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Why Scammers Love Nigeria
from the it's-a-way-of-life dept
By now, you all (should) know about 419 advance fee scammers from Nigeria. Despite regular claims of plans to crackdown on the scams, the Nigerian government had done very little. In fact, there were claims that up until a year ago, not a single person in Nigeria was in jail for such crimes. That's starting to change, with new reports saying that about 500 people have been arrested with another 500 under investigation. Of course, that sounds like a tiny percentage of the scammers, and it didn't seem all that difficult for the Associated Press reporter who wrote the above article to track down plenty of scammers who are quite proud of their scamming ability. It certainly still appears that scamming is a way of life for many Nigerians who find that it's a lot easier and a lot more lucrative than other jobs... which are often hard to find.
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i was scam
The EFCC cant help me too.they can help but they wont
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Nigrian scammer
she is 30 years olld named Mashier Gilbert princsess _chalin@yahoo.co,uk.com a scammer we have talked for months and all she talked about was money to be with me she was vary quick to fall in love and was vary persistantabout having to be with me and me sending her money right from the get go so finnaly I sent her $ 499 so she could get a chaek cleared from her fathers estate after that it was seeya sucker
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puppy scam
I was scammed by Jide Martins at 39 Airport Rd. in
Mushin, Lagos ,Nigeria 23401 It was one of those puppy scams. his e-mail is Andersonrosario78@yahoo.com He claims to be a God fearing Christian, but he isn't!!!
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this girl
please take care of this girl i covered her as a scammer and her father from Nigria (ericawelch4luv@yahoo.co.uk) she pretends that she wants money from me to get out from Nigiria her name was Lizzy she told me that
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u guys are stupid
how can u guys really get scammed lol
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scammers
i have been talking to 3 guys on the internet and these 3 all happen to be in lagos nigeria. the one said he is a chef and they paid him for working there and the bank wont cash his check because its a united states check, now if your working in nigeria why would they give you a check you cant cash there. he said he needed 650 dollars to pay his hotel bill and come back to the ststes. the 2nd one says he ran out of money and the bank there wont cash a travelers check. he ask me for290 dollars for him to be able to send the check to me to cash. the 3rd one is there trying to get some papers he said he needs and he needs me to send him 500.00 dollars so he can get them. they all seemed like really good guys and they sweet talk you and tell you about all this money they have and how they are going to take care of you. one of them has even sent me roses saying he loves me but when i tell them i have no money they get mad. 8i believe they are all scammers. so people be careful. i have not sent any money. and am not going to.
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Scammers in Nigeria
I too have been a victim of a scammer from Nigeria. He claimed that his name is William Dave Dick. He is supposedly from Miami, Florida. He claimed to have been stranded in Nigeria. He wanted me to send him some money because he was going to be put in jail if i didnt. Today was the day he was supposed to have been put in jail. As soon as he found out i couldnt send him any money he told me goodbye.
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Re: Nigrian scammer
Well it was a good thing that i didnt have the money to send because if i did i would probably have made the same mistake. This scammer i was involved with for some reason claimed that he loved me even though he didnt even know what i looked like. He claimed that he was this very rich business man but i had my doubts about him telling me the truth. As soon as he found out i wasnt sending him any money he told me that he didnt love me anymore.
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Re: u guys are stupid
you are right i can tell the scammers from the moment they say a word here it is I am SEEKING FOR MY RIGHT MAN OR SOULMATE ....lol you are stupid if you fall for this nits just funny to mecuz i dont have anymoney anyway even if my mother asked me i couldent help so i just let them tell me they love me and ect.ect.ect and when they ask me for money i say are you kiddin i havent got a dime thats all she wrote ,so i start to email them back and say what happened my love ..lol where are you ? oooh i miss you .. you know add salt to the wound cuz they do spend alot of time on you if you let themm.. lol...........anyway safe date chatting..... Lou sorry about the typos i cant fix it wont let me
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Re: scammers
can i ask if you were sent pictures? i have a stituation were i feel as if i'm being lied too,as many things are being said,and i feel that thay are premature and more than a little over the top,lol. Now this one saids he lives in london and deals with african arts he sounds really sweet and nice,but as all these things or in the news it makes you wonder as he does seem perfect!may be i'm just an old cinic?
