I have been trying to load the pin on the MTN voucher I bought and keep getting feedback that the pin does not exist.

I just want to warn nairalanders to be cautious and load any recharge voucher they buy on the spot so they don't fall victim to this scam.

Modified:
I bought the card from an elderly woman at amuwo odofin lga, beside the health centre. I needed change to check my baby's weight so I just kept d card in my bag, this was on Wednesday, yesterday (Thursday) night I tried to load it and kept getting that message till this morning

Local govt won't be open until Tuesday although I couldn't help thinking it's possible the woman was supplied fake cos why will anyone who stays at a permanent spot knowingly sell fake vouchers?

Cc lalasticlala seun

Which small minded people run this kind of scam?

OP pls put this on FP so people would be Aware of This new way Of SCAMMING

OP, Naso dem dey do.

if e no gree enter and the seller say no return policy,omo na to carry aka 55 and tell the person to repeat him/her self

return it from where u bought it from

Try call customer care na.......but i knw it has nothing to do wit d 16digits cos mtn sent a msg abt dat b4

I'd same problem yesterday, i tried it 3 times before it worked; i think the third time i used *555*1* to load it, though i stopped adding the '1' a long time ago.
I guess its an issue with the newly introduced 16 digits pin.

BJ4REEL:
I'd same problem yesterday, i tried it 3 times before it worked; i think the third time i used *555*1* to load it, though i stopped adding the '1' a long time ago.
I guess its an issue with the newly introduced 16 digits pin.

Just tried that, same response. If it's a technical issue from MTN, it's best they see this and fix their system. As it is, anyone selling me voucher henceforth must load it on my phone before I pay

BlissB:
Try call customer care na.......but i knw it has nothing to do wit d 16digits cos mtn sent a msg abt dat b4

Babe I don queue tire... I hope this get to Fp so they (MTN) can see this and fix their system, if it's their fault.

This is probably a new trend because I had similar experience sometime though it was airtel but I believe some people are trying to play a fast one on us by selling invalid vouchers. The annoying thing is that I scratched this particular recharge card, it was really intact but invalid. Tried calling customer care but it seemed that unit had gone extinct. Had to just give it up. I think people should scratch and load up at the point of purchase to avert #stories that touch
OK bye!

OK.....hmmmm

Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions. Call their customer care first and give them the serial number. If they tell you the card doesn't exist, you can then take the next step.

dominique:
Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions. Call their customer care first and give them the serial number. If they tell you the card doesn't exist, you can then take the next step.

wallahi you are right my kawantar.oups do as she said!

Its not fake

Ain't fake.. Either the seller was careless and a sharp guy spied on the card and used it..

But am sure the lady seller is quite innocent... Doesn't make sense to cheat someone in that manner

Hey librangyps, do exactly what dominique has said... That's the best thing to do! Tk!

Someone else has loaded that card. It doesn't show "card has been used by another customer" forever. after a while it changes to "......pin you are loading doesn't exist........"

check people around you. They loaded it long ago and left it in you bag

Op just call customer care first before you conclude

librangyps:
I have been trying to load the pin on the MTN voucher I bought and keep getting feedback that the pin does not exist.

I just want to warn nairalanders to be cautious and load any recharge voucher they buy on the spot so they don't fall victim to this scam.

Modified:
I bought the card from an elderly woman at amuwo odofin lga, beside the health centre. I needed change to check my baby's weight so I just kept d card in my bag, this was on Wednesday, yesterday (Thursday) night I tried to load it and kept getting that message till this morning

Local govt won't be open until Tuesday although I couldn't help thinking it's possible the woman was supplied fake cos why will anyone who stays at a permanent spot knowingly sell fake vouchers?

Cc lalasticlala seun

its just 200 naira card nah

I've bought up to three of this 16 digit card and all were successful at first trial so I don't understand why you guys are saying it it fake

If the woman is staying in same location daily, it's not likely she's selling fake card.

Possible explanations/theory.

1. If the woman is very old and have no idea of security issues related to her stock, it's possible someone is spying on her to get recharge cards for free. Reminds me of back in the days when we used to go to cyber cafe to browse. There was this friend of mine that will always spy on the sales person to get free browsing tickets every time. Very smart!. I don't know how he do it.

2. It's possible someone living with you have used the card before you. Just last month I saw this Airtel recharge card on the floor in our house, my brother have just left for work and I thought he must have used it. I picked it and wanted to throw it away, but something told me to try using it. I entered it and behold I got "your recharge of N200 was successful".

3. Finally, someone may have made a mistake and typed the wrong number (being yours), then threw away his/her own card un-used.

I see MTN is mitigating their losses from the multiple cheat codes that have rocked them recently.

So you opened a thread because of a 200 naira recharge card?
Didn't it come to your mind that the seller might have made the mistake of putting a used card together with the unused ones?

Thunder will fire the mod that will put this on FP.

front page don full

librangyps:


Just tried that, same response. If it's a technical issue from MTN, it's best they see this and fix their system. As it is, anyone selling me voucher henceforth must load it on my phone before I pay

It hasn't been activated, verify if this card bears a serial number, if so call customer care.

The card Don enter for my phone, thanks @OP

na ur luck

librangyps:


Just tried that, same response. If it's a technical issue from MTN, it's best they see this and fix their system. As it is, anyone selling me voucher henceforth must load it on my phone before I pay

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