What are some of the common scamm in Nigeria and how to detect them . Ive heard in order to fly out of this country passengers are required to proof they have american money just to show, is this a scam?. I did meet someone from Migente.com , we been talking for quite some time now, she did ask money of course ,and i was stupid enough to send some. can anyone tell me some of the most common account they have seen online to do this.???. Anyone seen this account name : vilms_representative_***. any advise, Thank You.
2007-05-13 02:12:53 · 6 answers · asked by NJKING 1 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Other - Africa & Middle East
Visit the following link, hope it will help.
http://potifos.com/fraud/
2007-05-13 05:42:59 · answer #1 · answered by Zain 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, you do not need to show American money in order to fly out of Nigeria. Think about it -- what would you do if you were a British or German tourist and all you had was euros?
There's all sorts of variations of a woman (or man) trapped in a foreign country in distress, needing a little bit of cash for a hotel bill or something. (I'd never heard that line of needing to prove they have American dollars before, that's new, but still a lie.) They change accounts more often than they change underwear, and they pick up strangers to victimize from all sorts of online dating services.
Bottom line: never send cash to somebody you've only met online, no matter how much they seem to be your soul mate. Sorry to hear "she" stole your money.
2007-05-14 11:21:26 · answer #2 · answered by Matti 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nigeria is infamous for internet 419 scams! Known worldwide for such.
www.nigeriaworld.com
I, as an American, would never do NG unless I go there with a group of Nigerians from the US that know me well. I may do such in Dec. as one Ghanaian-Nigerian lady I know in the US is getting married in the second largest city in Africa, Lagos, NG, her father's country.
2007-05-16 10:00:42 · answer #3 · answered by Kool Breeze 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know that you take a public bus or train they may try to drug you and rob you while you are asleep. This happened to someone that I worked with. He was on the public bus and didn't think anything of taking a cigarette from a local... it was laced with some drug that knocked him out. When he came to all his stuff was gone and so were the locals.
2007-05-13 22:41:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
hey i saw a report on dateline about a month ago on Nigerian scams. they always ask for money . first they start by getting to know u,slowly they begin to reel u in, and by the time u know it they get Ur money and run.
2007-05-18 17:57:53 · answer #5 · answered by texasgirl35 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
vilms_representative_***. looks like
villains representative at Nigeria doesn't it?
2007-05-13 09:19:41 · answer #6 · answered by Hermione Fan 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