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hummm
At this point in time i'm chatting to a guy that 'lives in london he's a computer engineer and an african art dealer!'. he sounds like my prince on a white steed,lovely,also really quite good looking and i have several pic's that he sent me,a heart renching story about his ex cheating on him and lets be honest we all have some horrid storys,and may be i'm being cinical but we do! other than some spelling errors and typos i have nothing to go on i have tryed to do an I.P reverse,but some and not all of the e-mails i get from this person are taking 5 minutes or more to down load!!!and so much txt is missing or lost on msn, i have friends in the usa,nz,oz and spain and france do i need to go on!and i have no problem and no lost txt when i chat to them!! But i do with the uk/usa guy in nigiria? i may be wrong and if i'm, i will let you know as he was hoping to be back this wkend(u.k)? it a case of wait and will see! But watch this space!!!
Also i told him that there has been alot on the national and international news re the scams in Nigeria he had no idea this was happening and totally horrifid that the internet was open to scams!!i'm scratching my head on this,so wot do you think?pls let me know......
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is it a scam
met this cute guy atleast the picture on his page is cute,anyway his name is paul tresler anybody else chatting with him says he wants to come see me for the new year but he's short 200 wants me to western union it to nigeria any body else know him let me know
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mony scams in nijeria
Iam working on the internet about 3 hours aday and I found out most cheaters is from nijeria men or women and most the banks over there they make u the winner but they cant send u the prize untel u send western union of 450 us dollars ,and I syed why Icant send wire transfer to the bank not to a person --no western union the dont exept banks or companies only person .and another one she like to take here mony out of there to any country and we talking about over 10 milions and up and she needs about 7895 us dollars to be able to make the acount working and the fees for the transfer.and beleve me its allot of stories of all kineds ,
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Not only nigeria Scam
why are you people always talk about nigeria same thing i got scamed from chine twice and once in Ameria with a link from uk but yet you people keep saying nigeria scam s how about other country? tell me about america job online or gree card are those real? you better talk about other good suject about nigerians
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PLEASE HELP!
Please if anyone knows anything about a man named Darren Bent please get a hold of me. I'm trying to find out any info on him and scamming practices if any. He says he's in Nigeria though lives in California. Thank you.'
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Re: PLEASE HELP!
I would love to talk to you about a man who says he has a house in Calif and the UK. He says he's a widower and has a 15 year old daughter. He tells me he loves me and wants to move here. He says he makes a huge amount of money and how he's going to take care of me. But today his daughter asked me for some money to pay her school. I'm very nervous that this is a scam and I refuse to send money. He tells me he is buying a oil well and is a chief engineer on the Merchant Bravery Ship.
I've had a funny feeling about this, and so glad I haven't done anything.
Joyce
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Re: Darren Bent is a scammer
Hello Virginia, I am in contact with a man calling himself Darren Wayne Bent. Email address... dabent57@yahoo.com. Claims to live in West Hollywood, Ca. and tells me he has been in Nigeria just over a week and will be there until August working as a consultant on a dam
project. I caught onto him right away. He is a scammer....from the gitgo. His IM name (sentence) reads "where have u been all my life cute one bent". In his photo he is wearing a white sleeveless T-shirt with some lettering on it and he is standing in the kitchen by the sink.
I am going to have him send me an email so I can add full headers and turn his pudgy butt in to the authorities. Like I said...........he is definately a scammer. I ended instant message to research him in scams and I found you.
He's MUGU. Do not do anything for him. I do not know his game yet. He first contacted me last night on 2jive.com a subsidiary of the Relationship exchange. He seems to be rather dense and slow catching on to some of the everyday american jargon. Hope this does not come too late for you.
Louise Mahoney
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rental scam
Try getting scammed by someone you think is going to rent there house to you. We thought we found a great place to move in to. Perfact for my baby girl. A man said that his family had to move for job reasons to Washington From vancouver island, leaving there lovely house vaccent, but he had gone to Mushin Logos Nigeria on a missin For god leaving his family in washington. His Wife then started e-mailing me to confirm the rental application and such, when she wanted me to send her husband money for rent to Mushins Lagos Nigeria via Western Union but never asked for a deposit or anything for my pets. I thought it all sounded suspicious when she kept reassuring me that we should trust eathother and send the money and she'd send keys. It sounded very persistant. So I googled around and found out that Nigeria is the FRAUD CAPITAL.. I'm so lucky that I had caught this before I carried through with the rental process. It's not that hard to be fooled by these people when your seriously looking for what they are offering. Like a place to rent for your new family, in my case.
