they are most prevalent in the email.

i've had some emails (and other people i know too who receive emails) from Nigeria claiming that they want to share their funds with me if i do them a little favor. Luckily, i did some research on this and found out that this kind of stuff is fraud. i never do this kind of stuff anyways. even though you can just simply ignore, sometimes they can be really tricky on their schemes.

i sell sometimes on ebay. i set an item for sale with a "buy it now" price. next thing you know, someone buys it immediately. the strange thing is that the buyer joined ebay the same day the item was purchased. i was awaiting purchase only to find out the user was no longer registered. and then a day or two after, i get an email from someone who says that she hopes to have the item sent to her son in the University of Nigeria. the person goes by a westerner name (i doubt they are westerner though!)

damn those scammers!

read more about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria#Crime

if it's too good to be true.....it probrably is....

yeah im an ebayer too and these Nigerian scams aint no joke. dont buy or sell anything to Nigerians. they will try to say they want it shipped to Nigera or something and youll end up loosing your laptop or w.e. you were selling.

My brother got owned by Nigerian credit card fraud.

hell yea, the buyer of my auction of a 2GB ipod nano posed as westerner (used the name judy blake) and gave some really suspicious story about wanting to send it to her son in the University of Nigeria.

what! i thought these wre real!

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1710265

^ lol! good find

yeah the scammers arent too boright. there are thousands of tme and they all use the same dumbass approach.
i got my first about 7 years ago...i made him callme form nigeria then watsd his time on the phone. i believe that you should waste as much of these low-life pond scums lives as possible.

I get those emails once in awhile. Saw something about it on Dr. Phil. Those women are stupid. If a guy asks for money, you ditch em.

It just happens to me today too. OMG!!! My Treo phone was bid up to $300 and the buyer wants me to ship to Nigeria without paying first.

This is the email I received just tonight, how bizarre!!!

Dear seller,
i am very sorry for the late response,i was out to work.i am plead to be the winner of this your tangiable item and i want to buy this item for my son who school in west africa country and this item is a present as a school gift for him but i know you maynot ship out item of your country but i really want to have this item for him.please,i want you to bear with me,and also i will like to know the condition of the item.Does the it have all accessories and boxes?About the
shipment,I have contacted {POST OFFICE AND UPS}they said the shipping will cost the sum (90.00USD) to the below address so i have add that to the item cast as i will be paying you through {PAYPAL} today.Plz note that i want the item shipped by POST OFFICE or UPS that is why i have to contact you again.

Once you receive the payment confirmation from paypal,make sure that you ship out the item and todaysend the shipment tracking number to paypal customer care for verification of shipment so that your account will be credited with immediate effect.So here is my son's shipping addresss listed below for you.


Name :Rev. Mark Franklyn
Address :#37,Ogunleye Ave,off liberty Road,oke-ado
City :Ibadan
State :Oyo-State
Country :Nigeria
Zip code :23402
Phone Number :+2348055818467

NOTE:i want this item shipped via UPS or POST OFFICE

My best regards to you and your family.

^ yea, it's so ridiculous.

i think the only reason why they keep doing it is because people are still getting tricked. they don't even have notices at the post offices. a lot of people try to cash in money orders and checks only to have their day ruined when the clerk says that their money orders and checks are nigerian frauds.

since some of us are ebayers, i noticed that i get a lot of bull$hit when it comes to shipping overseas. sometimes the buyer will complain that they never received the order even when the item was insured and had a tracking number and delivery confirmation. and some of them try to ask a favor of lowering the price of the item on the shipping label (something like that) so that it was have an easier time going through customs.

man!!!! that's why i'm only shipping in the U.S. only and sometimes Europe. all those other places duped me!!

you guys ever get that email that says your ebay account was shut down because of suspicious activity and then you are sent to some phony site and you have to fill in your accout name and password.....DON'T DO IT!!! i keep getting those dumbass emails from aw-confirm......

LoL noobs!

that's pretty hardcore, the few who do go to nigeria to get their money are killed

The worst part is it seems that ebay doesn't even care, I have reported that several times tonight. The response I got was, "Sorry but we can't do anything about it."

The tricky part was in the fake paypal email, it claimed the buyer already paid, but in order to release the fund to the seller, Seller needs to input the shipping tracking number to paypal link inside the fake paypal email.

That's why I just don't use ebay

but finding the right sellers means getting items like textbooks almost half off or more!!!

ehh, i use amazon.com

paypal sucks, they locked up my acct which had 900 in it.

