A car dealer has been duped of two vehicles worth N5.5 million by two potential customers that turned out to be swindlers.

A reliable source told CEOAfrica that the two clients had approached the car dealer and bargained to purchase the two vehicles at the cost of 5.5 million.

These clients later returned two months after the bargain, seeking to know if the vehicles were still available for purchase. Having closed the deal on the fateful Wednesday, they requested for the dealer's account details.

The source told our correspondent that the dealer had expected a credit alert from First Bank on that same day he had given out his account details, but he got the alert two days later, an account balance of five million, five hundred and seventy thousand.

Based on the alert, the dealer proceeded with the sales and delivered both cars at Jakande Estate.

Shortly after the delivery, he was shocked when he received a debit alert of the same amount credited to his account.

Dazed, the Jakande Estate car dealer sought police help at the Nigerian Police Divisional Headquarters, Ejigbo, according to the source.

He told the police how he had unknowingly transacted business with two persons at Jakande Estate, Isheri.

The police traced the service providers of the phone numbers used by these men and discovered that the telephone line used for the transaction was registered, but only calls pertaining to the transaction were made on the phone numbers.