How a Pretty Face Cost Me ₦1.4M in a Social Media Scam

I met a fine NYSC graduate named Amaka during the COVID period. She spoke great English and was extremely pretty, so I thought using her charm would help land a social media management contract with a chairman I know. I designed a proposal under her name and paid her ₦200k to prep for the meeting. Amaka walked into his office, he awarded the six-month contract on the spot, and I gave her a friend’s account for the payment. By 3pm, no money had arrived. Amaka finally called to say the payment was in her account. She then offered to pay me ₦200k and keep the rest, revealing she’d collected ₦720k and skipped town to Kilimanjaro. I’ve lost the contract and over a million naira. A lawyer says without a written agreement or witnesses, there’s nothing I can do. Now I’m left wondering how to recover my money.

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