Hi,

I posted my advertisement in www.mudah.com.my, and later, 1 lady emailed me, showing interest to purchase my stuff.

First, she asked for my best price.
After I replied, then she asked me to ship it to her son, whose currently studying in Nigeria.
She also claimed that she is also currently working in Ase Insurance Company at United Kingdom.

So basically, what she wants me to do is; go to local post office, confirm the shipping fee, then get back to her with account number so that she can proceed to bank in the money.

Email pasted as per following;



The funny thing is, if she really working oversea, why her English is .... well you guys know what I mean.
And, take a look at her son's name; doesn't sound Malay at all.

So guys, should I ignore this kind of message?

Thanks

This post has been edited by kalakatu: Oct 2 2009, 10:44 PM

Do not respond this type of e-mails. I get bunch of similar e-mails before.

smell scam to me..

Yes,very obvious scam. I know its wrong to generalize but Nigeria already has a bad rep when it comes to scams.

SPAM!!!!!!!!!

IT's A SCAM! Just ignore the bugger. The same old trick and same old story over and over again

Bro,

this is 200% scam. don't fall for it. i have similar case as you (though different person). Luckily I smell scam and quickly search in google for such thing

they will tell you they will make payment instruction to certain banks (or other online payment system) who will release the money ONLY after the "bank" receive the tracking no of your shipment

If you agree to deal, you will receive an email from the so called "bank". It looks real but if you notice the email address, it is not from the bank domain but from a free account domain

Eg. notification_"bank name"@hotmail.com

if you don't pay attention, you will think this is genuine

so when you ship it out, you will most likely don't hear from them again. and when you check with the bank, they will tell this transaction didn't exist

hope this is helpful

P.S. The bank & payment system are all legit institution. Just that the transaction are not

always always remember when selling something, make sure u receive the payment first... receive meaning the money is in ur account already, not pending

If it's Nigeria, It's Scam.

Ask him or her to bank in money first then send. SCAM or NO SCAM, you get money then no scam

foget it... skip this and wait for next potential customer...

yup, it is damn scam..
one of my friend oledi "terkena"
he ship an laptop there, then they said the laptop was broken during shipping..
my friend ask to return it, they say can't coz it'll cost them...

at first i didn't know it was from nigeria. he said he is from USA. but i smell something fishy because he didn't ask detail about the product though he says he wanted this for his biz (got a shop somewhere). just say i want to buy. where got serious buyer like that? serious buyer will nego and ask detail questions

anyway, i just give him "benefit of the doubt" since no harm for me. Until he says shipment is to Nigeria, my alarm started to ring loudly

then i googled if someone reported similar case, then i found out he is using exactly the same method as reported in forums

lucky for me I am a bit alert or else ...........

GOLDEN RULE : If comes from Nigeria or ship to Nigeria, you need to be on HIGH ALERT. Google if you need to. Not saying it is surely a scam, but 99% chance it is

Wow it's upgraded. Now scammer used Malaysia as origin, and working in other country. This must be illigitimate son. xD different name ftw!

anyway, yes, it's 23412412% scam. So just put it into spam folder.

hoho, didnt realize i got so many feedbacks here..very helpful..thx guys..

anyway, since i am still exchanging email with this person, can u guys advise me on how to, maybe trap him/her? fool around a lil bit, pretend like i am actually being cheated? hehe

Haha you can do so if you're free. Now they're turning from bad to worse, one of the conman actually added me in MSN and asked me about the dealing. She claimed she's from UK initially, but when i said that I got siblings studying in UK and able to meet her up, she becomes speechless xD

Dont ever deal with Negro.

omg.... i got the same email.... but when i read nigeria... i know for sure its a scam

If you have a lot of time, just continue play, in the end, she will send you email of some bank proof sort, and it will tell you to send the stuff out, and then the money will only go into your bank. Remember it's fake, no matter how real it is. So you just give him random Tracking Number and tell him/her , thank you and pleasure doing business with him/her.

hahaha yeah!

african's are famous for these kinda scams.