I was scammed!

This is a writing contest organized by @swissclive, it's about scammers or a scam experience ,I'm going to talk About my scam experience, how I was scammed.

It was in 2008, I was quite young and naive then, but now looking back I don't think I would have fallen for it. I was in secondary school then, and I usually go to the main road before 7am so I can get a bus,
So on this faithful day, I was dressed for school as usual and I stood at the road, waiting for a bus, then a man walked up to me, little me, then he started asking me about some strange place in a strange voice, he claimed he's not nigerian and that he just came into nigeria in search of his business partner who is in Nigeria, but as of now, according to him, he couldn't find his partners number anymore so he was stranded, then as I was telling him I don't know of such a place that he's asking about,another man walked up to me and asked what the other man was telling me, I explained to him, that the man is looking for such a place And I don't know the place, the new man then told the other one that he knows the place and is willing to take him there for a price, (I later realized this is a very famous method of scams ) then the new man suggested me and him should take the man to the place so the man can give us lots of goodies, the man himself promised me a phone, a laptop, a DVD player and lots more, I was fascinated so I went with them, I didn't even think of school anymore, we walked a while and then we stopped in a not too busy area, the man who claimed he's not a Nigerian stopped and said he's tired, he has changed his mind and bla bla, then seeked to reward me for my diligence, he said he needed something from me, a seed so he can multiply it for me, by now I was suspicious, so he assured me that he wouldn't take anything from me, that whatever I give him now would be multiplied, I now handed him the money in my bag, 3thousand naira, he collected it, made some enchants and then started tearing the very tip of all the money, he didn't damage the money, the part he tore was hardly noticeable so I could still use the money, he said that he needed that part so he can multiply the 3thousand naira in 3folds, he handed back the remaining money to me, which he tore out the edge, he said its for trust, so I can trust him because hes not here to scam me but to reward me, I was happy, I was going to be rich at no cost 😂 so I collected back my money, and walked back to the road, by now it was around 10am ,then I entered the bus and when it was time to pay the bus driver, I checked my bag for the money, I checked where I kept it in my bag, I checked and checked,the money was no where to be found, the driver after insulting me that I didn't have money and I entered his cab, allowed me to go, I continued my search, I searched and searched but all the money which the man has turn away the edge was gone! That was my school fees, I wondered how the money suddenly grew wings and flew out because I had just tracked to the road with my bag. Thoughts of what I will tell my dad made me she'd tears, I will never forget. When I eventually had the courage to tell my parents what happened, they were shocked and told me that that's how Scammers operate these days, alas the man used black magic on me and my money, so he was able to conjour the remaining money with the small edges that he kept, but I'm glad that they didn't harm me in anyway, and that is my scam experience. after that many others came along but I was far wiser, I simply walk away, I don't even utter a word to them. I believe that's the best thing to do. Walk away from any strange man or woman.
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