they say they need money for non residential certificates. Is it for real how do you find out????
2007-09-14 02:56:04 · 12 answers · asked by Lola B 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
Yes, they are all scams. It is a huge problem right now. Usually what happens is they send you a check and they ask you to send back a fee via western union...what happens is it takes the bank 15 to 21 days to find out the check was fake/forged/counterfite and that is longer than any hold they can put on the check. So the money you sent them is gone, and there is no money from the check you got. Usually because the bank can't hold the money for as long as it takes to find out the check isn't any good (under most circumstances the longest a deposit can be held is 11 business days and usually aprox $5000 has to be realeased after 5) the reciever of the bad check goes out and spends all the money. The bank gets notification that the check isn't any good, the take the money out of the recievers account and charge them fees if they are overdrawn. So now the money you sent is gone, your bank account is overdrawn, checks start bouncing causing more fees, and you are in a huge hole.
I am not saying all nigerians are bad, but the good ones do not advertise these loans on the internet. They are not legitimate and you should not be party to it. There isn't much legal action that can be taken because it isn't like the police can drive to Nigera to arrest these people. You will never get the money back and you will be in a bad spot financially.
2007-09-14 03:11:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would not deal with anyone who is contacting you outside of the United States. If you do and something goes wrong, you will have a very difficult time to correct it. Nigeria is notorious at being a scam country of the world.
2007-09-15 01:03:00 · answer #2 · answered by Gary 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes this is a scam. You probably get annoying emails all the time. These people contacting you through email about giving you tons of money. The scam is that you like send them 50 or so dollars and then they send you X amount of money but when you go to deposit it into your bank account the check comes out will insufficient funds.
2016-05-19 03:15:52 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there is no nation in the world with more credit available than the USA. There would be no reason to get a loan from Nigeria.
2007-09-14 03:29:47 · answer #4 · answered by Jay P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES!!! this is a scam and many people have been effected by this..They are all scams Nigeria is the world capital of scams..please stay away and report them!!
2007-09-14 03:33:23 · answer #5 · answered by AnnaG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a scam. Now they're coming out of Brazil, the UK and other foreign countries. Anyone who askes you to cash something your bank account and send them the difference less a fee paid to you is a scam, plain and simple. The checks bounce and you're in the hole.
2007-09-14 06:11:57 · answer #6 · answered by Ari 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anything from Nigeria is a scam
2007-09-14 03:01:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
SCAM ALERT!!
Nigeria + "pls send money via non-recoverable/traceable means" = SCAM
They'll be asking you to send money via wire transfer or Western Union or Moneygram.
IGNORE THEM!
2007-09-14 03:05:49 · answer #8 · answered by ksolaris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are completely crazy if you do any business with anything associated with Nigeria. Just forget about it.
2007-09-14 03:06:00 · answer #9 · answered by camtheham9 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,
Nigeria is full of the identity theft.
2007-09-14 03:03:38 · answer #10 · answered by Patrick 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