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I demand the truth about a story that I have followed
Hello guys, I still can't unravel on the history I have with it is true or one love scammer but I already sent $ 430 U.S. and this person is called Cherry suffered an accident between the cities of Abeokuta and Lagos but I still I could not really find out if it is true or false all that. It seems that hour a tremendous fraud, but I swears that girl swear me with she is speaking the truth and so far responded to my mail yet. I would like to appeal to someone who is more in the city of Abeokuta to check for me the data that I'm going to go through by email is real or not, because I do not speak the English and that excludes me to connect by phone and check the whole story.
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Scammers from Nigeria
I was chating with a guy from Nigeria, he said he was there doing a project (roads)and that he was from USA living in Coral gables and he was about to finish, he said that he could not wait to come meet me. but I found out that he was a scammer, he mentioned to me that his parents die in a car accident, his ex-wife cheated with his best friend. His IM ID in Yahoo is garyhansen007@yahoo.com. His profile reads like this:
Gary
His Ideal Woman
Ethnicity Caucasian (white) Any
Height 5' 10" Any
Smoking Doesn't smoke Any
Has Kids No Any
"Me and My Ideal Match"
I don't know how to do this humm..... i would consider myself a very easy going and understanding person who likes to treat people the same way i'd like to be treated. I would say I like the outdoors, like hiking, camping, fishing, and I love the summer time. I really hate the winter, not too fond of the cold. but I am also very shy at first in person but I do open up when I get to know the person.I have been hurt so many times and wouldnt want that anymore thats why am seeking a woman that is very understanding, caring, loving, and a woman who will be there for me. Someone who is willing to give. In some relationships only one person gives, but this is not what I want. A relationship must take both people working together, and loving one another, doing what ever it takes to make things work. Communication is very important to me. And I want someone who like to do the simple things, such as a walk in the park, hand in hand, spending alot of time together, g etting to know about one another.Honesty is very important, and sincereity.Communication is the key. We have to be able to talk with one another, and express are deepest feelings. This way, we know how each other feels, and we can deal with each other accordingly
HE IS A SCAMMER - PLEASE WATCH OUT, DO NOT LET HIM PLAY WITH YOUR FEELINGS...
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nijeria scammer
This jerk claimed to be from colorado "denver" working for shell as a private contractor. He never gave much information but I did a background check which didn't check out.I questioned him of course he denied it.. He told me how much he loved me and I was his dream girl...ect...I asked him for his address he gave it to me except it was not his address, so I told him wrong address and he gave me another one.. wrong again.. I actually called that "steve Roitman" while communicating with the other nijeria"steve". Long story short, he asked for money, I didn't give it to him... He has then left me alone... BUt it's sad that these "jerks" play on people's feeling.. I meet him on eharmony... Beware...
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Re: Re: PLEASE HELP!
would like to talk to you, I think we are talking to the same man.
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Nigerian scammers
I work for a major Intl airlines, please, please, do not ever send money to people you talk to over the internet, every day I have at least two passengers that call saying they sent money to someone they met over the internet for an emergency or a flight to come to the US and they never hear from them again. You can prepay a refundable plane ticket through a TA and if that person doesn't pick it up at the departure city you can ask for a refund. Once they are at the airport all departure taxes are included in the ticket so do not send money to supposedly pay at the airport to leave the country, that is another scam I hear about. Hope this helps someone.
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steve roitman
not only is he Nigeria here is phone number 234 8058461336,he is a scammer and a good one, never has the answers though loves to call you babe, my sweet angel, i actually sent him a copy of him on the internet. have changed all my emails and he loves to chat on yahoo.com he says he works for shell and is self employed, has a son named greg. trys to have an english accent I will report him to every sight he will just change his name and id picture If it is to good to be true it is. God can we be dum or at least I was. never sent money he never got that far fiqured it out before hand be careful he is good.
