The winner of my eBay auction is from Oyo, Nigeria. Is it legit?
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If youare worried, do not send your item until the payment has cleared and you have cash in hand.\n\nIn the future you can restrict bidding to your country only.
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Scam alert!!!!\nReference to any banking or finance company in Cotonou is an immediate tipoff for a scam.\nDid you get a letter or email that is "too good to be true"??\nDo not send them money!!\nTake a look at this web site that lists most of the ongoing scams.\nhttp://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/known-lottery-scams-a-e/bank-giro-loterij/\nHope this helps!
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In case you missed the sarcasm in the last post, I strongly advise you to make sure you are not about to ripped off.  I am willing to bet that you have been approached by somebody offering to give you lots of money if you only first give them a small amount of money.  I'm sure that less than $80 seems like a small investment to make $20,000 USD or whatever.  If this is what you are involved in, run away now!  Read up on Nigerian scams.\n\nI hope I am wrong.
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NOOO.... there is a lot of nigerian scams going on. Think about the cost to get someone here FROM NIGERIA!!!!...Also take how she is recomending you get her here under consideration. If she is asking you wire money....dont do it.... And how many WOMEN are actually willing to meet someone on the internet and come live with them...think about it and be careful... I wish you the best
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Do a Google search for the phrase "nigerian bank scam".  The email that you received is one of the most common scams on the  internet.  \n\nSome poor soul passed away, leaving behing millions of dollars and you as the only known heir.  An attorney or some government official wants to get the money out of the country and wants to pay you a percentage.  Suddenly, they need money for transaction fees or bribes.  You send them money and suddenly you never hear from them again.\n\nI get lots of these emails.  Law enforcement doesn't have time to deal with it.  I forward a copy of the email to the abuse department of the ISP were it came from and leave it at that.
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Well, it sounds like a variant on the Nigerian Scam, but apparently they're branching out into other parts of Africa...  It's a scam, just get rid of it.
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It's a scam. There is a yahoo auction, similar to EBAy but there's no yahoo lottery, that I'm aware of.
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My friend ignore such offer The named bank have seize to exist after the banking reform in Nigeria. What to do is locate website...www.efcc.com to report the case and the people concerned will be procecuted by the law enforcement agent. wishing goodluck and to be deceive anymore nothing good comes so easy.
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ebay or a local auction site in your country
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It is spam. They are attempting to get your bank details and steal your money.\n\nI currently have loads of relatives in Nigeria that have recently died and want to give me $30 million.\n\nI wish......
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How about an internet scam? That would be original coming from Nigeria.
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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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I am sorry to hear of what happened. This should be a lesson for you in terms of the dangers of online selling. I sure hope that now you don't think anymore that the man contacted you "IN GOOD FAITH" because as you are now aware, his intention is to simply empty your bank account.\n\nI don't think there is any organization in the world that can help you get your money back, especially since you are in the Philippines and this is Nigerian. If you think the person gave you correct name and contact info, you may want to file a complaint with the Nigerian embassy in the Philippines. It may not likely result to you getting back your money, but sometimes the process of doing something can make you feel better.\n\nI also have a website, and we CANCEL all orders coming from Nigeria and other well known hot beds of ecommerce scams (sorry to Nigerians here, but Nigerian scams are giving a bad bad reputation to Nigeria) -- no matter how well meaning the transaction appear to be. \n\nAnd DON'T EVER EVER GIVE YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER AGAIN. Don't deviate from your well established procedures like accepting only payments from Paypal.\n\nRead the article "How to Protect Your Business from Online Fraud" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol34/fraud.htm
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Are we a counterfeiter? Nigerian maybe?
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Nope. It's a scam. The Nigerians want money and will anything to get it. I once heard that in Nigeria, you have to bribe with money, to get hired for a job, or to do anything else.
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It could very well be a scam, if it is genuine then they won't ask you for any money, and they will have an address you can write to. Have you entered a Euromillion lottery? If you haven't then be very very very cautious!!!
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NO!! This is a scam to steal your identy. For real help to pay off bills go to www.crown.org, www.daveramsey.com or www.suzeorman.com\n\nMore information on the scam:\nhttp://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeria.asp\nand a similar scam:\nhttp://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/d/dutchlottery.htm