Beware Of These People in
Nigeria Trying To Scam You For Taste of Georgia Tbilisi Employment!
Nigeria 419s love to take advantage of the economic situation, and if
you’re not careful, it’s easy to become a victim.
Scammers
are getting increasingly sophisticated in their attempts to get your money or
personal details. Be alert and protect yourself.
It’s so irritating
finding people that want to scam other people for a quick buck.
I want to warn my readers NOT to fall for these guys that offer to help you get Flight Tickets, Visas, and Working Permit abroad.
I want to warn my readers NOT to fall for these guys that offer to help you get Flight Tickets, Visas, and Working Permit abroad.
My name is Adewusi Oluwaseun Richard
There is this Facebook friend of mine
(Abolaji Dosunmu J, Real Name: Abolaji Dosunmun Adeleke) that we’ve been
friends for some time, He’s a Nigerian, but according to him and his profile
information, he’s in Georgia Tbilisi, in Europe working and making money.
On 20th of April, 2017, he inboxed me that
there is a job opportunity that he’d love to introduce to me, that there’s a
company (Wine and Juice company) in Georgia Tbilisi that do employ people, the
company will be responsible for my flight ticket, accommodation and feeding but
they’ll be deducting it from my salary every month till I pay back fully.
He said the company pay per hour (35
Dollars per hour which is about 13,500 Naira) and the company will be deducting
5 Dollars per hour from my salary till I finish paying for my flight ticket and
VISA. I calculated it and I realized I’ll be rich in few months.
Due to the economic situation of my dear
nation Nigeria, I told myself “This is the opportunity I’ve been waiting”.
I went online to do more research about
Tbilisi, Georgia and I found out that it’s a cool place to work, live and even
die.
I Googled search for “Tbilisi travelling
scam”, “Traveling scam Georgia” “Tbilisi Georgia scam” etc. I couldn’t get any
relevant result that shows that there’s any scam as far as Travelling to
Tbilisi is involved.
I asked him for the processes, He told me
I need to send my data ( Full Name, Place of Birth, Date of Birth, and 1
Passport Photograph ), so that he can help me submit it to the company for
processing, and I need to do that in time as other Nigerian workers have been
telling their folks about it, I sent him my data immediately, I can’t risk
being in Nigeria for another one year of sufferness, Unemployment and
frustration.
He tried explaining further about the
VISA,
He said “Georgia Tbilisi is an European
country and their only issue cable Visa, what I mean about Cable Visa is that
the Visa can only be Issued out from Georgia Tbilisi Immigration office, and
only the person that lives in Georgia Tbilisi can help you process the Visa
because Georgia Tbilisi does not have an Embassy in Nigeria, so bro don’t worry
about Georgia Tbilisi Visa, I will help you to process it”
I went back online and Google search to
confirm if there’s any Georgia Tbilisi Embassy in Nigeria, but He was right,
None in Nigeria.
I sent my details to him to process my
VISA, to his email address: abolajidosunmun55@gmail.com
He acknowledged the mail and told me that
he’ll work on it and get back to me ASAP
The second day, he messaged me that the
company have approved my application and they’ve given him my employment letter
(See the letter below), he attached the letter and sent it to my email, I was
so happy, at last I’ll leave this country, not only leaving but to work in
Europe and come back rich after some years.
He said, for the company to confirm my
working permit in Georgia Tbilisi, I’ll have to get some documents in Nigeria,
the documents will be issued in my name, and I’ll send the documents to him for
further processing of my Visa, Flight Ticket and working permit.
The documents to get in Nigeria are;
1. Police
Report issued from Alagbon Police Force Headquater, Lagos
2. NDLEA
Drug Clearance Certificate from Ikoyi Head Office, Lagos
3. and
Traveling Health Insurance from IGI.
He said the documents are very important,
The Police clearance will certify that I have no criminal record in the past,
and NDLEA drug clearance will clarify that I have no drug related offences in
the past, which will also indicate tha I’m
not a drug addict nor have I been deported from any country in the past
over any drug issue. While the Traveling Insurance Certificate is a certificate
that will verify my insurance traveling over any casualty incidence i.e
Accident, Fire Incidence , or any Diseases.
