What do ya do when someone from Nigeria tries to scam you?
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Be happy that you were smart enought to figure it out - unfortunately there isn't much you can do to stop them from scamming anyone else. Also unfortunately there are lots of people who aren't, otherwise they wouldn't bother with the scam.
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"The United States Federal Trade Commission has issued a consumer alert about the Nigerian scam. It says: "If you receive an offer via email from someone claiming to need your help getting money out of Nigeria — or any other country, for that matter — forward it to the FTC at spam@uce.gov."\n\nThe United States Department Of The Treasury advises "You may also email the 419er documents, especially any banking data they may have given you, marked as described above, to Task Force Main in DC 419.fcd@usss.treas.gov; that is also acceptable."
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In romance scams a person outside the US will sometimes email a scanned image of a visa in a passport to show they are about to come to see the other person (and then ask for cash for the ticket or other expenses, to be wired by untraceable Western Union money transfer).\n\nThe surest way to check the visa is to show it to the INS, but often you can tell by yourself. Here are the two most common red flags to watch out for:\n\n1) Some text on the visa is slightly fuzzy while other text is sharp. That means it was scanned and then edited on a computer.\n\n2) Some parts of the visa are at an angle while others are straight. The straight part was changed on a computer while the angled part is original.\n\nMy general advice when dealing with people in Nigeria who you don't know personally is to assume a scam until you can prove otherwise. There are simply too many scammers there to safely proceed any other way.
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why would you buy dogs from nigeria to start with\n\nbut with that said, Nigeria is also known for more internet scams and frauds than any other place on earth.\n\nand of course there is no way to do anything about it, unless you wish to travel to Nigeria and attempt to sue her in court there.
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REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP \n\nFIRST, I MUST SOLICIT YOUR STRICTEST CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION. THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF ITS NATURE AS BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND 'TOP SECRET'. I AM SURE AND HAVE CONFIDENCE OF YOUR ABILITY AND RELIABILITY TO PROSECUTE A TRANSACTION OF THIS GREAT MAGNITUDE INVOLVING A PENDING TRANSACTION REQUIRING MAXIIMUM CONFIDENCE. \n\nWE ARE TOP OFFICIAL OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACT REVIEW PANEL WHO ARE INTERESTED IN IMPORATION OF GOODS INTO OUR COUNTRY WITH FUNDS WHICH ARE PRESENTLY TRAPPED IN NIGERIA. IN ORDER TO COMMENCE THIS BUSINESS WE SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE US TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT THE SAID TRAPPED FUNDS. \n\nTHE SOURCE OF THIS FUND IS AS FOLLOWS; DURING THE LAST MILITARY REGIME HERE IN NIGERIA, THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SET UP COMPANIES AND AWARDED THEMSELVES CONTRACTS WHICH WERE GROSSLY OVER-INVOICED IN VARIOUS MINISTRIES. THE PRESENT CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT SET UP A CONTRACT REVIEW PANEL AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A LOT OF INFLATED CONTRACT FUNDS WHICH ARE PRESENTLY FLOATING IN THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA READY FOR PAYMENT. \n\nHOWEVER, BY VIRTUE OF OUR POSITION AS CIVIL SERVANTS AND MEMBERS OF THIS PANEL, WE CANNOT ACQUIRE THIS MONEY IN OUR NAMES. I HAVE THEREFORE, BEEN DELEGATED AS A MATTER OF TRUST BY MY COLLEAGUES OF THE PANEL TO LOOK FOR AN OVERSEAS PARTNER INTO WHOSE ACCOUNT WE WOULD TRANSFER THE SUM OF US$21,320,000.00(TWENTY ONE MILLION, THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS). HENCE WE ARE WRITING YOU THIS LETTER. WE HAVE AGREED TO SHARE THE MONEY THUS; 1. 20% FOR THE ACCOUNT OWNER 2. 70% FOR US (THE OFFICIALS) 3. 10% TO BE USED IN SETTLING TAXATION AND ALL LOCAL AND FOREIGN EXPENSES. IT IS FROM THE 70% THAT WE WISH TO COMMENCE THE IMPORTATION BUSINESS. \n\nPLEASE,NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% SAFE AND WE HOPE TO COMMENCE THE TRANSFER LATEST SEVEN (7) BANKING DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE RECEIPT OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIOM BY TEL/FAX; 234-1-7740449, YOUR COMPANY'S SIGNED, AND STAMPED LETTERHEAD PAPER THE ABOVE INFORMATION WILL ENABLE US WRITE LETTERS OF CLAIM AND JOB DESCRIPTION RESPECTIVELY. THIS WAY WE WILL USE YOUR COMPANY'S NAME TO APPLY FOR PAYMENT AND RE-AWARD THE CONTRACT IN YOUR COMPANY'S NAME. \n\nWE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THIS BUSINESS WITH YOU AND SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENTIALITY IN THIS TRANSATION. PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF THIS LETTER USING THE ABOVE TEL/FAX NUMBERS. I WILL SEND YOU DETAILED INFORMATION OF THIS PENDING PROJECT WHEN I HAVE HEARD FROM YOU. \n\nYOURS FAITHFULLY, \n\nQuit With The Payday Loans Already.\n\nNOTE; PLEASE QUOTE THIS REFERENCE NUMBER (VE/S/09/99) IN ALL YOUR RESPONSES
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"Advance fee fraud, often also known as the Nigerian money transfer fraud, Nigerian scam or 419 scam after the relevant section of the Nigerian Criminal Code that it violates[1], is a fraudulent scheme to extract money from victims after making them believe they will get an immense fortune. Victims are requested to pay an upfront fee before their purported fortune is released.\n\nThese scams have come to be associated in the public mind with Nigeria due to the massive proliferation of such confidence tricks from that country since the mid-eighties, although they are often also carried out in other African nations, and increasingly from European cities with large Nigerian populations, notably London, Amsterdam and Madrid and lately also Dubai (United Arab Emirates).\n\nOriginally, the schemers contacted mainly heads of companies and church officials, however, the use of e-mail spam and instant messaging for the initial contacts has led to many private citizens also being targeted, as the cost to the scammers to make initial contact is much lower.\n\nThe United States Federal Trade Commission has issued a consumer alert about the Nigerian scam. It says: "If you receive an offer via email from someone claiming to need your help getting money out of Nigeria — or any other country, for that matter — forward it to the FTC at spam@uce.gov."\n\nThe United States Department Of The Treasury advises "You may also email the 419er documents, especially any banking data they may have given you, marked as described above, to Task Force Main in DC 419.fcd@usss.treas.gov; that is also acceptable."\n\nThe number 419 is used in Nigeria's criminal code to describe this sort of crime and explains the penalty for it."
