, but I get the alerts. When my friend reached out to me that she needed airtime, I told my younger sister to send the card to her. However, it was not going through. Then, I went to Twitter to call UBA customer care service out.”

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Enin said a UBA customer care service would first comment on his post, before sending him a link to drop his complaint.

The web developer said he did not know he was interacting with a fake UBA page. He would then send the impostors a Whatsapp message via the number that was given to him by them.

“After I sent them a message, a lady who identified herself as Adenle Aderonke, asked me to provide my account details. After I did, she told me that a One Time Password (OTP) had been sent to my registered number. I instantly believed it was not a scam because I got the OTP like she said,” said Enin.

The web developer said his account was initially fine for about two days after her interaction with the lady.

On the third day, however, he received debit alerts for transactions he did not carry out.

“One of our relatives had sent N140,000 to the account because of a professional exam my sister was planning to write. My sister had not send the money to the account designated to receive the examination fee when I received three strange debit alerts in quick succession,” Enin said.

“I was very shocked when I got the alerts. Immediately, I called my sister to ask if she had paid the fee without my consent. My sister told me she had not paid the money.

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“I immediately went to a UBA bank branch very close to me to lodge a complaint. It was at the customer care desk that I was told that I had been scammed. A total of N139,500 was stolen from my account. The Bank told me that the money was sent to an account holder with the name ‘Paystack Checkout’.

“I then tried to call the scammer’s number again but it was no longer reachable. I also went to Twitter to check their comment but it had been deleted.”

The web developer went on to advise the general public to be watchful so as not to fall prey to such schemes the way he did.