He said Once I get these 3 papers, He will
take it to the Company that will employ me , and collect my Working Permit with
my flight ticket that week or the
following week, so I have to be fast in getting the documents and also he’ll
need to submit the 3 documents to the Georgia Tbilisi immigration Office to
collect my E-Visa.
He said if I can't get these 3 papers in
time, cos of Time factor, someone can do it for me in Nigeria. He said the
person do help people and he’s the one that helped him during his own time too,
and he is fast!! And if I can do it through him, it will be better and
itch-free, because he has connections and he’ll get the papers in just 2
working days.
I asked around about the cost of getting
the papers and for how long it’ll take and from my research, people told me it
will take days even weeks with hard labor and I’ll spend more money to get
those papers.
To save myself the stress of going through
that, I told him to connect me with the person he know,
He sent the man’s number to me
08093962846, He said his name is Mr Williams (also confirmed with Truecaller),
he ordered me to call him and tell him
that he Abolaji living in Georgia Tbilisi directed me to him, He said he’s a
nice elderly man and trustworthy and he’s the only person that he can trust and
very sure that can help me make it faster.
I
called the man and he said each document will cost 7k each, the man also told
me that he was the one that helped
Abolaji with the document during his own time and Abolaji paid back by helping
his son secure a job after two years he (Abolaji) travelled out and they’re
both in Georgia Tbilisi working (Abolaji and Mr. Williams Son).
I transferred the money to the man (21k)
for the three documents, He called me after 2 days that the documents are
ready, I told him that I’ll come to his place to pick them up but he said he
lives in Abuja and I’m in Lagos, he said maybe he should send the documents
through the commercial vehicles or via email. I told him he should scan the
documents and send to me since it’s the electronic copy that I’ll send to
Abolaji in Georgia Tbilisi plus commercial vehicles might take longer time to
deliver and they can even be careless
with the documents. He sent the documents to me and I forwarded them to Abolaji
Immediately for processing of my working permit and visa (Copies of the three
documents below).
I tried verifying the documents to see if
they’re real of fake but couldn’t, I printed it and gave it to people but none
could comfirn if its fake, I used Google Image search to see if I can get images of Related documents but
Nigeria is still lagging behind in terms of SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
He, Abolaji called me on phone (with this
number +905382068785) afterwards to gist me about the life he’s living in Georgia
Tbilisi and how he’s been working and earning money and how lucky I’ll be if I
should make it to Georgia Tbilisi.
Abolaji Acknowledged the receipt of the 3
documents, He told me that first thing the following day, he’ll attach it with my Letter Of Employment (The
first document he collected from the company) and submit it to the Immigration
Office in Georgia Tbilisi for my Visa processing.
I
asked him how he’ll get the Visa across to me in Nigeria, he reminded me that
Georgia doesn’t have an embassy in Nigeria, and that Georgia Tbilisi issue only
E-visa (I went to Georgia immigration website to confirm).
He asked if I have an International
passport, I told him I don’t have but I’ll get it this week since I’ll really
need it.
He told me He has a connection with an
immigration officer in Nigeria that can help me with the International
passport, He said the officer helped him during his own time and that the
officer knows much about travelling to Georgia Tbilisi, so I should contact him
to make the processing itch-free and He (the officer) will put me on board when
I’m about to leave Nigeria.
He sent the immigration officer’s number
to me “This is the Immigration Officer phone number: 07080551112, his name his
Mr Sunday call him and tell him from Abolaji living in Georgia Tbilisi”
I
called Mr Sunday and we discussed on how to get the International Passport, I
called him and he spoke nicely on phone, He said it’s presently hard to get a
passport in Nigeria, he’ll help me with the processes involved, He will help me
get a guarantor and take the guarantor form to the court for signing and
stamping and then process my passport for me, All I need to do is to come for
interview and data capturing and I’ll get the passport the second day. He
requested for my email address and he sent a form to me for me to fill( see
below for the copy of the form), I filled the form and sent it back to him with
my passport photograph. He later told me it will cost 28k, when I make enquiry
about the cost of a 32 pages passport from people, I was told it’s around 25k
to 35k though the official price is 17k (as stated on NIS website)
I called Abolaji to explain everything to
him, and the money was sent to Mr. Sunday for processing the passport, Abolaji
said we should wait for Mr. Sunday to get the passport as the Passport Number
will be on my Visa and Working permit.