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Re: Re: PLEASE HELP!
same happen to me. he was a charming man name wilson berrett from washington. but working on a plateform oil on the sea. we was talking for few week and tonight he ask me for 700. dollars to pay for the exams of is son because he said on the plateform he cant send money.
so your not alone at this moment i had realize its was a scammer
bye
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Re: Nigrian scammer
THIS SOUNDS SO FAMILIAR. ONLY THESE PEOPLE CONNECTED ME ON MY SPACE IN SEPT 2008. FOR 2 MONTHES IT SOUNDED ALL GOOD, WITH ALL THE WORDS, AND SWEET THEY SOUNDED AND HIM AND HIS DAUGHTER COULDNT WAIT TO BE WITH ME AND MY SON. THIS PERSON WAS SUPPOSE TO BE FROM NEW JERSEY, AND WORKING IN WEST AFRICA ON A CONTRACT AS AN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER. THE WAY I WAS PLAYED WAS HE WANTED A NEW LAPTOP COMPUTER, BUT NOW HAS LEAD THEY NEED MONEY FOR A BTA. WHICH I LOOKED UP AND FOUND WAS JUST A BASIC TOTAL ALLOWANCE WITH MONEY YOU WERE ALLOWED TO TAKE ACROSS THE LINE. I HAVENT TURNED THEM YET, BUT I WILL. I JUST DONT KNOW HOW PEOPLE LIKE THIS HAS A HEART TO DO INNOCENT PEOPLE THIS WAY. IT IS PRETTY LOW-LIFE. AND I HOPE THEY GET CAUGHT WITH IT. I HAVE PHONE NUMBERS, AN ADDRESS, AND EVERYTHING. ITS PATHETIC.
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does anyone know any one named dawnson@yahoo.com i belive it is the adress a friend is getting email from him he says that he has a son and needs to get a visa for him and needs money if anyone know him please let me know thanks
if the email even looks like you know it please let me know
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Re: I demand the truth about a story that I have followed
This girl is a scammer asked for money from me also, i gave none, said her father was in an accident and died , said she was from Chicago as a nurse, Nurse Cherry, but i looked her up for a nursing license and there was none Cherry_cal12 was the Yahoo IM, good luck
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Please help,I have been scammed
I met this real sweet guy. i met him on the site: singlesnet.com. he emailed me picturesand i still can't place that voice with those pictures. two days after we started talking on yahoo messager, he asked for 200.00 dollars. i told him I didn't have it but I sent him 100 dollars be westernunion. He said it was for food. to make a long story short I have sent him money for to renew his passport and visa. Groceries, to pay sister out of hospital, to pay his hospital bill, I have even sent money to come to the us twice. the first time he had to help sick sister and this last time he supposedly got in a car wreck on his way to the airport. He said his name was Ronald White, says his parents died in car accident one sister melissa white. both r from Lagos Nigeria. he has never been married no children looking for a wife. he has also sent me many presents. I would really like to know if anyone out there has heard of him. I have fallen in love with him. But i don't want to go no further if he is scamming me.please if anyone out there has heard of him or his sister or his so called best friend Marcus Ayomide,please email me.
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IF YOU ARE DUMB AENOUGH TO SEND MONEY TO SOMEONE YOU DONT KNOW SPECIALLY ABRAOD...YOU DESERVE IT PEOPLE!!!
I ACTUALLY HAVE FUN WITH THESE LAZY/IDIOTIC SCAMMERS...
YOU SHOULD TOO/THESE PEOPLE HAVE NO BRAIN...THEY PRAY ON THE EVEN DUMBER PEOPLE!!! SO DONT BECOME ONE
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Re: hummm
Do you hsppen to have any pics of this guy. I met this guy too and his name is Paul. Well he also told me about the cheating girlfriend. He lives in London, but went to work to Lagos, Nigeria and he states all his money and passport was stolen at some festival in Nigeria. He is asking for some money to go home.
