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Warning: Watch Out!! -Nigerian Crooks Running Loose in Lusaka
I just want to share an experience I encountered a few days ago.
Last week I was taking a number on one of the posters on Zimbabwe road in Rhodes Park when some one approached me. He introduced himself as a refugee from Sudan and he come in Lusaka for interviews with UNHCR and he further went on to say that he needed to make some friends with some Zambians.
Since I was in a hurry I just gave him my business card and asked him to call me later. He called me the following day in the morning and asked that we meet so that he can explain his position, I proposed that we meet at Manda Hill for Lunch.
I met him at Manda Hill and we had some lunch at Chicken Inn and during lunch he explained to me that his is the son to a former Sudanese General who was killed in the war, that his father left him him some money before he died and that he came to Zambia so that he can invest this money but that the problem he is facing is that the law will not allow him to invest and that he does not know anyone one in Lusaka, that is the reason he is trying to make friends with me. After lunch he suggested that we meet the following day, but I told him I would be busy.
From his accent I knew he is actually a Nigerian and not Sudanese and I knew what he wanted but I just wanted to follow the whole saga.
After about 4 days he called me again asking that I meet him at Manda Hill but I told him I was busy and that I can only meet him after work at 17hrs and he said I meet him by UNHCR on Alick Nkhata road. I met him there and he suggested that we go somewhere so that he shows me something, we drove somewhere and parked by the road then he showed me a purported letter from UK to the Sudanese government explaining that the the UK had sent money disguised in green money size papers and that the money would only show after they wash with some chemicals which were in a different container. The chemicals and the ”money” would not be shipped in the same consignment for security reasons.
He then said that he had 1.5Millinon pounds worth of these notes which needed investing, he then pulled the ”chemicals” and two notes from his pocket and then started washing them, then he washed off with some water he had in a bottle. After washing, clean 20 pound bills showed,
Clean as if they are just from the bank!!!
And then he said he needed about K3,500 from me for him to clear the rentals where he is keeping this money so that he can retrieve the boxes and then we can do the washing from somewhere.
The following day, I toke this 20pound note to the bank and it was certified genuine and I even changed it to Kwacka, I stopped communicating with him after this incident.
These crooks have some genuine money to hoodwink unsuspecting people into thinking that there is plenty where this came from but in fact they just have a few genuine notes for scamming
I just thought of sharing this experience, just in case some brother/sister falls in the same trap.
Posted by Kunda
on September 10, 2014. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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jungle kiswa
September 10, 2014 at 2:14 pm
You should have reported him to police. You are also a crook.
Drum z Beat
September 10, 2014 at 4:52 pm
419ner have arrived!!
kweshako
September 10, 2014 at 2:18 pm
kale fya amba biggy man.in kitwe we call them washa washa.y did u not report him to the police instead of sharing it on tumfweko.u have already set him loose and by the time some innocent sole is going to read your story on this media ninshi naba mu washa kale.it’s not only nigerians,even zambians do that with the help of congolese.
TI TI
September 10, 2014 at 2:25 pm
Thanks. I know some people will still be duped
wafwa
September 10, 2014 at 2:30 pm
You are also a crook. show us were you stay so that we pick you up criminal.you were supposed to involve the police.
DM
September 10, 2014 at 2:42 pm
Thank you very much for the wonderful information. it will go a long way
Ken
September 10, 2014 at 3:00 pm
I know about such since I was in grade 12 1990
Kalulete
September 10, 2014 at 3:11 pm
We need it ,thanks
Kapaso
September 10, 2014 at 3:59 pm
Kale bayamba,me I even ended up going to the bank with him and withdrawn by then K300.00 that was in 2002 efyo baile ba ZED mukuteya bola mu ndeke.
Boko Haram
September 10, 2014 at 4:02 pm
That is normal, even me I have received several such messages via email, even requesting for my bank account so that they deposit money.
Wina Azalila
September 10, 2014 at 4:14 pm
Bwana, you are also a smart crook. You have eaten his 20 pounds.
test@e
September 10, 2014 at 4:27 pm
Its called 419.
tutu
September 10, 2014 at 4:43 pm
boyi walichichita bwino, nganinebo nganali ita na ma fellaz nokuchiponona futi…ifi ifima foreigners fyakutupasana
Joseph Mulauzi
September 10, 2014 at 4:58 pm
There is also someone calling himself Professor Singh who asks for between K500 and K900 after he asks you a few questions and telling you about your luck star and what will happen to you in a few days/months. Be careful with his tricks.
Drumzz
September 10, 2014 at 9:06 pm
Yep you said it here first!! There is a gang of asian men wearing turbans pretending to be prophets, fortune-tellers or miracle healers”… BEWARE!!
Camouflage
September 10, 2014 at 9:14 pm
Mind you. Con-men come in all colors and style *wink*
Definitions of a con artist:
– A swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim;
– A person who defrauds or swindles others after first gaining their trust;
– A person adept at lying, cajolery, or glib self-serving talk.
According to the synonyms for ‘con artist’ are chiseller, defrauder, grifter, scammer, swindler, and gouger.
A Rose by Any Other Name
September 10, 2014 at 9:28 pm
Joseph Mulanzi, the “sakalanyongo plofessa” marked you before approaching you with the offer to read your future… firstly because you probably seemed to him that you had money to spend!! That indian or pakisatani conman is a big time crook that must be stopped.. i met him or one of “them” at Longarces shopping complex and told to F*ck off!!
scott
September 10, 2014 at 7:15 pm
You are supposed to report this to the police asap how can you let this crook loose like that are you normal?
analyzer
September 10, 2014 at 9:40 pm
It’s not about one lonely crook! There are infact a lot of “them” crawling all over the place like rats in all colors and shapes… some of them have bibles in their hands some of the have a sweet talk some have the right look, some are just plain good liers – Ilukeni imitwe bane, Lesa takamyafwe!!
Bala Ng'ombe
September 11, 2014 at 6:23 am
These guys have been in town from as far back as the early 90’s. I was one of the victims but I caught up with one of the guys. Twaliponwene mambala ulya. Careful these guys are serial kelenkas. Simply report them to police.
B2
September 12, 2014 at 1:04 am
So he fleeced you of K3,500?
RSK
September 12, 2014 at 7:51 am
those guyz came also to in solwezi to say is from congo his father hs money and asked me to gve him my acc and i refused he said he wants to invest in zambia through me.i refuseed to do so
Mr Kam
September 12, 2014 at 5:23 pm
I know 2 people who have been duped of huge sums of money about K50,000 and K20,000 each. The alleged notes are carried in a wooden box nice made to look genuine. Please lets not make funny of the brother’s kind warning. Its true and they will come to you with a very nice story that will easily make you believe and fall prey. Sometimes they disguise themselves as your relative or they know your relatives.
Unfortunately one of the brothers I referred to above ended up with DEC because he used money that was not his. Lets beware of these crooks and have them locked up!
Ukwali nsoke, takwa fwile muntu!!!