A shocking incident occurred in Orhuwhorun, Warri, where an assistant pastor at a Winners Chapel church got involved in a fraudulent transaction with a yahoo boy. The pastor acted as a middleman for the fraudsters, using his account to process a ₦70 million transaction. While the money was successfully transferred, the recipient, a white man from the USA, refused to send the funds to Nigeria.
This caused anger among the yahoo boy and his associates, who violently assaulted the pastor, demanding the issue be resolved. The pastor, struggling financially, reached out to fellow pastors for help. They raised money to repair a phone damaged during the altercation, but the situation worsened when the fraudsters demanded ₦300,000. The pastor’s involvement in the scam highlights the dangerous world of internet fraud.
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“This morning, something happened to me. The person involved is an assistant pastor at a Winners’ Chapel in the Orhuwhorun Warri area.”
“The pastor had been helping some Yahoo boys, and one of them gave him a job. The Yahoo boy used the pastor’s account for a transaction, and the transaction was successful. The money entered the account, and the recipient confirmed it. The problem arose when the receiver refused to send the money to Nigeria.”
“The account owner is a white man from the USA, and the pastor acted as the middleman.”
“The Yahoo boys became angry and started beating the pastor. They even made him lie on the ground, stepping on him. The situation worsened because the guy who gave the pastor the job had also collected from other people who were part of the deal.”
“So, when the other parties couldn’t reach the guy who gave the pastor the job, they destroyed his property and injured his wife. The aggression from them was transferred to the pastor, and they broke his phone in the process. The guy then demanded that the pastor fix the phone, which would cost 35,000.”
“However, the pastor didn’t have any money to fix the phone. In fact, he had already sold some of his belongings to pay his children’s school fees. He was even struggling to feed his family, as he is married with three children. The pastor then called on his fellow pastors to help settle the matter. They came together and managed to pay the 35k to repair the phone.”
“But the issue didn’t end there. The other party now demanded 300k from the pastor by tomorrow, no matter what. The original agreement between the pastor and the guy was a 50:50 split, with a total of 70 million. The pastor and his partner were supposed to get 35 million, while the other party was to share the remaining 35 million. However, the deal didn’t go as expected because the white man refused to send the money to Nigeria.”
“There was also a secondary agreement between the pastor and the guy: if the job failed, the guy would pay the pastor’s share. But things took a turn for the worse, and everything went upside down.”
