- A Nigerian man has accused a POS operator of defrauding his elderly father after he discovered suspicious withdrawals.
- The alleged fraud reportedly totaled around £700,000, sparking online discussions about trust and elder abuse.
A Nigerian man named Atanda has set the internet ablaze after he shared a story on Facebook about how his elderly father was allegedly scammed by a POS operator he trusted.
According to Atanda, because his father is old and has poor eyesight, he often uses the services of certain POS operators. Since he does not have easy access to the bank, the POS operator often brings her machine to his home to help him withdraw cash using his ATM card.
The problem came to light when Atanda visited his father and checked his bank alarm. He noted that £300,000 had been withdrawn, while his father insisted he had only requested £30,000.
When confronted, the POS operator acknowledged the withdrawal but claimed it was a “system error.” She immediately returned the 270,000 won, leaving the original requested 30,000 won.
Skeptical of that explanation, Atanda looked through more of his father’s transaction history and allegedly discovered a pattern of fraudulent withdrawals. According to him, POS operators have been taking money, with the total amount reaching about 700,000₦.
When presented with evidence, the POS operator was reportedly unable to deny the accusations. Later, she brought her parents and some community elders to plead with the old man.
According to reports, out of sympathy, the old man asked his son to leave the matter alone. However, Atanda said he refused to forgive her, insisting she should be held accountable for her actions.
The content of the post is as follows:
“My dad always took money from this POS girl.
My dad is old and can’t walk to the bank, and dad is visually impaired, so he prefers to have the POS girl bring the machine to the house and use his ATM to withdraw money.
So recently my dad called and asked the POS girl to withdraw 30k, but he didn’t know that the girl had withdrawn 300k.
I was visiting my dad this weekend and had to play with his phone and then I saw the alert message that he had withdrawn 300k and I jokingly asked him what he was doing with the 300k.
He denied withdrawing 300,000, saying it was 30,000.
He called the POS girl and she admitted and claimed it was a mistake and she immediately refunded the 270,000.
This prompted me to check more of his bank transaction history and we noticed that this girl had been doing this to my father for a long time and calculated the total amount of money she had defrauded from my father’s account which totaled to 700,000.
We called her again and asked her to show all the transactions which she could not deny.
The evidence of her dealings betrayed her, and she began to plead.
She brought her parents and some old people to beg my dad, who was an old man and was asking me to let go.
Pis, I was wondering if I could take the case for my dad even if he doesn’t want to.
I can’t forgive this girl. “
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