my friend suppose to pick up money from wester union.Initally,it was suppose to be transfered to her bank account but it seems take few weeks to be ready so sender then change to western union.Now the agent keep sending her email to ask her do payment for bank fees,she paid almost USD500 but they still wont release the MTCN.she still receiveing email from that fidelity bank,lagos nigeria and ask for another payment for bank fees before they give her the number
2006-11-02 08:38:39 · 6 answers · asked by teruterubozu 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
Nigerian 419 scams??never heard of that.can anyone tell me wht the hell is that?thanx in advance.
her friend works in nigeria and sending money to her.so its mean the bank is taking her money,its not her friend cheating her.Is that right?
2006-11-02 09:04:36 · update #1
Stop sending money! It will never stop is she doesn't! Cut off all contact immediately! They will go away! She will not be able to get her money back. Have her close her bank account and open another one if they have her account number. Transferring money to a bank account takes no more than 5 business days, so she is be lied to! They are preying on her greed!
2006-11-02 08:45:00 · answer #1 · answered by Joe S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Classic scam!!!
Why on earth would someone in Nigeria ask your friend to help them? This is known as the Nigerian 419 scam. Do some internet searches on it.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/nigeralrt.htm
2006-11-02 08:41:29 · answer #2 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Total scam. Anytime you have to
give money to get money, it's a
scam.
Why do people keep falling for
this one. It's been going on for
years, been on the news multiple
times.
Hope she didn't give her bank
account number to them to
deposit the money. Might not
be any money left in there.
2006-11-02 08:51:13 · answer #3 · answered by jay b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-11-02 08:40:43 · answer #4 · answered by Smilin' Fred 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is definitely a scam. She already paid $500 she will never see and they will keep taking money as long as you want to keep doing it. You will never see a cent
2006-11-02 08:53:51 · answer #5 · answered by waggy_33 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scam
2006-11-02 08:41:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