10/07/2023
Usually I don't sleep early because I read a lot at night so before I consider going to bed, it's almost 2am.
Barely two hours into my sleep, my phone rang and I picked. It was a male voice calling my name Thomas!
It felt like someone I knew but the voice wasn't clear. He said I should guest who is calling me and since it was a UK number, the only person I had in the UK as at 2007 was Henry.
So I said Henry and he laughed and said my brain is very sharp.
The guy said, he had decided to remember me. He had sent 19 Nokia phones, 12 laptops, through his friend a medical doctor who just came into Nigeria.
He wanted me to sell them and startup something.
Excited, sleep cleared from my eyes. From 4am to 6am, I was calculating the business I should invest the money in when I sell off the things.
It was big money.
At 8am, on his instructions, I went to call the number he gave me to reach the medical doctor who was already in Nigeria.
Hello! I heard a very nice gentle voice from the other end. What can I do for you?
Sir, my name is Thomas, my friend Henry in the UK sent some items for me, through you. The excitement in my voice could be felt a kilometre away😂
Oh yes, where are you now?
Abuja, I said. I live in Abuja Sir.
Well well well, I'm currently in Kogi State, he said. I'm operating on my mother this evening because she is very sick.
I won't be able to see you till I return because I'm going back immediately after the surgery but you can send the cost of waybill so I send the things to you.
That morning I had no 10naira with me. I borrowed credit for mama Joke in front of our yard and I told her that I will pay that same day.
Where was I going to get money?
He requested I send 30,000naira because the things are fragile and he will need to send it with a very reliable company. According to him, he only had dollars and he hadn't changed it.
Well I'm sure he wanted to say pounds😂
Knowing I was about to be scammed, I told him that where