The second day, I called Mr Sunday to know
about the status of the passport processing, he told me he travelled out of
Lagos for an Impromptu duty in Ondo state and that he’ll be back in Lagos after
five days because of my passport, He assured me that he’ll call my friend in
Georgia Tbilisi and they’ll know how to get things done without any problem.
Besides, He will work with top officials in the Nigerian immigration office to
send an email to the immigration office in Georgia Tbilisi that My passport is
under processing, they should issue out my visa and working permit.
Mr Sunday called me back later that
evening to inform me that they’ve contacted Georgia Tbilisi and they’ve
accepted to process my visa without my passport number.
I was speechless, I told Abolaji
everything and he called me to explain things to me that he trusted Mr. Sunday
and since they (Nigerian Immigration) have contacted Georgia Tbilisi
Immigration office, they’ll issue my visa and working permit out the following
day. And that’s how they helped some people to process their Visa while the
passport is still under processing.
Lo and behold, Georgia Tbilisi issued my
Visa out (valid for one moth), included with my Flight Ticket (Turkish airline
Itinerary Return Ticket), Flight is to take off in a week time. It is not a
direct flight, we’ll have a stopover at Istanbul airport in turkey then
continue our Journey to Georgia Tbilisi the following day.
Then I called Mr. Sunday to explain things
to him that my flight is taking off in a week time, He told me I’ll get my
passport before then .
Then Abolaji called me to tell me that
I’ll need a Transit Passage and I should call Mr. Williams to do that for me
because the airline won’t board me without the Transit Passage, I was confused,
“But I have my flight ticket na?”, He said “e no mean, The Transit Passage is
as important as the ticket” and I need both.
I called Mr Williams and informed him
about it, He blamed Abolaji for telling me so late and the passage transit will
cost me 47k. “47k in this recession?”.. I called Abolaji that the money is too
much and that we’re in recession in Nigeria, he convinced me, reminded me of
how much I’ll be making if I should get over
to Goergia Tbilisi, he sent many pictures of the house he’s currently building in
Nigeria.
I told Abolaji about the flight ticket he
sent, It has a confirmation code but no ticket number nor reservation code (Coz I’ll use the ticket
number/reservation code to confirm it on Turkish Airline website), He said when
I do the Transit Passage, everything will be there, then I can confirm.
I asked if I can do the Transit Passage
when I’m yet to get my passport, he said they’ll use my flight ticket and Visa
to process the Transit Passage, So, I paid 47k to Mr. William’s account.
Then I started doubting him and asked him
series of Questions and he became
defensive.
Later, I called Mr Sunday to ask about my
passport, he said since he’ll be the one to put me on board, So, I shouldn’t
worry, he’ll be back in Lagos a day before my take off, then I became worried
and more suspicious. Then Mr Williams sent the Transit Passage to me (Copy
below), it carries my Flight Ticket Number but no reservation code yet. I
logged on to Turkish airline website to confirm my ticket/reservation status
but it wasn’t available, I sent a mail to the Turkish airline with my flight
details for confirmation, they told me to contact the agent that booked the
ticket for me as there’s no record of that on their system and it’s possible
for the agent to have it.
Then my suspicion just got higher.
Then I told Abolaji about the Transit
Passage that Mr. Williams sent to me, he (Abolaji) told me some guys just
arrived at Georgia Tbilisi from Nigeria, and he asked them about their journey
and they told him that the immigration officers at Georgia Tbilisi now requests
for Medical Certificate from UCH Ibadan (copy below) and I should call Mr.
Williams to help me get it. I was so mad like “Why didn’t you tell me all these
from the beginning? And I asked you but you told me I didn’t need anything that
the company will be responsible for all the expenses”
He said, the company is only responsible
for my Visa and flight ticket and that I’ll be the one to get other documents
from Nigeria.
He urged me to get it as that’s the only
document left..