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Re: Please help,I have been scammed
You sound like a desperate fool. Just grow up, please grown up
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didn't
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didn't
Recently got on match.com - right off I was contacted by Keith Oman - email is omankeith1@yahoo.com. He had photos -a very handsome man in a suit - who wouldn't fall in love with him. When it came down to calling me he said - I have a bit of an accent I hope you don't mind. Couldn't understand a word he said. He told me he had a son 14 yrs old - that his parents were killed in an auto accident while traveling in Paris. The child's mother has died and that he was divorced because his wife was running around on him and said that he wasn't man enough for her. The son's birthday is coming up and they ask me to purchase a Play Station 2. I did not. He did become a bit angry about that but we continue to talk. He said he makes $250,000. He is a construction supervisor independent contractor. Yet he asks me for money - ha. How stupid.He then tells me he has been robbed of $8,000.00. I say I am sooo sorry - poor baby and of course that was the money he needed to come back to the states to see me. He says I do not trust him - that is the understatment of the world. Actually I hear nothing from him now - wonder if he is still out there trying to scam other people. If anyone has experienced this guy please contact me.
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Scammer
I met Jeff Cole on blackpeoplemeet.com and his username was funsharelove. He claim to be an African arts dealer and was leaving Ireland going to Nigeria to purchase art. However things happen and he needed money to come back home and like a love sick puppy sent it. I sent $380 to Dr olabode Ogedengbe to pay for hospital bill after jeff accident on way to airport. next sent $420 to jeff for bta again but got robbed when he picked up the money. Fnal time $350 sent to a pastor Olabode Adesida but to my suprise Jeff had borrow $280 from pastor and wanted me to pay him. All the love Jeff gave me cause me to believe him and that why I sent the money. I hope something can be done about this problem because they make a bad name for this country. And I can see Nigerian owing America $15BLLION by time the Nigerian finish with us America should owne the country.
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Re: Not only nigeria Scam
you talk about someone saying he s from america with a link from uk? Ive dealt with nigerian scammers its easy to see they are nigerians their phonenumbers are linked to the uk as well and if you check their ip-adress you ll find nigeria!but they can go satellite saying america.
I cant understand the nigerians being upset about this. Its for real , and nigerians only say " it happens elsewhere too!" (as if it s justified then)Do smth about it its your country for Gods sake. The 419 will bite you in the ass!
if we cant find the one guilty we ll find a scapegoat. Thats how humans react! So find the guilty instead, maybe hes inside you? In your attitudes, and acting?
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i am takeing some one
hello to all of you i am from lagos nigria you can get me over here i am haveing lots of fun with you all
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heartache and waisted time
I met this guy over the internet dating site, "Personals", His name was used in his profile as Willy from Manchester. Williammarcus11@yahoo.com . He said he is construction engineer, has house in the state and in England. Working in lagos Nigeria for the project, will be back to the state few weeks. Lost wife and home in Katrina, has two kids who will be graduting from college. Sent pictures of himself I in turn sent picture of myself which i am very regret it. After few weeks of emotional building although i had my suspision and i was on guard, i had fallen hard for this sweet genuine sounding lovy douvy talk. But one day via IM when he sent email and wanted me to read which sounded alarming his daughter is in the hospital from gun shot wound and all his family was hurt from robbery attempt, I knew all came down, real him, the "truth", I didn't give him money. I ended it all, but I still suffer from incident it deeply effected me. I am still curious and hard to connect with the cute man from the pictures and monster who prey on, suck blood money from others. Only athority will find that out for me?
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Am I right that this is a scam
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Am I right that this is a scam
I met this great guy on the internet. He was so sweet and loving. He even sent me 2 dozen roses on the day he "left" for Nigeria to buy gold. He is a jeweler and needed it for a custom piece. His name is Martin Watkins. He took his dog with him.(?) On his second night there he got mugged and they took his credit card. He needs $1200 to get out of the hospital so he can come home. I am assuming this is a scam....anyone else know the name.
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Re: info for Dareen
have not been to your country in my life, But i will like to come and spend my vacation there if you give me a chance that was why i said i would loved to come to your country after my business contract, I will advice you send me your phone or mobile number so I can call and hear your lovely voice though i understand that you said to me in one of your previous e-mail that your English is not too good and i understand that fact because I have this feeling you a lovely person to speak with.
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This is my number you can call me when you are online so we can chat +234-8022697268 or text me and here is my yahoo id: darren.bent30@yahoo.co.uk.
Kisses.
Darren
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