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[Thomas]

I'm constantly deleting messages from nigerian guys wanting to buy my products.
The reason why i don't even bother looking is because i have heard such bad things about them.
What exactly do they do and how?
Has anyone ever delt with one of these nigerian guys?



(100th poste already!)

[xamell]

First of all , what products do you sell?

Dont trust any buyers from Nigeria, period.

This is how they scam you. They send out a fake but real looking check, either by western union, a check, or a money order.

You send out the products, you cash the check to realise its fake; its too late your goods are gone.

There has also been some cases where you were able to cash the check, then weeks later you are notified from your bank that it was a fake, so they charge you..

So just dont do any business with these people.

If you want more info, goto google and type in nigerian scam, youll get thousands of hits.

http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/...gus_orders.htm

http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start...9coal/&e=10401

[Thomas]

I see, quite usuall scamming techniques then...

[woodle]

Tell you what it just goes to show you how well alibaba looks at scammers................have a look at all the posts from nigeria that dont get deleted...................if alibaba had one ounce of brains with her then she would stop anyone in nigeria from posting sales leads.And `her`..yes im referring to the lady who set alibaba up.
She has no sense of knowledge when she cant even set up a script which filters out these nigerian scammers......just goes to show how much of a rush job alibaba is.B2B portals could learn a thing or two from places like global sources instead of alibaba.

[venus de milo]

Why Dont We Run With One And See If We Can Get Him To Post A Photo Of Himself With A Silly Message

I Know Im Easily Amused

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by woodle

Tell you what it just goes to show you how well alibaba looks at scammers................have a look at all the posts from nigeria that dont get deleted...................if alibaba had one ounce of brains with her then she would stop anyone in nigeria from posting sales leads.And `her`..yes im referring to the lady who set alibaba up.
She has no sense of knowledge when she cant even set up a script which filters out these nigerian scammers......just goes to show how much of a rush job alibaba is.B2B portals could learn a thing or two from places like global sources instead of alibaba.

I completely agree with what you're saying.

[guru4us]

i used to get dozens of emails everyday from nigerians..simply ignore them and they'll go away in a while. they usually bother u if u sell brand name electronics

[Anthony]

Once you have had one, you can identify them quite easily..

IE; They are all the same, asking the same thing ect..