A video making rounds on social media captures the heartbreaking account of a soap seller who claims to have been duped of her entire day’s sales by a group of unknown individuals.
In the footage, the soap seller recounts how the alleged scammers approached her under the guise of wanting to buy a 50gh soap but claimed to possess 200gh.
Trustingly, she handed over a balance of 150gh. Just as she was about to receive the 200gh note, an unexpected twist occurred – a woman appeared out of nowhere, expressing interest in buying soap.
According to the victim, the duo urged her to serve the new customer and assured her that they would wait for their money.
“Two people stopped me to buy 50gh soap from me, they asked me to give the 150gh because they had 200gh. I gave them and in return they gave me counterfeit. There was another person pressuring to buy from me, those who had my money asked me to serve the woman and get back to them” she stated.
Falling into the trap, the soap seller proceeded to the new customer, only to discover that the woman had a different preference and didn’t want the soap she was carrying.
She turned back to take the 200gh from her earlier customers but they were no where to be found.
“When I got to the woman she said she wanted keysoap instead of the one I was carrying. I turned back to the those who had my money and realized they had left. They took my my money and the soap from me,” she added.
Meanwhile, social media users have raised suspicions about the legitimacy of her claims
Some claim she does that to receive money from kind individuals.
A woman narrates how she was duped of all her sales made in the day by unknown people. Unconfirmed reports suggest she is around Madina, and it is suspected that this has always been her plan: pretending to have been duped to deceive people into pitying her and giving her money. pic.twitter.com/c9ezL1XfV1
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