Someone traπsferred ₦7.2 mill!on to my account by mistake. I reported it. I wish I didn’t. Because that single act of “doing the right thing” almost cost me my life.- Man, whose bank a¢¢ount was used for moneylaundary opens up
THE STORY BEGINS: It was a rainy Thursday afternoon in Abuja. NEPA had taken light. I was ly!ng down, pressing phone with low battery, when I got an alert: ₦7,200,000
Description: “Lands/Final Payment.” I blinked twice. Thought it was a scam.
I checked my mobile app The money was real.
No call, No email, No explanation. Just 7.2 million chilling in my account like it paid rent.
I waited 2 hours. Still no call. I asked a friend who’s a banker. He said: “Guy, e fit be wrong traπsfer. Just report it before they involve EFCC.” Reluctantly, I called my baπk.
They told me to come to the bran¢h. I went the next morning, met with the braπch manager, and explained everything.
They froze my account immediately. “We’ll investigate,” they said. Cool. I thought I did the right thing. I was wrong.
Two days later, two men showed up outside my gate. They weren’t wearing uniforms.
One had tribal marks. The other had a thick Igbo accent. “Are you Ibrahim?”
“Come with us.” I asked who they were.
One just flashed a card: "CID - Special Fr∆ud Unit."
They took me to a dingy office in Wuse. No proper chairs.Just heat, files, and stares.
They said the money was linked to a land scam in Apo. That someone used my account as a mule. I laughed. I thought it was a joke.
Until they showed me the CCTV.
There was a video of a man entering a bank
Using MY account number to make a deposit.
I had never seen him before in my life. But the way he filled my details on the teller…Like he knew me.
They interrogated me for 6 hours. No food, No call, No lawyer. One of them said: “Look, if you’re lying, you’ll spend your life in Kuje prison.” That’s when it hit me: Somebody set me up.
Turns out the man in the CCTV is part of a network that uses random innocent accounts to launder money.
My account had been dormant for a year before I reactivated it last week. They found it through a compromised banking agent.
I was eventually cleared. But not before they froze all my other bank accounts for two weeks, seized my laptop, and made me report daily like I was a criminal. All because I did the “right thing.”
Wanna hear the crazy part?
The guy who actually stole the money was arrested…And released three days later. Word is, his brother is a senator.
I lost 4 freelance jobs. Missed rent. And until today, my neighbors still whisper:
“That’s the guy that almost went to ja!l for money launder!πg.” Even though I was innocent from day one.
Moral of the story?
In this country, being innocent won’t always save you.
Your best defense is proof, prayers, and power.
I only had two out of three.
If you ever receive strange m0ney in your ac¢ount, don’t just celebrate or ignore it.
Screenshot.
Report it.
But lawyer up first.
Because in Nigeria?
The system isn’t built to protect honest people.
THE STORY BEGINS: It was a rainy Thursday afternoon in Abuja. NEPA had taken light. I was ly!ng down, pressing phone with low battery, when I got an alert: ₦7,200,000
Description: “Lands/Final Payment.” I blinked twice. Thought it was a scam.
I checked my mobile app The money was real.
No call, No email, No explanation. Just 7.2 million chilling in my account like it paid rent.
I waited 2 hours. Still no call. I asked a friend who’s a banker. He said: “Guy, e fit be wrong traπsfer. Just report it before they involve EFCC.” Reluctantly, I called my baπk.
They told me to come to the bran¢h. I went the next morning, met with the braπch manager, and explained everything.
They froze my account immediately. “We’ll investigate,” they said. Cool. I thought I did the right thing. I was wrong.
Two days later, two men showed up outside my gate. They weren’t wearing uniforms.
One had tribal marks. The other had a thick Igbo accent. “Are you Ibrahim?”
“Come with us.” I asked who they were.
One just flashed a card: "CID - Special Fr∆ud Unit."
They took me to a dingy office in Wuse. No proper chairs.Just heat, files, and stares.
They said the money was linked to a land scam in Apo. That someone used my account as a mule. I laughed. I thought it was a joke.
Until they showed me the CCTV.
