Nigeria scams

[AlfredJPruffock]

The notion that these generous offeros from Nigeria are somehow a 'scam' could not be futher from the truth.

The reality is that there has been a smear campaign orchestrated by the neer-do wells and socialists of this world who hate our freedoms and hence the 'scam' conspiracy theories - I have made millions from these generous offers .

The Very Rev Highlee Unlikelee PhD University of Wonga

[Let-Me-In]

Send me £2000 and I will send you a chq for £2,500,000,000,000,000

[Swamp Thing]

Most likely to fail: “My husband is the late Thomas Sankara, ex-president of Nigeria, who was brutally assassinated. Before he was killed he secretly deposited $5mn in an offshore account. I cannot leave the country to access this account as the police are constantly watching me. But if you can meet me in Nigeria I can give you the password access to my husband’s account. A release fee of $10,000 is needed to do this. If you pay me this money, I can then wire it to the bank. I will give you $1mn of my husband’s secret fortune if you do this for me. God thank you, God willing, da-de-da-de-da…”

Most likely to succeed: “I very much like your BMW 3 series coupe that you have advertised on Ebay for £30,000. If you will take it off Ebay I will pay you immediately. For reasons I cannot go into I will in fact pay you £40,000, then I collect the car. When the cheque has cleared, perhaps you will be so kind as to reimburse me the £10,000 difference”. This is a short con, designed to give the seller the ‘itch’. The itch being that if indeed that £40K clears (and it usually does), and the seller has no scruples, there is no way in hell he will refund the difference. So the deal goes ahead. But then amazingly, the buyer cries foul, and due to some banking technicality (I can’t quite remember what), the entire (cleared) £40K has to be refunded back to the Nigerian bank account. Meanwhile the BMW is long gone.

[Ivor1]

This is good site about the Nigerian scams http://www.419eater.com/ check out the letters section people go along with the scams to take the pi** out of them.

[XTC]

Most likely to succeed: “I very much like your BMW 3 series coupe that you have advertised on Ebay for £30,000. If you will take it off Ebay I will pay you immediately. For reasons I cannot go into I will in fact pay you £40,000, then I collect the car. When the cheque has cleared, perhaps you will be so kind as to reimburse me the £10,000 difference”. This is a short con, designed to give the seller the ‘itch’. The itch being that if indeed that £40K clears (and it usually does), and the seller has no scruples, there is no way in hell he will refund the difference. So the deal goes ahead. But then amazingly, the buyer cries foul, and due to some banking technicality (I can’t quite remember what), the entire (cleared) £40K has to be refunded back to the Nigerian bank account. Meanwhile the BMW is long gone.

yeah I've read of a few cheque clearing scams as of late.

[AlfredJPruffock]

yeah I've read of a few cheque clearing scams as of late.

The thing to do is

1) Steal or have stolen the BMW and report it to the police its whereabouts shortly after you hand over the car

2) Transfer the balance of your account into another bank account so the Nigerian bank cannot transfer the sum back again