10/13 I am selling a Nikon D70 dlr on craigslist. A guy responds and
wants me to ship it to Ogun State, Nigeria. He says he'll send
me the money via paypal once I give him the OK (committing to
the transaction). Could this be a scam? How would he manage to
do it if he wires me the money first? I have no local buyers,
other than low-ballers! I am tempted to sell to him, but
wondering if there's something I am not seeing here.. Thanks!
\_ Just don't do it.
\_ That nigeria is involved should be a huge regd flag that it
is a scam. They also have a long history of scams where they
buy stuff, overpay for it, ask you to send the overpayment back
and leave you holding the bag when their 'overpayment' was actually
fake and the bank didn't reverse it until a few days later.
\_ Wait several weeks and see that the overpayment is actually
cleared by the bank before you send the overpayment back. -- !OP
\_ I wouldn't do it. Nigeria has such a bad reputation that when my
girlfriend, who is a movie producer, had to meet with a potential
Nigerian investor (who now lives in the US) everyone was skeptical.
I was worried for her safety when she met him at his hotel bar (he
was flying in to town from back East) and she made sure to go with
others. It turned out that not only was the guy legitimate, but
extremely nice, too. We all feel terrible for judging him based on
the country he was born in, but Nigerian scam artists have made it
that way. That said, I would worry that this guy is laundering money
or using a stolen account, which may mean that even if you aren't
ripped off you are doing business with a criminal enterprise.
Are you comfortable with that possibility?
\_ Dude he's being scammed, 100 percent. For fun ask him if he is
The Mugu or The Master. - danh
The Mugu or The Master or The Margarita. - danh
\_ How did this turn out?
\_ Hey asshole, we responded. Now let us know how it turned out.
\_ Haha, I sold it locally for a reasonable price. |