There was a video of a man entering a bank
Using MY account number to make a deposit.
I had never seen him before in my life. But the way he filled my details on the teller…Like he knew me.
They interrogated me for 6 hours. No food, No call, No lawyer. One of them said: “Look, if you’re lying, you’ll spend your life in Kuje prison.” That’s when it hit me: Somebody set me up.
Turns out the man in the CCTV is part of a network that uses random innocent accounts to launder money.
My account had been dormant for a year before I reactivated it last week. They found it through a compromised banking agent.
I was eventually cleared. But not before they froze all my other bank accounts for two weeks, seized my laptop, and made me report daily like I was a criminal. All because I did the “right thing.”
Wanna hear the crazy part?
The guy who actually stole the money was arrested…And released three days later. Word is, his brother is a senator.
I lost 4 freelance jobs. Missed rent. And until today, my neighbors still whisper:
“That’s the guy that almost went to ja!l for money launder!πg.” Even though I was innocent from day one.
Moral of the story?
In this country, being innocent won’t always save you.
Your best defense is proof, prayers, and power.
I only had two out of three.
If you ever receive strange m0ney in your ac¢ount, don’t just celebrate or ignore it.
Screenshot.
Report it.
But lawyer up first.
Because in Nigeria?
The system isn’t built to protect honest people.
Someone traπsferred ₦7.2 mill!on to my account by mistake. I reported it. I wish I didn’t. Because that single act of “doing the right thing” almost cost me my life.- Man, whose bank a¢¢ount was used for moneylaundary opens up
THE STORY BEGINS: It was a rainy Thursday afternoon in Abuja. NEPA had taken light. I was ly!ng down, pressing phone with low battery, when I got an alert: ₦7,200,000
Description: “Lands/Final Payment.” I blinked twice. Thought it was a scam.
I checked my mobile app The money was real.
No call, No email, No explanation. Just 7.2 million chilling in my account like it paid rent.
I waited 2 hours. Still no call. I asked a friend who’s a banker. He said: “Guy, e fit be wrong traπsfer. Just report it before they involve EFCC.” Reluctantly, I called my baπk.
They told me to come to the bran¢h. I went the next morning, met with the braπch manager, and explained everything.
They froze my account immediately. “We’ll investigate,” they said. Cool. I thought I did the right thing. I was wrong.
Two days later, two men showed up outside my gate. They weren’t wearing uniforms.
One had tribal marks. The other had a thick Igbo accent. “Are you Ibrahim?”
“Come with us.” I asked who they were.
One just flashed a card: "CID - Special Fr∆ud Unit."
They took me to a dingy office in Wuse. No proper chairs.Just heat, files, and stares.
They said the money was linked to a land scam in Apo. That someone used my account as a mule. I laughed. I thought it was a joke.
Until they showed me the CCTV.
There was a video of a man entering a bank
Using MY account number to make a deposit.
I had never seen him before in my life. But the way he filled my details on the teller…Like he knew me.
They interrogated me for 6 hours. No food, No call, No lawyer. One of them said: “Look, if you’re lying, you’ll spend your life in Kuje prison.” That’s when it hit me: Somebody set me up.
Turns out the man in the CCTV is part of a network that uses random innocent accounts to launder money.
My account had been dormant for a year before I reactivated it last week. They found it through a compromised banking agent.
I was eventually cleared. But not before they froze all my other bank accounts for two weeks, seized my laptop, and made me report daily like I was a criminal. All because I did the “right thing.”
Wanna hear the crazy part?
The guy who actually stole the money was arrested…And released three days later. Word is, his brother is a senator.
I lost 4 freelance jobs. Missed rent. And until today, my neighbors still whisper:
“That’s the guy that almost went to ja!l for money launder!πg.” Even though I was innocent from day one.
Moral of the story?
In this country, being innocent won’t always save you.
Your best defense is proof, prayers, and power.
I only had two out of three.
If you ever receive strange m0ney in your ac¢ount, don’t just celebrate or ignore it.
Screenshot.
Report it.
But lawyer up first.
Because in Nigeria?
The system isn’t built to protect honest people.
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