What happened? It is pretty illegal for paypal to do that.
Paypal sucks ever since Ebay bought them out, you have to pay long distance phone call to ask for assistance from what I read.

yea, that's good too. but then again, it's no different than half.com, which i like better


now why would paypal do that? unless the payment was fake from nigeria or something???

why use paypal and not wire transfer?
when it's on your account then it's "safe"
and just don't send anything before you get the money

got one today

DEAR PARTNER,

I AM MR. ABISHA ALLAHIM, THE BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER AT THE FOREIGN
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL BANK OF BURKINA (IBB) OUAGADOUGOU
IN BURKINA FASO. WITH DUE RESPECT AND REGARDS, I HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT
YOU ON A BUSINESS TRANSACTION THAT WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO BOTH OF
US AT THE END OF THE TRANSACTION.DURING MY INVESTIGATION AND AUDITING IN
MY DEPARTMENT, I CAME ACROSS A VERY HUGE SUM OF MONEY BELONGING TO A
DECEASED PERSON, A FOREIGNER WHO DIED IN A PLANE CRASH WITH HIS INTIRE
FAMILY.

REPLY ONLY TO MY PRIVATE E-MAIL mr_a_allahim1@excite.com

THE FUND HAS BEEN IN HIS ACCOUNT WITH THE BANK WITHOUT ANY CLAIM OF THE
FUND IN OUR CUSTODY EITHER FROM HIS FAMILY OR RELATION BEFORE OUR
DISCOVERY TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.ALTHOUGH PERSONALLY, I KEPT THIS INFORMATION
SECRET WITHIN MYSELF TO ENABLE THE WHOLE PLANS AND IDEA BE PROFITABLE
AND SUCCESSFUL DURING THE TIME OF EXECUTION. THE AMOUNT INVOLVED IS
USD$10.500,000 (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS.) MEANWHILE
THE WHOLE ARRANGEMENT AND DIRECTIVES NEEDED TO PUT CLAIM OVER THIS FUND
AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED, WILL BE FORWARD TO YOU UPON YOUR
ACCEPTANCE. INFORMATION WILL BE RELAYED TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU INDICATE
YOUR INTEREST AND WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST ME AND ALSO BENEFIT YOURSELF TO
THIS GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.

IN FACT I COULD HAVE DONE THIS DEAL ALONE BUT BECAUSE OF MY POSITION IN
THIS COUNTRY AS A CIVIL SERVANT, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO OPERATE A
FOREIGN ACCOUNT AND WOULD EVENTUALLY RAISE AN EYE BROW ON MY SIDE DURING THE
TIME OF TRANSFER BECAUSE I WORK IN THIS BANK. THIS IS THE ACTUAL REASON
WHY IT WILL REQUIRE A SECOND PARTY OR FELLOW WHO WILL FORWARD CLAIMS AS
THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE BANK AND ALSO PRESENT A FOREIGN ACCOUNT WHERE HE
WILL NEED THE MONEY TO BE TRANSFERRED INTO ON HIS REQUEST AS IT MAY BE,
AFTER DUE VERIFICATION AND CLARIFICATION TO DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT.

YOU CAN SEE THE WEBSITE BELOW COVERING THE PLANE CRASH BY CNN & BBC
NEWS.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3348109.stm

I WILL NOT FAIL TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE.
ON SMOOTH CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION, YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO 40%
OF THE TOTAL SUM WHILE 60% WILL BE FOR ME. YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO KEEP
TOP SECRET AS I AM STILL IN SERVICE AND INTEND TO RETIRE FROM SERVICE
AFTER I CONCLUDE THIS DEAL WITH YOU.

I WILL BE MONITORING THE WHOLE SITUATION HERE IN THE BANK UNTIL YOU
CONFIRM THE MONEY IN YOUR ACCOUNT AND ASK ME TO COME DOWN TO YOUR COUNTRY
FOR SUBSEQUENT SHARING OF THE FUND ACCORDING TO PERCENTAGES PREVIOUSLY
INDICATED AND FURTHER INVESTMENT, EITHER IN YOUR COUNTRY OR ANY OTHER
COUNTRY YOU MAY ADVICE ME TO INVEST IN. ALL OTHER NECESSARY INFORMATION
WILL BE SENT TO YOU WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU. I SUGGEST YOU GET BACK TO ME
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE STATING YOUR WISH IN THIS DEAL.

PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE E-MAIL mr_a_allahim1@excite.com
BY INDICATING YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETALS WHERE THE FUND WILL BE
TRANSFERED TO. ALSO, SEND ME YOUR PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION.

BEST REGARD,
MR. ABISHA ALLAHIM

^ damn, they're all pretty much the same