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Go to your local police station and file a complaint.  Ask them what they can do to to track down the scammer.
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Heres a littlerun down on lottery scams\nLotterys work like this:\n1)10,000 people pay 1 dollar/euro/pound/yen....etc\nThe lottery company now has 10,000\n\n2) the lottery company holds a draw and gives out 7,000 in winnings (and keeps the profit 3,000)\n\nScams work like this:\n-1)nobody pays money (there is no money to win)\n\n0)a scammer sends out 10,000 spam emails to tell people they have won a lottery they havn't entered.(they pretend they work for real lottery websites)\n\n2)The Scammer asks for your Personal details (be prepared! your inbox is going to be full of emails asking for you personally...and dont get me started on what they are gonna do with your Bank details!)\n\n3)The scammer tells you that you have to pay fees before you can accept the "winnings" (and NO,you cant pay out of the winnings! they dont exist!....silly maga)\n\n4)The scammer manages to con 3 people out of 1000 and gives all his profits to a charity for orphaned goats (he dosn't really...he keeps it ;) )\n\n5)Your inbox gets more mails than help@microsoft.com\nEverything from "You have won anotther sooperdooperlottry" to "CHAN U B A NEXT OF KIN" to "Please join our company,cash our checks,send us the money until your bank realises you are laundering money for us?)\n\nThe moral of the story is...If it sounds too good to be true... It probably is\n\nSome times they will help you pay the fees.\nThey will give you a check (Wooooo hoooooo!!!)\nThe checks will be fake....very good fakes.\nYou can hand them to a 25yr old bank teller and they wont know the difference.\nThe checks go in your account.\nYour bank "HONOURS" the checks\nYou send the money to the scammer in Nigeria\nThe bank sends the check back to the issuing bank (can take up to 6 months)\nThe Issueing bank refuses to "CLEAR" the check.\nYour bank says"Hey...you put in a fake check ....wheres the money?"\nYou say" I sent it to [insert scammers name here] by western union money transfer(untracable) to that lovely man/woman/both in Nigeria"\nThe bank says"??? you robbed your own bank???"\nYou plead Ignorance..."Im innocent" etc\nThey say "But YOU put the check in our bank...." and you do jail time for bank fraud\n\nWhat is the difference between a fake cashiers check and a fake personal check?????\nA fake cashiers check looks like a real cashiers check whereas a fake personal check looks like a fake personal check.\nWhat have they got in common?\nThey are both just as easy to fake\n\n"419" scammers....dont ya love 'em\nwww.fraudwatchers.org
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Depends what kind of scam it is. Call the police first and they'll send u to the competent authority.
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nigeria is corrupt. Lot of scammers live there...\nBeware of unsolicited letters or emails from a Nigerian or other foreign government official requesting assistance in the transfer of excess funds from a foreign country into your bank account.
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Start sending a heap of spam e-mails and con someone into giving you one. \n\nIts a growth industry in Nigeria ;-)
1070054
This sounds like some kind of scam.  Are they from Nigeria?
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Nothing in life is free, but you could start with a Nigerian Scammer style mass-email. "Hi im y0ur long lst cuosin Jim. Do yuo remmeber me?! Welll, auntiy gen3 died and ne money you can sned to help wif the feuneral wolud be hepful. I'll JusT ne3d yor social-security number, credit card number and teh amt you can affor. Thanks, Jim."\n\nThe sick thing? People fall for this shit
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yeah I get these people from Nigeria telling me they want to put 12 million dollars in my bank account,from some person they claim died with no kin to give it to..I forward these emails to spam@uce.gov
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I really feel insulted because i am a Nigerian. Nigerians arent scammers. its only d helpless ones that dont have money that do it. i dont know why English and American people think so little of Nigeria or Africa!!!!
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It is difficult to help you as you have provided virtually no helpful information.  However, if the scam was perpetrated online, and you are in the United States, you can contact the FBI online scam center and file a complaint.  There are other good resources there to help you.
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If you suspect fraud, you should report this\n\n1. the police \n2. report to yahoo. got the main page and follow the contact us. I think it is a waste of time, as Yahoo does nothing.\n3. if it is retail fraud then report it to the consumer association relevant for your country.\n\nNot knowing the full details, I suspect it is a Nigerian fraud scam. Happened to me, they tried to buy my car with a forged cheque, but I would not release the car until funds had cleared into my account. I got the bank to check if the cheque was genuine before i banked it and told them that I was suspicious of the people wanting to buy my car. I also reported it to the police, where I had to give a full statement.