Lydia, 26
I followed my married boyfriend to his friend’s office one day, I didn’t see any friend though. Before we left the hotel for the place, he asked me to write my full name, phone number, and address on a clean sheet. 5
months later, a strange number called me and I started hearing plenty of English, they said I am the guarantor of a loan of N1.5m and the borrower hasn’t paid since the past 3 months. The thing first shock me, I just told them it wasn’t me and switched my phone off that evening.
The following morning, they were at my door, that was when I knew what was actually going on.
I told them to call him because I stopped talking to him and I don’t know where he lives. They said they called me because they couldn’t reach him and I need to provide him.
They gave me some time that if he doesn’t pay, I’ll have to start paying. I just told them I’ll get him and reach out to them. Since I couldn’t reach him, I blocked all their contacts.
They came 3 months later with the police, I only paid N200k out of it before I left the apartment and cut them off everywhere.