Bongi dreams of going to university but she has no money for food, let alone for registration, and she has a sick granny at home who needs medication. Desperate, she goes to EezyLoans! where she tells smooth-talking Xavier her troubles. He assures her that he will take care of everything for her and gives her a cash loan. All he asks is for her personal information. Little does she know what he is going to do with it…

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