I Sent Money to A Nigerian Phone Shop

@hazey, i can purely confirm to you that he is a scammer. one how can they make a mistake of sending 14 phones when you ordered four?, even if they  send 14 phones, they can't ask you to pay for the 10 phones. its not your fault. why don't you go through to the efcc website and report the stupid guy.


If i were you, i will tell him that i have sent him the money, and see what he says.

How much did u pay him sef?,

gbengaijot , thanks for your help also. we chat agn tmr,

Then this is the 2nd email which i just got from the sales guy, he quoted, " I have instructed the Shipping Company to keep it onhold in UAE - DUBIA, till we hear from you. In fact i want to reasure you that you are our Company will be very very close once this transaction is sucessfully completed.Once again, We are truely sorry.
So first thing in the Morning make the payment and notify, Do not include any detail expect the senders name o.k."
Then his 3rd email he quoted is " The amount to send is $1,000:00, Then upon arrival of the Phones you release the $1,000:00, We have already documented the amount which you have made so far o.k.
Lastly, makesure you don't include all details regarding the Payment expect the Senders Name.
Based on calculation from the shipping Company, if you are able to inform us that you have made the payment we shall call them to deliver the Phones to you, so latest by Saturday you will receive the Phones."

So now what you guys think? Any suggestions for me?

As you can tell it's real scam. He does not want you to release any detail because he knows if you do, the folks at western union will know right away that it's 419. He wants to make it seem like you are just send him money as a gift or so.

The fact that he told you that his staff (believe me, he has no staff) made a mistake by shipping 14 phones, and that he wants more money, should have indicated to you right way (in addition to other clues) that he is a scammer. Even my 6 year old would not believe that!

Tell him you are going to pass on all his information to the authorities that you know he has just 419'ed you.  You should have done some research before pouring $400 down the drain. Like I posted earlier, I am 100% (not 99%) sure you will not get any goods, and that you will not get a dime pack from him. I will post here again, search the internet for "the Nigerian 419 scam" You may even be able to make a report on one of the websites out there and post all his information there.

Exactly, do what Nwoke said. Contact as many people as you can authorities, his web hosting company, post his phone numbers(he can change those easily though) and email addresses to all the websites out there, etc.

I am sure this will be a very good lesson for you.

Alirte, you can make use of who is website to get his ID and stuffs. Seun, i bet you can advise on this as well as SBU career. they are techi guys,



Give him a fake mtcn number and tell him you've sent the money for the ten other fones. and see what he says,

Did he actually gave u d name that you should send the money thru?,

Tell him you have reported him to authorities. Specifically tell him that you have posted his information to the 419 investigation department in the USA and Nigeria. 

Bolting out to catch the train to work, I'll post more when I get on the train or when I get to work.

gbengaijot, you can add me @ hazeyger@yahoo.com for the yahoo chat. Bossman, actually i am thinking of hw to dig out more info on this guy, so that it would make it easier if i report to the authorities. I actually did talk to him on the phone before. I think more than 10times already. He had been calling me and chasing me for payment.

You can also report this to his phone company - send them his phone number (08060693335) by visiting http://www.mtnonline.com/fraud.asp  

hey geek and gbengaijot, i would report him, thanks guys.

I found a bit of useful information,

i checked his details online and this is what i got


Current Registrar: BOTTLE DOMAINS, INC. 
IP Address: 193.86.238.12  (ARIN & RIPE IP search) 
IP Location: CZ(CZECH REPUBLIC)-MORAVSKOSLEZSKY KRAJ-OSTRAVA 
Record Type: Domain Name 
Server Type: Apache 
Lock Status: ACTIVE 
Web Site Status: Active 
DMOZ  no listings 
Y! Directory:  see listings 
Secure: No 
E-commerce: No 
Traffic Ranking: Not available 
Data as of: 14-Jun-2005



Domain Name: BLUEWIRELESSINC.COM
   Registrar: BOTTLE DOMAINS, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.bottledomains.com
   Referral URL: http://www.bottledomains.com
   Name Server: NS2.PIPNI.CZ
   Name Server: NS.PIPNI.CZ
   Status: ACTIVE
   EPP Status: ok
   Updated Date: 25-Jan-2006
   Creation Date: 25-Jan-2006
   Expiration Date: 25-Jan-2007




Does anyone know what to do with this?, i bet you can report him to the domain registere and webhost.

That address "34 mcknight avenue" does not exist in that zipcode. I googled the zipcode, and it's definitely pittsburg's zipcode, but the address does not exist for that zipcode. Also, the address is a US address but the country and phone number are for Australia. See below,

I agree, these are the kinds of people that are giving us bad name. Too many programs on TV here have been on the Nigerian 419 scam. You get to work the following day and people are asking you all kinds of questions about this crap!
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RegistrantContact Details
Name Greg Amos
Company Unspecified
Email Address bluewirelessinc@yahoo.com
Address 34 MCKNIGHT AVENUE Address,
City PITTSBURGH
State PENNSYLVANIA
Zip 15237
Country AU
Tel No. +61.282234657

hey this guy now theatened to sue me, this is what he quoted in the latest email, "  I will have my Chairman report you, i have already documented the emails and teleconversation we've been having since the begining of this transaction, also i have the profe of what you told me today, which you told you have remitted the payment but never did.So we will see who will go to jail scammer."

What you guys think? is he trying to scare me? Would the local authories believe me?

bossman, i just reported him to the phone company and his website domain. Hope they would chk it out soon, and probably get back to me. I am not sure if he would still email me back, so now we shall wait and see.

sorry hazey you have been had by those scamming bastards from nigeria. Never heard of where a company would ask you to pay for their mistake in ordering, anyway the whole thing is a fraud. Count your losses.

I dont think anyone can help you , The country is full of such and nothing is being done.


Go see 419 eaters.com there are many scams on display maybe they can help you

Hazey, like the folks have said over and over again, it is what we call 419 here, this guy exist and company is fake and so is every other document he is going to send or mail to u. I think what u should do now is first 'DO NOT SEND ANY MONEY' what so ever to anybody! it is scam, its called 419. and sheck out the efcc website and see how u can contact them. There is a phone village in Nigeria but this person that u contacted is a 419er