Property scam? I've put my property on a website and have had some one contact me who wants to buy my home.

Question

I smell a rat heres the email see what you think or if you have heard of any property scams particularly from nigerians please let me know. I may be wrong so please help.

Message: Good Day


I am Mr ------, i work in a construction
company in USA were my company i work for moved me
to Nigeria and other team worker to construct a
road.



Now we are almost true with it and i which to
relocate to UK for a break in which i need to buy
your house (Large Semi-detached House in -------


Kindly email me on how i will go about buying
this because i wanna start making up with the
payment.



Email me back soon............

Answer 1

If this is one of those wealthy Nigerians as most of the scammers proclaim themselves as, then inform him you can sell to him as is, all cash with one contingency. The entire purchase price must be deposited in the escrow account you select, and be non refundable, before you will sign any offer. You do not want a discrimination case should this be the one in a million legitimate Nigerian. You can however determine the terms under which mutual acceptance can be established. If he is well off financially he should have the funds to do this. You can also require him to present his offer and proof of funds in person. That said, it is my personal gut feeling this person isn't genuine.

Answer 2

Some widely used resources to check whether a business is a scam or not are the Better Business Bureau (www.bbb.org)and the national fraud center (www.fraud.org). These days, you can easily find out more about a company using the internet in a few minutes. From a company's website, you can find details about its ownership,how old the company really is and feedback from the company's customers. You can find more detailed information about a company at http://tinyurl.com/gtb89

Answer 3

Why are scam artists always from Nigeria?

Check the ISP address of the e-mail. There are two final letters after the ".com" that indicate the country where the e-mail originated.

I always find that rich Nigerians like this one often live in Canada!

Answer 4

Nigeria and the Ivory Coast are where a lot of scam artists originate on the net at present - so yes I think you have a rat here and you smelled correctly.

Answer 5

There are a lot of scams originating in Nigeria at the moment especially on e.bay,my daughter had it happen to her only last week when trying to sell a mobile phone on there.

Answer 6

Rule of thumb:Never except or do business with someone from Nigeria. What I did, I went to the FBI site and copied the link to their internet fraus dep't. Then I responded to the e mail that I couldn't do business with him but I would include someone who may be able to help him in his venture. I pasted the link.haha!
Yeah always meet with the persons first.No need to call the police. They're too busy. Just disregard it.

Answer 7

Terrible English ,spelling incorrect,use a Internet cafe to reply tell him the price and see how it goes from there,no bank details ,see if you can get the money up front a cheque for the full amount to be sent to your solicitor,where you can exchange contracts,you are selling he is buying that is the deal take it or leave it,best of luck.

Answer 8

Just stay away it's a scam, you should always contact a solicitor when selling your house, i understand saving money on estate agents but still u need to be contact with a solicitor, why not try selling locally but without the agents! please do not reply to that e mail you'll be homless before you know it!

Answer 9

Definitely a scam. Ignore or report this person. He can't even speak english.

Answer 10

You will be asked to send them money. Nigerians are known tricksters/scam merchants. Have no dealings with them.