Lady recounts How An Aboki Man Refunded Her With fake $500 because She was not ok with the Exchange rate

Nigerian lady named Gift Nkechi Imasuen on Facebook has shared her encounter with an Aboki man she met at the bank as she wanted to convert 500 dollar to Naira. She was in a hurry so she didn't use the Aboki she has been doing transactions with in the past. 

After concluding exchange on the rate of 1,600, the Aboki man suddenly declined knowing she's converting $500, and not $5,000. He said he would convert only on the rate of 1,570. Gift changed her mind and the Aboki man refunded her $500 with fake dollars. She later used the Aboki she had always done transactions with and he was the one who confirmed that the money she got back was fake. Unfortunately Gift lost that money. She has warned everyone to be careful dealing with Aboki.

In her words:

"Sometime last month…

I withdrew $500 because I needed to pay for something that day and was in a rush.

Because of how urgent it was, I couldn’t use my regular aboki, had to look for one around the bank I used.

After plenty back and forth, we agreed on 1600 as the rate.

Forgetting that this wasn’t the aboki I already had a relationship with, I handed him the dollars while he was still collecting my account details.

Not even a few minutes later, the aboki looked up and said, “Ah! Na $500? I think say na $5000.”

$5k how?

Next thing, he said he wasn’t buying again unless I’d agree to sell for 1570.

Knowing I wouldn’t meet up with where I needed the money that day again, 

I decided to just kuku take my money back (big mistake), go to my usual aboki whose place was far from where I was, and then handle what I needed the money for the next day.

When I got there, my regular aboki, who I’d already spoken to on the phone, saw me and immediately transferred 800k to me in exchange for the $500.

I got the alert, handed him the dollars, only for him to shout… that the money was fake.

What happened?

The first aboki had switched the bills.

Why didn’t I go back to the first aboki?

Even if the distance isn’t far, will he ever accept that he was the one who switched the money?

I just accepted my loss and picked my lesson, which is…

Never hand over your dollars to an aboki until you’ve received the alert.

Please learn from my mistake.