Comments on: How A Nigerian Scammer Tried to Rip Me Off on Ebay

By: Justine

Justine — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:58:58 +0000

I had the same scam, different story.

My boyfriend actually rang paypal to ask if they ever hold payments until the postage reference is received, and they said no. I also checked my paypal to see if there were any funds pending, and there were not.

I’ve just responded to their email as Woofie advised above, asking to verify with EFCC. Maybe they’ll think twice about scamming again.

This was the email I got, plus a follow up email from “paypal” sent 3 times!

Hello, thanks for your mail…….. The payment has been made okay so get back to me asap……. I want the item to be posted to my Husband today okay…. he went on offical assignment in africa and he will be celebrating his 45th birthday next week in africa so i want it to get there before in……. please do the posting today and get back to me with the shipping tracking okay….. Send it through Au POST international signforFEDEX or USPS okay….. Thanks for your effort and God Bless Note Shipping address
Name: KEHINDE AHMED
Address:27 SURU STREET,
City: AKILO ROAD,OGBA,
State: Lagos
Zip Code:23401
Country:Nigeria.

By: Bernardo

Bernardo — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:21:01 +0000

Same here.

It just got fishy when there was no unclear option at paypal. I was trying to sell a PS1 from Facebook Market.

By: Abbey

Abbey — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:51:26 +0000

Hi,

I just want to share the same expreience i have lately.. It was too late for me already i was also scammed by this people.. i lost everything.. I can only say God have mercy with them.. I know punish will bestow upon them.. I lost my item and money.

By: Woofie

Woofie — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:03:35 +0000

Hi there,
I am Nigerian and I can see this problem from both sides. These people will do anything to survive – even at the expense of their country’s name. In most cases, they don’t care about the country’s image as they are revolting against a government which offers them no support. But then, I do not think that any of this is an excuse to defraud innocent victims in other countries out of their hard-earned money. There are countries with worse governments than Nigeria and they are not taking to fraud. Because of this, I am currently working on a Nigerian-based scheme to alleviate this problem. It will take time, but with enough support, “Nigerian Scams” will soon become a thing of the past. (Hopefully.)

I’ll give you a tip that you will never hear anywhere else. Four letters that every Nigerian scammer is petrified of : EFCC. They are the FBI of Nigerian crimes. Here is their website : http://www.efccnigeria.org
Just tell anyone who wants you to send them your laptop – Ask them if it’s ok for you to give the EFCC their details to check on them and confirm that they are authentic.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 13:23:10 +0000

Here’s the e-mail this Nigerian bastard sent me!

Hi Christopher ,
Good day to you.I am Col.Richard Robson from Lafayette,Illinois,US.I’m contacting you concerning your item on Ebay which i eventually became the winning bidder for your item.Morever i’m presently serving our beloved nation here in Iraq with the United Nation and i intend sending this item to my wife who works with the American Embassy Nigeria as a visa Officer.You shouldn’t worry about the shipping fees to her okay?.I’ll take care of it with my Personal FedEx Account # after payment so you won’t need to pay any money when mailing it to her over there.I will be making my payment to you via PayPal,So get the package ready for immediate or next day shipment okay.Make sure you send me your PayPal Email Address so i can immediately make out my payment to you for this item purchase.You are to mail it out immediately you get the confirmation mail from PayPal.Mail me back it’s urgent.

My name was in a different font even! What sloppiness!

By: ct

ct — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:59:52 +0000

I got the same solicitation from my craiglist listing to sell an old laptop.

I wonder if it is ok to ship back a brick on their expense.