Korra Obidi, a popular Nigerian dancer living abroad, has described her ordeal at the hands of Mexican con artists.
The mother of two, who is currently in Mexico performing at some shows, went live on her Facebook page to reveal that fraudsters stole her debit card information and used it to make multiple purchases.
She explained that she went to a restaurant in Mexico and paid with her credit card for a glass of margarita. Soon after, she received seven debit alerts from her bank account in quick succession.
She claims she was not the one who made the purchases and immediately contacted her bank provider to block access to the card before the scammers could withdraw more money.
Korra, who praised the bank’s prompt response, stated that they promised to refund the stolen funds. She went on to say that Nigerian fraudsters are inexperienced in comparison to those in Mexico.
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Her words,
“Guys, first thing has happened in Mexico. I just got seven notifications…remember that place…the place that had the Margarita ville…that I bought a $35 Margarita from?
They have been charging this card for different fast foods, $225 here, $225 there. I’ve not even eaten dinner and someone is already been charging my card for different things.
“Remember that place that I told you that I felt like I was scammed; at the airport…the place that had a drink for $10 and all of a sudden the drink is $35. I just got a security alert from wings stop…someone has spent my credit card on some wings, and then I got another alert for some fast food, $285 of my money on wings.
“This is worse than Lagos, we are learning in their hands. Yahoo dey learn for their hand. Yahoo yahoo boys need to come and learn work from Mexicans’ hands.
“I’ve called the Bank of America. Thank God for the most amazing bank ever. I called them in five seconds, someone picked up the call and they blocked this card. I can’t eat, but they said they’re going to give me my money back.”
