A corps member who visited Computer Village in Ikeja to purchase an iPhone was reportedly scammed and given fufu packaged to look like a phone instead of the real device.
The incident was shared in a series of posts on the popular social media platform X (formerly Twitter).
The post includes a video showing the female corps member holding the fake phone package, visibly upset after realizing she had been deceived.
She had paid a specific amount for what she believed was a genuine mobile phone.
In the video, bystanders could be heard expressing shock and laughter over the bizarre scam.
As the video gained traction online, concerned users flooded the comment section to share their reactions and sympathies.
See some reactions below:
@no1Raver: "Na why I dey advice to hold egusi if you dey enter computer village."
@__victoh: "Guy it's a lie. He has to be an imbecile for this scam to work."
@IfeanyiOkafor19: "Corper go where him get am cheap well well."
@Oluwaatobilobaa: "Does this thing still work? You can't say you don't know anyone who has an authentic & trusted vendor who sells phones now. Like how?"
@Hey_godwin: "E no go pass computer village for ikeja, she don hear Xr for 82,500."
@y0philp: "Make them just throw bomb put for that computer village abeg."
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