On September 18, a young Nigerian, Gbenga, exposed a WhatsApp group operated by scammers operating as OPay agents to dupe innocent unsuspecting citizens.
OPay payment platform is speedily gaining ground in Nigeria as well as its extended service- Otrike, Oride, and Ofood. This makes them the best guise for scammers who look to take advantage of the Company’s infancy as many Nigerian are aware of the brand but are not grounded on what Opay is all about.
Two Nigerians identified as Edwin Adebayo and Nelson according to chat screenshots created a money-doubling Whatsapp group disguised as Opay agent. They invited several Nigerians into the Whatsapp group where only them, the admins, can send a message.
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According to the Gbenga, one of the scammers, Edwin Adebayo reached out to him as an Opay agent for the money-doubling business. Gbenga gave him some information including the Bank account number. It didn’t take long, another scammer, Nelson (a guise name) jumped into Gbenga’s message box, pretending to be a GTbank investment agent – does that even exist?
Fraudsters disguised as Opay agents in Whatsapp group exposed.
So I woke up to a group link on WhatsApp today and decided to investigate. He’s a suspected scammer under the name of @OPay_NG. Because the last time I checked OPay doesn’t engage in money doubling. Please @OPay_NG tell me if I’m wrong. @PoliceNG please look into this. pic.twitter.com/H4qvxTwGWP
— GeneraL (@gbenga_favour) September 18, 2019
So I woke up to a group link on WhatsApp today and decided to investigate. He’s a suspected scammer under the name of @OPay_NG. Because the last time I checked OPay doesn’t engage in money doubling. Please @OPay_NG tell me if I’m wrong. @PoliceNG please look into this. pic.twitter.com/H4qvxTwGWP
— GeneraL (@gbenga_favour) September 18, 2019
Edwin’s face is included in the last tweet image.
This is the second part of the chat and the picture on his dp and phone number, I also have a phone call recording with him. @PoliceNG @OPay_NG pic.twitter.com/B2O9Aqo3LY
— GeneraL (@gbenga_favour) September 18, 2019
Then Nelson came to shoot his shot.
This is the second suspected scammer @PoliceNG. Scamming with the name of @gtbank. He said he’s from @gtbank ivestment forum and I’m very sure my bank is not a money doubler????. This is the first part of my chat with him. pic.twitter.com/qRmt5nSCAM
— GeneraL (@gbenga_favour) September 18, 2019
This is the second part of the chat @PoliceNG @gtbank. He later stopped replying me and I found out they must be related because they are both admins on the group. Its in the screenshot below, I’m not sure the name he gave me on WhatsApp is really his, his dp is below and number pic.twitter.com/559gGR5G6b
— GeneraL (@gbenga_favour) September 18, 2019
He also called me with this number +2348072501264. @PoliceNG well done for all your works so far. Please do what you can about these guys, they are inflicting pain on Nigerians. Thank you very much. pic.twitter.com/OExjB1ySjQ
— GeneraL (@gbenga_favour) September 18, 2019