What if I have the address from Russia? How can I verify it's legit?

Answer 1

I'm reasonably sure the address is legit. (You wouldn't be given an address if it wasn't.) The real question is this: Is the person at the other end legit? Many sad stories have been told of people who have been taken advantage of because of their kindness towards others, especially with online stuff. How many e-mails do you get every day from somebody claiming to be a representative of some wealthy deceased businessman from Nigeria that claims you will receive large sums of money by helping to complete fraudulent, at worst, or very risky, at best, banking transactions? If there seems to be nothing in it other than a potential relationship, I see little harm in playing along as long as you are being safe in the process with disclosing your own information in such an exchange, but do be careful because, in truth, you might not be able to find out for sure until, and if, it becomes too late.

Possibly, if you contact a representative from the Russian embassy, they might be able to give you a source for tracking down the legitimacy of an address and/or the person behind it. I can't think of any other way to do this though, but again, do be cautious.

Answer 2

man i had a guy buy a playstation 2 from and said he wanted it to be sent to his grandson in nigera...well it was a fake and luckly i did a little bit of reasearch first contact the embassy like the other guy said but also don't be affraid to ask at your fed ex or what ever company they are using if your shipping something like i was off of ebay be careful casue they were using a stolen credit card my man just watch your self