How I Survived a Loan App Blackmail Threat
How I Survived a Loan App Blackmail Threat episode 6
Episode 6: Healing After the Storm For weeks after the chaos ended, I found myself living cautiously.I checked my phone nervously.I flinched at every unknown number.I even hesitated before posting anything online. It was like the trauma had hardwired fear into my daily routine. But as the days turned into weeks, something beautiful started happening. […]
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Episode 5: Enough is Enough Hearing that my mother had collapsed broke something inside me.All the shame, all the fear — it burned away, replaced by pure, cold determination. I couldn’t keep living like a hunted animal.I had to end this, no matter what it took. The first thing I did was gather all the […]
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Episode 4: When Fighting Back Got Dangerous The day after my Facebook post went viral, I woke up to find that the loan app agents had shifted gears.This time, they weren’t just threatening me personally — they were trying to destroy my character publicly. Someone — probably one of them — created a fake Twitter […]
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Episode 3: The Fight for My Name That night, sleep refused to come.My heart pounded, my hands trembled, and every time I closed my eyes, I saw my reputation burning. By morning, I knew I had only two options: Option One: Cry, hide, and let them destroy me completely. Option Two: Stand up and fight […]
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Episode 2: The Day My World Fell Apart The first person to call me was my cousin, Tolu. His voice was sharp, full of anger and confusion. “Anita, what’s this nonsense I’m seeing about you owing money and running away? Somebody sent it to me on WhatsApp. What is going on?” I stuttered, trying to […]
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How I Survived a Loan App Blackmail Threat
Episode 1: The Loan I Should Never Have Taken Life in Lagos is tough, but that week, it was unbearable.My rent was overdue, no money to even buy food, and my office hadn’t paid salaries in over a month. I sat in my tiny room in Ojodu, staring at my cheap Android phone, wondering what […]
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