OPay has refunded N569,932 out of N890,000 to Solomon James, the Kaduna-based point-of-sale operator who lost more than N1.8 million to a sophisticated scam.

This development came six days after FIJ reported the matter and six months after the scam took place.

“Thank you, FIJ, for helping me get a part of my money. I want to thank you for helping me get some of my money,” James told FIJ.

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Earlier on, FIJ reported that on June 18, 2023, James found himself inundated with a set of unauthorised debit alerts totalling N1 million. He tried all he could to stop the transactions, but to no avail, until a strange caller who identified himself as an Opay staffer called him.

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According to him, the supposed staffer told him the OPay team was aware of what had just happened on his account and that he would need to transfer the exact sum withdrawn from his account on or before 7 pm the following day to get his money.

James, perplexed since he had never encountered such a circumstance before, rallied to gather all the money he had saved elsewhere, but it was insufficient, so the following day, he deposited N890,000 hoping to get his money back.

He said he waited until June 19 at 7 pm but did not get his money back. This was when he realised he had been defrauded.

“I should have known that it was a scam, but I did not realise it on time. I tried calling the number that I reached out to several times, but it did not connect,” James earlier told FIJ.