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One of these offers came from a company called "BB MOBILEZ LTD" and an individual called "LEHMAN OVIE KING". Try jwSpamSpy, the spamfilter we use to track the spammers! It allows us to tie different scams and email addresses to the same originators.Īre you sick of spam too? Do you want it stopped now? When we receive those forwarded mails we can see where the mails are really sent from. After you receive a response, click on the arrow on the right hand side of the Forward button in Yahoo! Mail and select "as attachment" to forward the reply to us. You can also ask for payment instructions (bank accounts, wire transfer instructions). When you see such offers, use a disposable address to contact the company and get a quote for any phone or ask for a price list. If you have had any questionable offers to buy mobile phones, laptop computers or similar items in Nigeria or Europe, please forward us copies of emails so we can warn others! Please use one of the following subject lines for your message: This interrupts all scams in progress and forces the criminals to start from scratch using new email accounts, making all their ads on the web obsolete. If you have been defrauded, report the email addresses used in the scam to the webmail providers and ask for the accounts to be suspended (see here). We assume the criminals to be West Africans. Similar offers also arrive from fake companies claiming to operate from Spain, the UK or Germany. Motorola V3Razor for US$145 - these are normally about US$400+, I'm told). We recently received several queries about companies in Nigeria that were offering cheap mobile phones, sometimes at a third of market prices (e.g. When you receive offers for such equipment at prices that sound too good to be true, assume it to be a scam. There is no reason why anyone there should be able to export mobile phones, computers and other imported high tech, high value articles cheaply. Its ports and airports are notoriously inefficient. Nigeria does not produce high-tech electronic equipment. Never pay for online purchases by Western Union, because you can't trace the recipient once you find out that there is no merchandise. There are too many scams out there, only a small fraction of which we can list below. That's our simple advice to anyone considering an attractive sounding deal found on the internet. Fraud: Bike seller uses bogus escrow serviceĭon't buy mobile phones and other electronic equipment in Nigeria unless you actually live there.Fraud: Car buyer with large cashier's check.monica smith, CC KEVIN PHONES INC STORES.PHONES SELLERS INCORPORATED / FOLA DAVID.MOBILE PHONE INC / MOBILE PHONES INC / FRANCA BROWN.Mobile phone scams from Nigeria and Europe (payment by Western Union) Mobile phones from Lagos, Nigeria (or Europe) – buyer beware!