I contacted Mr. Williams and he told me
the certicate will cost me 46k
I made a research and asked my friends
about getting medical certificates from UCH, I was told if I follow the normal
procedure it’ll take weeks to get it but I can get it with 60k to 70k in just
few days, I compared the price with that of Mr. Williams then later paid 46k
into Mr Williams account, he asured me the document will be ready in three days
and also told me that he’ll send money to me to buy agbo jedi for his son when
going to Georgia Tbilisi.
4 days to take off, I called Mr. Sunday to
show him how unhappy I am for the passport processing taking longer time than
necessary and he promised and swore that I’ll get It, meanwhile he said he
learnt that I’ll need Immigration boarding pass and I should contact my friend
in Gerogia Tbilisi to get it for me, else I’ll be deported back from Turkey
airport,
As usual, I called Abolaji to help me get
the immigration boarding pass, He said it’s easier to get but it costs money. I
told him to contact the company that they should get it for me but he said, the
company is only responsible for my flight ticket and visa. I asked him for the
cost and he said it’ll cost me 350 dollars.
I was like “350 what?... That’s roughly
120k in naira… I can’t get it unless I rob the bank”
He urged me to get it as that’s the only
thing that can spoil everything we’ve been doing from the beginning and my
flight is in few days’ time, if I send the money he’ll help me get it and send
it to me immediately……
I
was so mad at him for not telling me all these from the start.
I told him to borrow me the money that
I’ll refund it when I reach Georgia Tbilisi, he said he just sent money to
Nigeria for the construction project he’s doing and he’s presently damn broke.
it’s now I realized I’ve been duped and
scammed.
I told him to send his account details, to
my surprise, he sent his Nigerian account details to me, but how come?, you’ll
pay for a service in Georgia Tbilisi in Dollars and you sent your Nigerian
account details to me.?
Account Name: Abolaji Dosunmun Adeleke
Account Number: 0074169891
Bank Name: Diamond
A Nigerian Account? I thought we’re paying
in Dollars?
He said If I send the money to his
Nigerian account, He’ll withdraw it in Georgian Currency (Lari) since he has
his Mastercard with him, I was like “ I am not understanding”
And below is the conversation that ensued
between us
I asked if he has a bank he’s using in
Georgia Tbilisi, and he said NO, then I was curious, if you don’t have a bank
account in Georgia Tbilisi, how do the company you’re working for pay you your
salary, he said it’s by hand.
The company pay by hand? Like we’re in
1934?
Okay fine, if they pay you by hand, how do
you safe your money?
He said he doesn’t safe his money as
anything can happen at any time, so he do send his money back home (Nigeria)
for the construction project he’s doing.
I’m like “OMG” (Oh My God or O Ma Ga
ooooo).
Now I know that I’ve been super-scammed by
my fellow Nigerian.
I visited EFCC and ICPC websites, sent a
mail to them to see if there’s anything they can do about it but I’m yet to get
a response, probably they’re busy packing the money found at Ikoyi.
I tweeted at EFCC handle (They make noise
on twitter) only if they’ll respond next year.
Then, I gave up but before I knew it, The guy
blocked me on Facebook, His and his colleagues’ numbers became unavailable afterwards.
Below are snapshots of other conversations
Then some weeks later, I met with three
people that shared the same fate with me, they’re duped with the same method.
They spent more than 300k, One sold his
properties, told his family and friends that he’s traveling to the UK, he’s
gotten to the airport, only for him to realized that he was duped, Thank God he
wasn’t arrested at the airport for carrying fake documents.
After my own experience with these guys,
I’ve met with three different guys scammed with the same method.
Only God knows how many innocent souls
that have been scammed by these people, I thought I should share this so that other
people can be careful, Don’t trust people that wants to help you, except you’re
related by blood, Why didn’t they help their family members (Even Blood is
scamming Blood, that’s the situation of the country now, where the scammer is
scamming a fellow scammer using scamming methods, and the scammed would want to
take a revenge to claim lost glory).
Below are the scammers details:
1. Account
Name: Abolaji Dosunmun Adeleke
2. Account
Name: Komolafe Williams
3. RASAK SUNDAY MUHAMMED
Kindly share this story for others to
learn from my experience.
