A Twitter user on Monday admitted to swindling scores of unsuspecting users on the social networking platform, hours after he was revealed as a con artist.

The confession of Ayodeji Adeniji capped a long day of social media outrage that puts the spotlight on how unscrupulous elements are taking advantage of people’s benevolence to perpetrate untold rip-off.

The controversy began on Monday morning when a Twitter user @nuellaa_ag tweeted ‘she’ had recently lost her job and sought financial support to get by this Yuletide.

The appeal garnered hundreds of retweets within minutes, prompting a deluge of support from sympathetic users.

As users began to donate money to the bank account ‘she’ provided, one curious user observed something untoward and subsequently raised the alarm

It turned out that the handle has a pattern of requesting for financial support using different screen names online.

Further interrogation shows that the Wema Bank account information provided by @nuellaa_ag actually matched the name of ‘Adeniji Olaoluwa Ayodeji’, @PabloAyodeji.

The 21-year-old had previously provided the account details when he had a spat with a lady after a date went awry in late March.

After initially denying being a con artist, Adeniji finally succumbed to social media anger and threats of both physical and legal backlash against him.

“So I take responsibility for scamming people on the TL. Nothing I say will justify what I did. But mans was really broke and that seemed like my last resort. I’ll still be dealt with so this is not a get out jail card,” he tweeted.

He also apologised to siblings whose bank accounts he repeatedly used to swindle Twitter users in the past.

Adeniji promised to pay back money to those he had obtained from under false pretences in the past.

This, he said, would be done after Wema Bank unblocks his bank account. Adeniji said the bank placed a restriction on his bank account Monday night.

Wema Bank’s action might have been informed by the torrent of angry tweets directed at its handle throughout Monday.

Hours before his confession, he had boasted that he could get away with his wrongdoings in the same manner that some Nigerian public officials got away with stealing public funds.

Adeniji first drew social media attention on March 30 when a lady refunded some expenses he had incurred on a date.

Ore Oyebola returned N5,000 to Adeniji who had only spent N3,800 and asked him to keep the change after he openly ranted about how a lady he took out failed to accept his advances.

The affair became a subject of widespread discussion at the time, and the pair later ended up on a radio programme where the matter was resolved.

His fraud case has now sparked renewed interests about how crooks use Twitter and other social media platforms to make emotional appeal to get citizens to transfer money to them.

Several users have complained about being swindled in the past, including by duplicitous online traders, but none appeared to be as widespread and as brazen as Adeniji’s.

He is currently suffering clap backs from folks on Twitter.

Here are some comments about his recent fraud.

 

Remember this tweet guys? Watch out for #About30 – • Pablo Alakori • https://t.co/2JKs7suzKT

— KING AG (@adekunleGOLD) December 25, 2017

Make them hand that Deji Pablo to SARS.

— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) December 25, 2017

Two Ls
One state
One year
One man.

A man like Pablo.

— KVNG (@PRINCE_VIIII) December 25, 2017

Going through that Pablo's TL this evening, I now fully believe that voodoo is real, village people are real and they can turn someone's head upside down. May God have mercy on us all

— FAVOUR ONYEOZIRI (@Rouvafe) December 25, 2017

Lol, I pity the girls Pablo has slept with and sleeping with. They already have sexually transmitted unfortunateness

— Daddy (@Yemzine) December 25, 2017

If you’re looking for Pablo AyoDeji this should help. From his website this can be found. Man stays in Ibadan RT for whoever needs this info pic.twitter.com/7mufQ9fXfF

— Tayo Uche Williams (@wiilkilz) December 25, 2017

Someone who has no shame cannot be embarrassed. – Pablo Ayodeji Heskoba. – Dezemba 25 2017.

— DaddyMo (@officialdaddymo) December 25, 2017

Put yourself in the shoes of the people who were scammed. Stop wearing only Pablo’s shoes. And lets not play that “he needs help” card. Because truth is, We all need help in Nigeria. We are all frustrated. But some of us don’t scam other people for their hard earned money.

— FitFam (@geokaycee) December 25, 2017

The difference between Sam_Is_Cray and Pablo is "he manned up" and twitter popularity.

The same bastards that are supposed to be leaders of tomorrow are covering up a scammer because "he apologized" after first insulting his victims ????

— Àlàyé Tó Ṣe Gogo (@iDREYY) December 25, 2017